Chris Faure Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, South Africa

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Deployment Leader with 16 years’ experience in all spheres of continuous improvement. Working in seven different countries, including South Africa, I gained valuable experience in subject related training and project coaching, mentoring, curriculum development, portfolio and project management, as well as deployment management at corporate level. In my current position I am working in a matrix relationship with the business based teams, ensuring that improvements are delivered timeously, in line with customer defined requirements. Part of the success is linking ideas in the project pipeline with suitable skilled resources. Total benefits in the current financial year are approaching R 1.9bn, and since March 2018 the total is just shy of R 8.5bn.

Kilner Park (Pretoria)

Leading the deployment of Lean Six Sigma in Transnet Engineering. The role includes facilitating Lean and Six Sigma related training courses, coaching of trainees, managing multi-disciplinary priority projects, coordinating various improvement project portfolios. Confirmed LSS benefits for 2013-2016 fiscal years equalled R 831 million (R 729 million in hard savings).Presented a paper at the 2016 Engineering Community Conference on "Combining software simulations with Lean Six Sigma process improvement"Presented a case study at the 2016 KZN Lean Conference on "Lean Six Sigma in Transnet's Advanced Manufacturing business"Presented a paper at the 78th Annual General Meeting of the South African Society for Rail Engineers on "Is Lean Six Sigma still relevant?"

Johannesburg

Lead Master Black Belt in Africa region. Responsible for Lean Six Sigma deployment, training and coaching aligned with corporate strategy for The Linde Group. Head of the Programme Management Office (Africa). Full voting member of the Linde Global Lean Six Sigma Decision Board.

Leading deployment & coaching of Lean Six Sigma at Transnet Rail Engineering in South Africa.Implementation of deployment strategy, integrating Lean Six Sigma & Change Management with existing corporate initiatives. Delivering value beyond expectation

1. Basic problem solving training (root cause analysis) at mini business / functional team level;2. Data analysis for process specialists (statistical, graphical, statistical process control);3. Six Sigma training (yellow belt for teams, green belt, black belt) and mentoring of trainees to complete projects successfully;4. Kaizen workshops;5. Supervisory development (specifically focusing on basic problem solving, as well as critical tools for running meetings, getting team input, and selecting solutions in team context);6. Leadership alignment sessions to develop a business improvement deployment strategy; and 7. Falicitative Leadership Skills.

Training and mentoring of Six Sigma methodology (yellow, green & black belt)Coaching asset leadership in business improvement deploymentProject managing improvement projects in Nickel West corporate officeProject manager for Stainless Steel Materials and Nickel West transition to the BHP Billiton Operating Model

Managing business improvement deployment;Site, asset and Customer Sector Group Leadership alignment and coaching;Six Sigma training & mentoring (yellow, green and black belt)Presenting Kaizen workshopsPresenting Executive Green Belt trainingPresenting training in problem soving, facilitative leadership skills, data analysis, supervisory development

Performed process diagnositcs to identify improvement opportunties to popluate project pipelineMentoring of six sigma green & black belts on siteAlignment of of functional network activites: six sigma, global maintenance network, processing network, communications network.Transfer of skills to functional teams: problem solving training, implementaton of statistical process control charts.Completed three black belt projectsAccredited six sigma black belt

Actively engage in and promote Zero Harm at all levels;Maintain production throughput under adverse quality and financial conditions;Deliver quality conforming product through application of statistical process control charts and mini-businesses in all business units;Manage operating budgets and capital expenditure; Manage all human resource and industrial relations issues;Successful substitution of H2S gas on site. Received “Highly Commended Award in annual BHP Billiton Global HSEC Awards Competition (Safety Category);

Masters Degree In Business Leadership (Mbl), : Corporate Strategy, Financial Management, Project Management

Management Development Program, : Accounting, Operations Management, Marketing, Human Resources

Passed with distinction

B.Eng (Chemical), Chemical Engineering

Certificate In Digital Transformation, Developing A Strategy For Digital Transformation