Jeremy Keating is an accomplished manufacturing, lean management and operations leader in the automotive industry. Since April 2022 he has led plant operations at one of the most important powertrain plants for Stellantis in North America, its transmission plant in Kokomo, Indiana, where he is responsible for many functions including production planning, quality and customer targets. Over more than 15 years with Stellantis and earlier FCA, he has held multiple plant and central manufacturing leadership roles, including at Stellantis’s transmission plant in Tipton, Indiana, and as deputy plant manager at the carmaker’s Sterling Heights vehicle assembly plant. Keating also held senior roles including head of powertrain manufacturing for Asia Pacific and head of global powertrain manufacturing engineering. He has been a lead auditor and expert at the carmaker in World Class (Lean) Manufacturing principles, in which he has been responsible for coaching plant managers around the world in continuous improvement. Jeremy Keating has a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering from Buffalo State University, a Master of Industrial Technology from Bowling Green State University, and an MBA in operations management from Lawrence Technological University.