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Senior Level Business Executive with deep expertise leading Performance Excellence Organizations. Known for building a global culture of continuous improvement through the effective deployment of structured processes related to project identification, project execution, belt training and coaching activities. Passionate about driving continuous improvement across the enterprise to enable the organization to achieve success.Worked with Executive Leadership Team to develop and implement performance improvement strategies, drive a culture of continuous improvement using Lean and Six-Sigma. Worked collaboratively with various department to ensure highest levels of operational excellence while the company grew from $2B to $11B in sales:• Strategic project alignment, world class project execution, executable control plans and conservative financial modeling resulted in 10 consecutive years of increased Annualized Benefit, going from 10MM to 74MM (7.4X) as the company grew from 2B to 11B in sales (5.5x). • Delivered ROI increases from 222% (10M/4.5M) in 2005 to 870% (74M/8.5M) in 2015 by leveraging high impact projects, managing the headcount associated with full time resources and growing the Green Belt program substantially (~160 belts per year)• Influenced operational leaders in key divisions to leverage the Continuous Improvement Culture based on Lean and Six Sigma into the corporate-wide launch of the Performance Excellence System – an operating system covering every area within our manufacturing plants. • Worked with core group of internal CI experts to develop and annually review and improve the critical systems and processes being used to effectively manage hundreds of projects and hundreds of belts, with the minimum amount of administrative overhead. • Coached MBBs on working with Senior Operations Leads to ensure project identification and selection were aligned with organizational goals and objectives, that best practices were identified and leveraged for maximum effect.• Integration Lead or Co-lead for Southern Container, Smurfit Stone Container and Kapstone acquisitions. Quickly assessed the CI opportunities of acquired entities, developed detailed integration plans and quickly executed for maximum ROI.

Listed skills include Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Black Belt, Continuous Improvement, and 21 others.