Jake Mitchell, Mba, Lssbb, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Kingsport, Tn, Us

Waltham, Ma, Us

Partner with organizations within Clinical Trials Division to assess, define, and deliver new IT capabilities supporting the Clinical Trials Supply Chain including data integrations, SaaS, cloud services, and AI tools; Lead multiple project teams including business transformation, shipment tracking, data integration platform, and others; Define and co-lead strategy to transform IT from “project” orientation to “product” orientation via SAFe

Chandler, Arizona, Us

Led Operational Excellence strategy development and execution for division (7 plants); Partnered with manufacturing plant leaders to implement and mature Lean practices (value stream mapping, Gemba boards/walks, 5S, Kaizen, structured problem solving, et al); Mentored plant leaders in their personal development of Lean expertise; Developed transformational engineering/automation project concepts (i.e. automation) to make step change improvements in capacity and capability

Kingsport, Tennessee, Us

Partnered with global engineering to develop strategic relationships with engineering, procurement, and construction firms to deliver company’s most critical capital projects; Negotiated “bench” contracts to establish functional business relationships with key firms

Kingsport, Tennessee, Us

Managed team of Analysts and Managers supporting Global Sourcing and Procurement operations; Responsible for all systems supporting Sourcing and Procurement (SAP, SAP Ariba, Contract Mgt); Led adoption of SAP Ariba resulting in automation of hundreds of thousands of transactions annually; Served as Procurement Master Data Governance and Data Privacy lead (materials; vendors)

Kingsport, Tennessee, Us

Managed team of Sourcing Managers and Buyers stewarding global IT spend; Co-led analysis, development, and execution of spend category strategies delivering multi-million dollar value; Managed relationships and contracts with strategic IT vendors (Microsoft, SAP, AWS, et al.)

Kingsport, Tennessee, Us

Managed team of 20+ Project Managers leading the company’s most challenging global IT projects, as well as, the team responsible for administering corporate portfolio and project management system; Navigated team through major voluntary separation event with multiple resulting retirements and hires; Redesigned, automated, and facilitated IT Portfolio and Project Management prioritization process; Co-led broader adoption of Agile/Scrum and introduction of Scaled Agile Framework principles

Kingsport, Tennessee, Us

Managed wide array of Agile projects while serving as Scrum Master for two analytics teams; Led multiple global projects supporting the integration of two major acquisitions

Collegedale, Tennessee, Us

Managed series of initiatives leading to a capital project average lead time reduction forming the basis for MSIE Capstone describing how to apply Lean principles to portfolio management; Facilitated substantial productivity improvement in Corporate Engineering Shops by teaching and implementing daily management system and 5S; Facilitated multi-million dollar savings in manufacturing plant by teaching and implementing daily management and standardized work; Contributed to and led multiple packaging and distribution automation projects

Kingsport, Tennessee, Us

Led portions of multiple major IT initiatives to improve employees' personal productivity and information security; Worked with business process owners across the company to solve complex problems using Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Business Intelligence platforms

Contributed to Kaizen events and ongoing Lean activities by building workstations and fixtures, performing time studies, and developing standard work. Also supported facility layout development for plant expansion as a result of an acquisition.

La Vergne, Tn, Us

Contributed to Kaizen events and ongoing continuous improvement efforts by building workstations, fixtures, kanban supermarkets to support an ergonomic and error-free process. Also served as interim manufacturing supervisor and production scheduler/buyer for extended periods of time.

Master Of Science (Ms), Industrial Engineering

Executive Mba

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Industrial Engineering