Bob Bell

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SNR MANAGER Engineering Environment and Efficiency Transformation Lead LSS Black Belt and Prosci Chg Mgt @ Hitachi Rail
Toronto, ON, CA
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About Bob Bell

Bob has several years of international experience influencing & delivering measurable customer value through the application of Strategic Planning & Execution, Program, Project, Change & Process Management, Lean Six Sigma & DigitizationRecognized as an entrepreneurial, passionate, collaborative and delivery orientated leader with a can-do attitude. Consistent history of delivering a series of pragmatic organisation transformation programs. Repeated success in influencing the ‘status quo’ and supporting stakeholders in diverse functions at all levels. Promoting a culture of support and continuous improvement leveraging lean principles, utilizing data and analytics to support decision making and building cohesive teams & processes to drive excellence and productivity. Functional knowledge; Projects, Systems Engineering Delivery, Sales, HR, IS/IT, Procurement, Supply Chain, Quality & L&DProfessional Development;• Thales Canada Leadership Program - Beam (Jan 2020 - Dec 2020)• Thales Australia Leadership Development Program (August 2013 – August 2014)• Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) - Practitioner Level (January 2018)• Certified Prince 2 - Project Manager (2004)• Salesforce.com – Administration Essentials & Advanced Administration (2010)• Thales Supplier Performance Management (Supplier Operations) - Level 2 (March 2020)• Lean Vocational Graduate Cert in Competitive Enterprise - Institute for Lean Systems (2012)• Lean Gemba Academy Training (2011) - http://www.gembaacademy.com/• Lean Six Sigma - Black Belt Certification (2007) - http://www.bmgi.com/• Prosci Change Management ADKAR (May 2013) - http://www.prosci.com/• Master Certificate in Business Process Management (2011) – University of San Francisco• K2 Core - Business Process Management Software (June 2014)• BPMN 2.0 method & style process modelling (2012) - http://brsilver.com/• Nimbus Control Business Process Management Software (2009)• Australian Computer Society - Certified IT Professional (2005)

Bob Bell's Current Company Details
Hitachi Rail

Hitachi Rail

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SNR MANAGER Engineering Environment and Efficiency Transformation Lead LSS Black Belt and Prosci Chg Mgt
Toronto, ON, CA
Website:
hitachirail.com
Employees:
14556
Bob Bell Work Experience Details
  • Hitachi Rail
    Snr Manager Engineering Environment And Efficiency Transformation Lead Lss Black Belt And Prosci Chg Mgt
    Hitachi Rail
    Toronto, On, Ca
  • Thales
    Senior Manager - System, Software & Hardware Engineering (Engineering Operations & Transformation)
    Thales Jun 2022 - Present
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    - Manage the delivery of Systems, Software, Hardware and Test Engineering Environments for over 800 Engineers across the globe.- Identify, quantify and implement enabling technical transformation initiatives through an ITIL & Lean/DevOps mindset across CI/CD, AWS cloud migration, Infrastructure, Engineering Workbenches and Service and Support.- Delivering first rate ITSM capability, grounded in Lean and Agile principles.- Manage a team of 20+ onshore and offshore Software Developers, AWS, CI/CD, Infrastructure and Service Delivery professionals- Manage and monitor the deployment of Process, Practices and Tools for the Business line and acts as a focal point between Projects, Engineering and IS/IT.
  • Thales
    Senior Project Performance Manager / Senior Engineering Manager - Integration, Test & Verification
    Thales Jun 2020 - Jun 2022
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Recognized as a 'thought leader' and 'trusted adviser' in Operational Excellence in Thales. Leading Procurement, Supply Chain, Project & System Engineering delivery and transformation to achieve ‘On Time Delivery’. Deployed Lean Hoshin Kanri (Strategy Execution) to deliver the Thales Transformation Program.Implemented a standardized, self-service, data driven (KPI) platform (Tableau) to align Program Milestones/Gates to Engineering Work Packages/Activities – one view of progress and priorities available to the entire Program team. Enabled dialogue between disciplines to reduce bottlenecks and reduce rework, System Engineering Integration, Test & Verification Functional and Delivery Manager.Standardized process, reduced non value added activities, implemented KPI’s to assess Quality and Delivery performance. Introduced Digital Kanban (Jira), digital visual management and daily stand-ups.
  • Thales
    Senior Manager - Procurement - Lean, Process, Competiveness & Supplier Quality - Thales Canada
    Thales Dec 2018 - Jun 2020
    Toronto, Canada Area
    Led an ‘Operational Excellence’ initiative across the Procurement & Supply Chain lifecycle, focused on achieving Procurement KPI targets and ultimately on time project delivery.• Implemented a KPI (data) driven ‘action orientated’, cause and effect methodology in Procurement & Supply Chain. Resulted in; Supplier OTD of +90%, Supplier Quality of 95%, On-time to Project Need of 89% in 6 months. Seen as a best practice across the URS business line and within Operations. • Gained Executive sponsorship of the approach above in the PMO & Eng (DDQS) to drive down Negative Project Variance and improve On Time Delivery (OTD) of Projects. Used in Ops Board Review• Introduced Lean visual management (stand-ups) to drive team performance and collaboration.• Launched Kaizen events, improving cross functional process flow & annual improvement roadmap.• Created an organizational 'right sizing' data driven approach to identify high cost activities through activity level direct time sheet booking data, its aim is to support headcount optimization decisions.• Deployed Hoshin Kanri (Strategy Execution) to deliver the Thales Transformation Program
  • Thales
    Head Of Transformation - Operations - Thales Uk - Ground Transportation Systems
    Thales May 2015 - Nov 2018
    London, United Kingdom
    Spearhead the successful implementation of a portfolio of large to medium transformation projects across the business within budgetary and time constraints. Managed Info-Hub shared services and SAP (ERP) team. Manage Operational Forecast & Planning (IBP).Direct overall activities; ensuring line of sight from key strategic outcomes to targeted transformation project outputs, current state analysis and future state requirement gathering through to execution and post live evaluation. Conduct regular progress assessments and recommend appropriate adjustments to increase productivity of the staff engaged in the implementation of transformation projects.• Built & led a ‘Reporting as a Shared Service – ‘Info Hub' delivery function by building a new reporting services team leveraging the integration of multiple sources of core systems data (TM1/Cognos BI).• Led all aspects associated with Thales GTS multi-year improvement program (Ambition Boost).• Project leader for an 'on time delivery' focused transformation for the Thales Manchester Metro Link Project (Tram). Led to early completion of works through effective work package management.• Program leader for a joint Thales and London Underground cross functional ‘operational excellence, connected operations – right first time' transformation. Its purpose is to ensure the on time delivery of the Four Tube Line Signaling infrastructure upgrade project (£760m).• Re-organized ERP team. Realized 80% reduction in missing time-sheet submissions/approvals, and 36% improvement in customer satisfaction in 2016.• Designed and delivered Jira based process workflow asset delivery management system
  • Thales Australia
    Country Continuous Improvement Manager - Is/It - Thales Australia
    Thales Australia 2010 - Apr 2015
    Sydney, Australia
    Travelled across the Country to various sites delivering internal projects spanning change across people, process and systems, reporting to the CIO, primary demand manager between IT/IS & the business.Leveraged Project Management, Lean Six Sigma & change techniques to drive success across multiple culturally challenging and unionized production and service defensc sites. Fostered and maintained relationships with stakeholders at Thales Group and local levels for smooth execution of projects.Accomplishments;• Co-led the deployment of an end to end global QMS (Chorus 2.0 - Quality Management System) in Australia. Process owner/COE for ‘Continuous Improvement' processes across the country.• Managed the deployment of SalesForce CRM across five Australian business units for achieving accurate order intake forecast and improving KAM collaboration across the business. • Championed deployment of enterprise Business Process Automation software & RPA (K2 BPMS), integrated with a problem solving methodology to reduce non value added and optimize productivity.• Led a ‘Procure to Pay' improvement/Value Stream, reduced supplier payment time from 55 - 30 days.• Led and motivated a highly-skilled team of 15 HR professionals for designing ‘future state' processes for an integrated professional and contingent HR resourcing intervention.
  • Cisco Systems
    Business Process Architect
    Cisco Systems Feb 2009 - Apr 2010
    North Carolina, Usa
    Led deployment of an integrated business process architecture that seamlessly connected all L&D departmental activities together. Facilitation across a large globally dispersed stakeholder group.Conducted detailed gap analysis on existing systems/tools to meet the process requirements. Devised an effective implementation strategy, included a prioritized process deployment roadmap, system requirements and change management activities as well as communication and training plans.• Led to the centralization of a design and development function in the US, cost savings of $US1.2M.• Evaluated the ‘current state’, identified gaps, existing issues, risks and areas for improvement and generated 140 fully connected process diagrams & process automation using Tibco Nimbus Control (BPM software).• Established a ‘future state’ process architecture (ADDIE) securing project participation from 80 cross departmental SME’s based around the globe.
  • Cisco Systems
    Process & Application Programme Manager
    Cisco Systems Mar 2004 - Feb 2009
    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Managed and maintained business process change and related IT systems, based on internal requirements and corporate operational policy in the US to be implemented in Asia Pacific.Accomplishments; Delivered a robust Learning & Development process focused on operational efficiency, which resulted in;- An improvement of quarterly budget spend from 82% to 98%.- Efficiency - reduced content development lead time.- Visibility - clear understanding of roles, responsibilities and hand-off’s increased productivity by reducing silo approaches to projects.- Quality - improved qualification and alignment of projects to real business needs.- Agility - increased ability to adapt and assess impact of corporate policy & system changes.Major overhaul of existing L&D Planning Tool to facilitate optimised process;- Reduced admin via task based workflows & approved timelines.- Established a single source of truth‟ for all planning, budgeting and project data.- Abolishment of manual excel planning & budgeting templates.- Improved data quality and reporting through the use of clear conventions.- Promoted the ‘L&D Planning Tool’ and associated process to the US, European, Emerging and Japanese teams which eventually led to their adoption and transformation into a global process.Promoted a global, ‘data clean-up and convention’ project to improve the integrity of data.Created a‘Proof of Concept’ reporting system to gain traction for an Enterprise solution.Leveraged an existing project management application to allow instructional designers, project managers and BDM’s to manage projects within a standardised framework and allow management to produce real time reports on the status of projects.

Bob Bell Skills

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Leadership Development Program Lean Gemba Academy Training Prosci Change Management Pilot Professional Master Certificate Business Process Management Prince2 Certified Bpmn 2.0 Author Business Process Business Process Improvement Project Management Systems Engineering Strategy Earned Value Management Root Cause Analysis Six Sigma Value Stream Mapping Lean Tools Erp Change Management Itil Cross Functional Team Leadership Salesforce.com Administration Essentials And Advanced Administration

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