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05672, Stowe, Vermont, United States

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Support 12 manufacturing plants in CI activities across the mid west Coached, trained, and mentored Plant Managers and Associates in CI principles and concepts. 50% scrap reduction on high volume packaging line 30% productivity improvement by redesigning manual packaging processCreated and distributed Lean Daily User manual across 12 plants

New London, Connecticut, United States

Developed business case cost savings generating savings of $700K.Coached and developed junior engineers on cost savings and Operational Excellence.

Warwick, Rhode Island, United States

Developed and implemented small batch wire manufacturing layout with the Associates in the ProcessTrained, coached, and certified 4 green belt candidates in 5 months.

Provide Performance Operational Excellence leadership support to a large utility company as they undergo a multi-year, multi-site global lean transformation.50% of the Associates I coached were promoted to Managers.

South Western Region

Provided Operational Excellence support across the manufacturing and packaging plants in the southwest.50% improvement in changeover times across 10 bottle packaging lines

Pawcatuck, Ct

Developed an Operational Excellence environment. Trained and implemented Lean Daily Management across the entire business.

West Hartford, Ct

Implemented a visual supplier kanban managed by the process users that resulted in a $120K annual savings. Created standard work kaizen training across five facilities.

Managed and directed five Manufacturing Engineers. Consolidated ME manager job by deploying the engineers into value streams. Supervised 35 associates in 20 assembly cells. Selected, developed and coached five cell leaders. Improved on time delivery to 87% from 45% and warranty returns to 2,967 PPM from 20,087 PPM in five months. Relocated a $5M acquisition to CT from NC in 6 months.

Implemented a continuous improvement culture across the business. Facilitated over 60 kaizen events in 18 months. Installed daily visual planning boards. Implemented TPM on all major equipment. Developed, trained and coached associates in continuous improvement-SMED, standard work, 5S, kanban, and process mapping.

Bs, Industrial Technology

As, Manufacturing Engineering