Lucas (Luke) Sauer Email & Phone Number

Florida, United States

Clearwater/St Petersburg, Fl

Clearwater, Florida

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Valrico, Fl

Contract consultant, providing clients with Lean and continuous improvement solutions in a variety of manufacturing and business process environments. Engaging their employees in the solutions! Creating specific lean training materials and supporting local Tampa Bay organizations (ie. BAMA and SME)

Largo, Fl

CONMED-(Largo FL, formerly known as Linvatec) Medical Device Manufacturer: -C.I. Manager | CI Engineer (1998-2015) Managed and mentored fulltime | rotational CI team members, strategically planned, scheduled and implemented variety of value stream improvements for Largo division (annual sales ~$475M and saleable SKU’s of 3500+) • Selected by senior management to perform site assessment / analyze productivity at CA sister site. Executed 18 targeted Kaizen events yielding productivity improvements of 30%, lead time reduction of 400%, on time delivery improved 50%, total WIP reduction of $5M plus and square footage reduction of 70%.• Acquired 3M | Instrument product lines, and integrated manufacturing, service, and all support functions into Largo site, market position to number one, incremental sales of $30M without impacting service levels while reducing operational costs by 45%.• Developed curriculum | facilitated training of 500+ associates in CPS methodology for understanding of tools, visually communicated metrics with ownership and accountability.LINVATEC-(formerly known as Concept) Division of Bristol-Myers Squib / Zimmer-Director of Operations | Group Manager, OperationsP&L responsibility of 4 disposable product factories as sales grew from $10M to over $200M. Accountable for new product introduction, expansions, and transfers. Managed budgeting and capital expenditure with staffing going from one shift and 60 employees to three shifts and 250 employees. Introduced first model disposable focused factory. Transitioned to high performance work teams (HPWT) in each factory to enable quick and decisive change management at the team level. Implemented process validation of all critical process to address process stability and to improve quality, reducing process errors by 50%. Identified and championed student interns to provide professional support and proud of how 80% were eventually hired and have become the next generation of functional leaders.