David L. Acker ("Dave") - Senior Operations Leader / Operational Excellence / Lean Six Sigma / Continuous Improvement / Program Manager / Project Manager / Supply Chain LeaderPassionate, proven and performance-driven leader, relationship builder and culture driver with significant roles in two fast-growing Performance Materials (Chemicals) global businesses of $1Billion to $2.5Billion. Experience working internationally on behalf of all regions. Did process, maintenance & plant engineering. Managed plants, portions of plants and capital and non-capital projects. Led a global direct and indirect team of Lean Six Sigma professionals that enabled improvement targeting & roll-down, opportunity identification, diagnosis, prioritization, selection, execution, benefit harvest and sustaining of an impressive improvement project portfolio. Built and advanced a culture of improvement within fast-growing businesses that delivered significant measurable, step-change financial results and funded fast growth. Drove difficult change in under-defined environments, achieved short term & significant cost and capacity productivity & led large teams and projects across multiple geographies and functions. Key Competencies: Customer Focus, Leadership, Operational Excellence, P&L Improvement, Productivity Management, Continuous Improvement, Lean Six Sigma, Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing, Project Management, Portfolio Management, Process Improvement, Operations Management, Supply Chain Optimization, High-Performing Teams, Change Management, Conflict Management, EH&S, working across multiple regions and plants.Role progression includes prod. engineering, maintenance engineering & mgmt, plant engineering, project management, environmental / health / safety, plant management, productivity management, quality management, Continuous Improvement / Lean Six Sigma BB practitioning / management / leadership / MBB, Leader of the equipping of personnel for an international greenfield project build and start-up.
Listed skills include Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, Process Improvement, Manufacturing, and 28 others.