Mark Susman Email and Phone Number

(269)330-2778. mark.susman@icloud.com♦ Continuous Improvement and Cost Reduction: Global professional and “Continuous Improvement Champion” responsible for driving participation and execution of “Continuous Improvement and cost reduction” initiatives. Prioritize kaizen events to execute policy deployment strategy to justify capital expenditures and improve productivity in all areas of manufacturing. Initiates projects, selects personnel, trains leaders and participants in the continuous improvement methodologies of Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Visual Management, Production smoothing, Standard Work, 5S, Preventative Maintenance and SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die). Successful Coach and primary motivator for real-world success metrics. Certified Lean Systems Black Belt.♦ Kaizen Facilitation and Lean Training: Champion of steering committees responsible to identify opportunities. Facilitated more than 100 kaizen in five years saving more than 3MM US$ in waste reduction and cost avoidance. Developed resources to be kaizen participants who were salaried and hourly employees from production, quality, maintenance, safety, supply chain, IT, purchasing, warehousing and engineering. Certified Green Belts and trained leaders in continuous improvement and Lean Methodology to reduce costs and improve productivity (9 certified and 10 in process). Develops autonomous leaders for ongoing continuous success. ♦ Operations Management and Improvement: Advanced experience leading a department of 80 people from various production areas of diverse technology toward continual OEE improvement. Achieved 2% in savings and cost avoidance annually, a $1 million efficiency savings and inventory reduction savings 2019. Managed kaizen activities to achieve productivity and cost reduction targets as defined in policy deployment guidelines (Hoshin Kanri). Identified opportunities and prioritize projects that provide immediate impact. Sustained world class KPIs such as inventory less than 4% of sales, defect rate <10 ppm and 99% on time delivery.♦ Leadership Roles ♦ Kaizen And Lean ♦ Problem Solved And Metrics ♦ Continuous Improvement Leader ♦ Kaizen/Lean Manufacturing ♦ Root Cause Analysis/Problem-Solving ♦ Quality Assurance/Customer Service ♦ Preventative Maintenance ♦ Cost-Saving / Increase Productivity ♦ Plant Leadership ♦ Kaizen Training – Employees ♦ OEE / Labor Efficiency ♦ Program / Project Management ♦ Employee Engagement/Utilization ♦ Identify Waste / Scrap Reduction