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North America

Netherlands-Based Company Operating within Healthcare, Consumer Lifestyle & LightingSpearhead major transition projects for the E2E flow across the Value Stream. Ensure transformation and associated deliverables generate value to the customer. Create and drive continuous improvements through process implication and standardization. Plan, coordinate, and facilitate problem solving tools and methodology to drive breakthrough change throughout the organization while cultivating a culture of problem solvers at all levels. Apply continuous methods that challenge the work stream utilizing external references. Develop process maps of current and future state design.

Rosemont, Il

Translated business strategy into business process improvements. Provided key input to 8QTR roadmap and AOP. Drove continuous improvement and married processes across all sectors. Developed and implemented business cases; prepared and provided trainings, created test scripts, and facilitated UAT. Managed post go-live support and measured and reported on business KPI’s. Improved business partner relationships and collaborations for sustained performance improvement and high-quality processes. Formalized and published results from monthly Change Control Board. Worked closely with the Business Units to identify and prioritize system/process improvements. Oversaw release process and ensured a stable production environment.

IT Business Relationship Manager3/2008-5/2010Served as primary point-of-contact for key stakeholders in the US, Mexico and Netherlands, acted as a liaison between IT and the Business; interpreted business needs, assisted with prioritization of the projects, and handled change requests. Maintained key performance indicators and presented to senior management monthly meetings.

Accountable for standardizing processes across the Supply Chain using Best Practices found in SAP, LEAN, and Black Belt. Applied a holistic approach that was used throughout all Supply Chain links and included Customers, Plan, Source, Make and Delivery, and lead to overall sustainable systemic improvements. Spearheaded Global Manufacturing Execution System Team that worked on MES Global Work effort as representative of Lighting North America. Married manufacturing processes across the sector; defined current condition at the manufacturing plants and agreed on Best Practices for Nonconformance Scrap Registration, Track and Traceability, Component Validation and Load Control, WIP Tracking, Process and Production Cycle Time, Performance Analysis, Data Collection, and Work Instruction. Standardized Key Performance Metrics for Quality, Sourcing, and Logistics. Improved tracking and analysis to identify and fix problems before they became customer issues. Aligned manufacturing with business strategy and improved company performance while achieving all defined business goals.

Selected to extend Lean transformation to China, Brazil, and Europe based on prior North America rollout. Facilitated change by launching new SOPs and training programs. Conducted 30- and 60-day reviews at each site

Led initial Lean transition for a key division; mapped current condition, highlighted improvement areas, and projected future conditions.

Bs Business & Finance

Supply Chain Program

Education record

Activities and Societies: APICS Certified, Philips Training, Black Belt & Six Sigma, Project Management, Project Risk, KPI’s, Lean.

Lean Manufacturing