Gary Cox Email & Phone Number

Halifax, Canada Area

Lean Six Sigma MBB in Barrington OPS (Operational Performance Services) division. I increase leadership skills, performance, and productivity for local and global private and public sector businesses through purposeful mentoring, coaching, training in proven continuous improvement methodologies. Our mission:*Embrace challenge*Cultivate People,*Make a difference.

1326 Barrington St. Halifax Ns B3J 1Z1

A Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with over 20 years of industry experience in driving operational excellence and continuous improvement across diverse sectors. I design and deliver Lean Six Sigma programs, providing expert coaching and leadership development to clients at all levels; top floor to shop floor. I have led numerous high-impact projects, achieving significant cost savings and operational efficiencies. My work spans various industries and business sectors, including manufacturing, retail, and office environments, where I have implemented strategic improvements that consistently exceed client goals.Key Achievements: Cost Savings: Delivered over $25 million in savings through process improvement projects.Leadership and Training: Trained and certified hundreds of professionals in Lean Six Sigma methodologies, fostering a culture of continuous improvement within organizations.Clients: I have supported dozens of clients in both public and private sectors, like the Province of Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality, Eassons Transportation Group, and Standard Aero, Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), MSD Coating, and Action Aero, resulting in enhanced operational performance and substantial financial benefits.Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt by Rath & StrongSix Sigma Black Belt by Rath & Strong ConsultingLean Black Belt by CPCChange Management CertificationI am passionate about empowering teams and organizations to achieve their highest potential through structured improvement methodologies and innovative leadership. Connect with me to discuss industry trends, share insights, or explore opportunities for collaboration.

Halifax, Canada Area

Certified as a Black Belt in both Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma,I supported the Deloitte team in delivery of their LSS Green Belt program as an independent consultant.

Halifax, Canada Area

Director of national Lean & Six Sigma training and CI projects, also corporate configuration management Responsibilities: Led two National Teams; Lean Six Sigma Center training and certification team; where I led improvement project oversight and alignment to corporate objectives. The second; I led the team responsible for Corporate Operating Procedures (CMS – Corporate Manual System) and our Business Process Model (BPM) which connects all our corporate business processes. Achievements under my area of leadership:• Lean Six Sigma (LSS) training brought in-house eliminating the contract and licensing fee with external supplier.• Partnership with Purolator Courier on shared resources for Lean Six Sigma Training.• Modification of the Green Belt training to eliminating redundant components and cutting classroom training reducing travel and training costs.• Supported coaching and teaching of GB’s• Team redesigned functionality of the Corporate Manual System for integration with Standard Operating Procedures and a Business Process Modeling tool.• Led the development and execution for the strategy for talent development for high potential Process Engineers.• Assisted development and supported use of processing strategies in plants.• Coached the project for a reduced lead time for Human Resources for the new hire process (from vacant position to on boarding of new hires).• Reviewed and outsourced sign-making, reducing or eliminating non-standardized, ad-hoc signs, and reducing the number of in-house sign shops.• Initiated a Delivery Management System for running Letter Carrier Depots.• Deployed 5S within the Process Engineering team (both in the field and at Head Office).

Ottawa, Canada Area

I had a 35 year diverse career with Canada Post which included holding the positions of (oldest to latest): Letter Carrier (9yrs), Supervisor (2yrs), Transportation Logistics Officer (1yr), Retail Support Officer (3yrs), Retail Business Manager (13yrs), Process Excellence Adviser (3yrs), Regional Director Process Excellence (Master Black Belt) (2yrs), National Director Process Engineering (2yrs).

Halifax, Canada Area

Responsibilities: Leading a Regional Team in processing design and improvement , leading teams of Engineers and Value Stream Specialists in the four Mail Processing Plants in Atlantic Canada. Achievements of the team under my leadership: • While holding this position I became certified as a Lean Black Belt and held the title Master Black Belt. • Created value through improving processing and reduce cost for the Admail handling process at the Moncton Mail Processing Plant (Moncton services as a hub for the Atlantic Region)• Supported improvement for mail processing at four Mail Processing Plants in Atlantic.• Introduced to the Region and led development of a ‘Council’ approach to managing key business objectives (Heath & Safety Council, Employee Engagement Council, Retail Council, Productivity Council, Customer Value Council). • Led the Engineering team through Postal Transformation deployment in three Atlantic Plants.

Halifax, Canada Area

Creator and illustrator for The Cox-Box - a Lean Six Sigma Cartoon Strip and other Lean Six Sigma training related cartoons.Breathing new life into the world of business process improvement isn’t easy. But I attempted do to just that. I recently finished work on a feature-length comic book – entitled “Another Crazy Idea?”with Mary Federico from US-based Rath & Strong Management Consultants. Folks at this leading firm live and breathe Lean and Six Sigma - methods used to pinpoint problems and cut waste out of business and manufacturing processes. The Lean and Six Sigma methods have been widely adopted by companies like Toyota, Wal-Mart and General Electric, to name a few. It’s all pretty dry stuff. But not since I put my creative drawing ability with my Lean and Six Sigma Black Belt skills and created the indomitable ‘Six Sigma Guy’ which lives through my strip; "The Cox-Box". This cartoon strip was my first foray into the world of cartooning on this topic. Those who know Six Sigma tools will appreciate the play on words from the "Box-Cox Transformation" used for data transformation. I started out doing the comic strip "The Cox-Box" with iSixSigma Magazine in 2005, posting bi-weekly cartoon blogs on their website and featured in each issue of their magazine; iSixSigma Magazine. Six Sigma Guy is the typical engineering nerd. He has glasses, he is balding, and he always wears a pocket protector. As it turned out the white collar international engineering community love him. I have since created cartoons for Lean Six Sigma consultants and trainers to be included in teaching and reference material.For information on how you can obtain copies of the Cox-Box or Another Crazy Idea? Contact me via LinkedIn or @ coxemail@eastlink.ca

Oversight for Postal Operations and generating revenue for Post Offices in Halifax Metro Area to the South Shore of Nova Scotia (Halifax to Lunenburg, >30 Post Offices).Working with Corporate and the Private Network (Franchised Dealers) I lead the Atlantic Region's biggest territory, generating $13million in revenue annually and ensuring full complience to Operational Procedures to meet Delivery and Processing standards.

Sat as the Chair for the Burnside Business Committee; a branch of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce. Working with business owners and representatives coordinated leveraging our collective voices to develop plans to maximize the Burnside and Commodore Business Parks.

Black Belt, Lean Manufacturing

Activities and Societies: Requirement to obtain Black Belt certification: Completion of five weeks classroom training, a LEAN.

Black Belt, Six Sigma

Activities and Societies: Requirement to obtain Black Belt certification: Completion of five weeks classroom training, a Six Sigma exam.

Improving Organizational Behaviour, Operational Efficency

Activities and Societies: Completed a study course on Improving Operational Efficency

Marketing, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Completed a 10 week course on Marketing with St. Mary's University.