{"id":1299,"date":"2021-09-09T07:43:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T11:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/consultant\/patricia-watters\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T17:14:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T22:14:53","slug":"patricia-watters","status":"publish","type":"consultant","link":"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/consultant\/patricia-watters\/","title":{"rendered":"Patricia Watters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block-consultant-detail alignfull \">\n    <div class=\"consultant-hero\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper\">\n                            <div class=\"img\"\n                     style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Watters_Patricia_Web-970x700.jpg);\"><\/div>\n                        <section class=\"copy\">\n                <h1>Patricia Watters<\/h1>\n\n                                    <p class=\"title\">Managing Partner<\/p>\n                                <ul class=\"offices\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/office\/detroit-birmingham\/\">Detroit (Bloomfield Hills)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>                                    <p>Patricia serves as Managing Partner of DHR\u2019s Automotive and Future Mobility Practice based in Detroit. She also works broadly across DHR\u2019s Industrial Practice supporting transportation, renewable energy, industrial aftermarket, and other clients manufacturing a wide array of industrial products and equipment. She brings over 30 years of leadership experience in industrial manufacturing, manufacturing consulting and executive search.<\/p>\n                            <\/section>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"wrapper\">\n        <section class=\"contact\">\n            <h2>Patricia Watters<\/h2>\n\n                            <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:pwatters@dhrglobal.com\">pwatters@dhrglobal.com<\/a>\n            \n                            <a class=\"tel\" href=\"tel:+1 248 258 0616\">+1 248 258 0616<\/a>\n            \n                            <div class=\"social\">\n                    <p>Let&#8217;s Connect<\/p>\n\n                                            <a class=\"icon-linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/patricia-watters-9381b310\/\"><span\n                                    class=\"screen-reader-text\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a>\n                    \n                    \n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n        <section class=\"main\">\n            <div class=\"copy\">\n                <h2>Experience<\/h2>\n                <p>Prior to joining DHR, Patricia spent six years as Vice President of Harbour Consulting, where she led engagements in research, manufacturing strategy and operations improvement. She was a principal contributor to The Harbour Reports, which analyze and rank assembly, stamping and powertrain plants in productivity and lean manufacturing performance globally.<\/p>\n<p>Patricia\u2019s manufacturing and operations experience began at General Motors Corporation with 13 years of factory floor operations in production, quality and manufacturing engineering. As Superintendent of Industrial Engineering, she led teams of engineers in cost reduction, productivity improvement, lean implementation and new model introduction in vehicle assembly plants.<\/p>\n<p>Patricia holds a bachelor\u2019s degree from Kalamazoo College with a major in economics and a minor in international business and a master\u2019s degree in industrial relations from Wayne State University.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <aside>\n                                <h2>Expertise<\/h2>\n                <ul>\n                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/industry\/industrial\/automotive-mobility\/\">Automotive and Future Mobility<\/a><\/li>\n                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/industry\/industrial\/\">Industrial<\/a><\/li>\n                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/function\/board-ceo\/\">Board &#038; CEO<\/a><\/li>\n                 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