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Highly accomplished and results oriented plant manager and engineering professional with over 20 years of manufacturing experience, excellent leadership and communication skills in the fields of Production, Project Management, Lean Manufacturing, and Business Process Re-engineering.A continuous improvement driven individual who can effectively support and promote change while building strong relationships in the workplace.AccomplishmentsPlant Manager for a 230,000 sq. ft. Siemens manufacturing facility producing state of the art equipment for the power industry.Managed production processes, Lean Manufacturing and KPI achievement on the shop floor.Implemented Digitalization strategy and projects across multiple sites to standardize business processes focussing on the "Digital Twin" methodology.Reduced Technical Downtime from 18% to 2% through formal problem solving and reliability centred maintenance.Implemented Computerized Maintenance Management (CMMS)Trained employees in Lean manufacturing (5S, TPM, Kaizen, OEE, TQM) to reduce costs and improve throughput across multiple manufacturing sites.Registered 3 unionized manufacturing facilities to ISO9001Effectively implemented Lean, 5S, Visual Management and TQM methodologies in a manufacturing environment.SpecialtiesLean Manufacturing (5S, Kaizen, Visual Management, KPI’s, Operational Efficiency)Health and Safety Awareness and ComplianceManufacturing / Production OperationsCoaching / TrainingProblem Solving / Lean Manufacturing / SPCProduction SchedulingQuality Management