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Rush, New York, US

• Mentors the sustainable continuous process improvement behavior development of management, operations, maintenance, and engineering personnel. Identify and engage the 'hidden' maintenance workforce within a.
• Taught the 3-Day Set Up Reduction program for the Allentown, PA Manufacturing Resource Center‘s Lean Masters Certification program.
• Provided interim maintenance management in a 20-line, 24x7, blow molding operation. Rebuilt a positive work environment and planned maintenance system.
• Performed various utilization and capability studies and mentored the development of the leader driven improvement plans in a medium job shop environment – reduced lead time 15%.
• Trained 11 operations, maintenance, and engineering employees to improve equipment performance using TPM techniques – eliminated 130 safety & operations concerns.
• Facilitated the development of a maintenance management strategy & implementation plan in a 24/5 tube extrusion manufacturing plant – increased operator equipment performance responsibility.

Waltham, MA, US

• Coached/Mentored continuous improvement activities at a site level supporting functions such as molding, assembly, packaging, maintenance, quality, and supply chain. Worked with associates and operations leadership to.
• Introduced a visual 3-Tiered Daily Management system to engage operation associates in basic problem identification, solving and ownership in their work cells – increased shift by shift SQDP daily data collection and.
• Created and launched a standardized, site-wide structured Problem-Solving Tool (Fish-Bone, 5 Why) – increased root-cause solutions by 45%.
• Conducted a supply chain Value Stream Analysis – Identified $1.5M savings, $500k freight cost reduction.

Fishers, NY, US

Cleveland, OH, US

• Developed and managed the Lean implementation at 1 U.S. and 2 Mexican manufacturing sites. Primary resource for the practical hands-on training in the proper use of Lean/Six Sigma methodologies to analyze and eliminate.
• Analyzed and transformed a single large batch process into 2 single piece flow work cells – increased capacity 44% and productivity 27%.
• Implemented operations, maintenance, and support staff team performance tracking centers to increase employee process ownership and establish a culture of continuous improvement and waste elimination.

Rochester, New York, US

• Coached and assisted multiple levels of management in the transformation of existing processes to a higher level of performance, utilizing lean manufacturing and TPM methodologies, under the tutelage of a Toyota Sensei.
• Established management, support staff, and maintenance standardized work - increased personnel effectiveness 40-50%.
• Led an 8 member cross-functional material conveyance team in developing flow patterns to integrate a disciplined movement of materials, at TAKT, within a 1.1 MSF building and between three floors – recognized as.

Bs, Reliability Maintenance

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt