Mark Poulin Email & Phone Number

Beaverton, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Led project to develop and implement a multi-tiered lean management system in Sales, 300 employees, 22 offices nationwide• The lean deployment in Sales led to continuous improvements resulted in 21000 hrs/yr savings• Initiated automation projects in Claims and Underwriting with a projected savings of $392,000/yr

Portland, Oregon Area

• Deployed a lean management system in a variety of business areas ranging from 5-15 leaders in Claims Management and Underwriting. Included stakeholder management, planning, training, coaching. • Coach a leader on A3 problem solving resulting in a $670,000 annual cost savings. • Contributed to the development of standards used by the continuous improvement community • 1 year special assignment as the lead for four coaches • Co-developed a capacity model for annual planning of lean deployments and strategic work.

Beaverton, Or

• Primary lean resource for a lean transformation of a 200 person department. • Provided training on lean culture, principles and tools and root cause problem solving. 150+ people.• Coached 12 teams implementing daily management practices utilizing daily huddles.• Implemented a multi-tiered daily management system to align teams and focus improvement efforts.• Planned and facilitated 30+ workshops to map current & future state processes, identify waste and create action plans. Functions: Customer Service, Finance, Merchandizing, Retail, Planning, IT. • Managed a project engaging retail stores in 5 locations. Reduced production lead time by 15%. • Implemented a visual portfolio process improving communication of project status and risks. • Planned and facilitated monthly events for a network of 50 lean practitioners to share best practices.• Conducted 15+ tours and presentations to showcase how lean can be successfully applied in the office.

Beaverton, Or

• Developed and maintained a standard project management methodology and supporting tools. • Organized and facilitated monthly events for Nike project managers and PMI members to collaborate and share best practices • Active participant of Portland PMI events. Presenter at the PMI Portland conference, 2008.

Beaverton, Or

• Manager of apparel product creation technical services responsible for calculating project costs, pattern making and embroidery digitizing.• Managed the project to implement an apparel product development system. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define new processes.•Managed an IT support team responsible for supporting an ERP system and web based applications.• Managed a project to implement a system simplifying communication and reducing collaboration time with suppliers.

Portland, Or

• Managed the logistics of offshore sewing contractors including costing, scheduling, production start up, onsite quality management and problem solving.• Scheduled production for 2 sewing factories.• Conducted time studies to set standards. • Implemented process changes to improve delivery and quality.• Assisted with the implementation of Toyota Sewing System work cells resulting in a 80% lead time reduction.

Beaverton, Or

• Operations support: Product costing, BOM maintenance, assembly line design, problem solving.• Conducted time and motion studies to establish production targets.• Implemented changes to improve ergonomics, productivity and quality. • Production floor layout