Melinda Manente Email & Phone Number

United States

Provide Lean consultation to clients including training, facilitation and coaching.

Greater Boston Area

IdealWorks provides customized process improvement facilitation, teaching & coaching to engage employees and deliver results.

Woburn, Ma

Directed and implement global lean initiatives to streamline operational and transactional processes and engage employees at all levels in continuous improvement.

Hudson, Ma

Established and directed 100+ people movement and transition activities associated with plant closure, including communication, outplacement services, up-skilling and celebration. Created an culture of calm, control and confidence during a time of significant resource curtailment and organizational change.

Fab 17, Hudson, Ma

Delivered 60% lead time improvement and 12% decrease in cost across a 400+ step complex manufacturing process. Developed strategy to engage leaders & employees at all levels, across a 1000 person, 4 shift, 24 x 7 organization. Designed, taught and coached direct observation techniques, enabling 750 employees to identify work simplification and quality improvement opportunities, ultimately resulting in 6K employee owned improvements/year. Delivered dramatic reduction in workplace injuries from worst in class to zero through cultural assessment, managerial transformation, employee engagement and weekly lesson sharing. Results include sustained injury avoidance for 18+ months, 96% participation in employee owned Kaizen and 20% improvement in organizational health survey results

Fab Support Worldwide Manufacturing Organization

Served as Lean coach to Intel VP of Manufacturing. Founded and led the Lean Leadership Team which pioneered Lean principles, methods and improvement across a 50K-person global manufacturing organization. Expert Kaizen and Problem Solving facilitator of 50+ events; routinely chosen to lead the most difficult cross-factory problems, implement innovative solutions and prevent problem reoccurrence. Designed and delivered ‘Best of Show’ Lean workshop to 700 employees at Intel’s premier global manufacturing conference

Phoenix, Az, Santa Clara, Ca, Hudson, Ma

Served in a variety of functions, with increasing scope and responsibility. Titles of positions held include:• Business Process Improvement Manager• Strategic Programs Department Manager• Organizational Development Manager• Technology Transfer Project Manager• Operations Manager: Lithography• Industrial Engineering Manager

Ge Transportation Systems, Erie, Pa

Ge Transportation Systems, Erie, Pa

Ge Aerospace, Andover, Ma; Ge Transportation, Erie Pa

Key positions held during 2 year rotational assignment included printed wafer board quality and inspection supervisor, production control manager, night shift machine shop supervisor & marketing analyst

Master Of Science (Ms), Business

Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) Fellow

Master Of Science (Ms), Engineering

Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) Fellow

Bs, Electrical Engineering