Michael Polacek Email & Phone Number

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Greater Milwaukee

Responsible for high impact\visibility continuous improvement projects across enterprise. Driving documented savings and process improvement. Responsible for mentoring black belt, green belt and yellow belt candidates through certification process. Certified trainer for lean and continuous improvement.Positively leading teams and organizations through change. Communicating effectively to teams and leadership to ensure support for resources and buy-in for change. Listen to and grasp team and project stakeholder needs to cultivate collaboration. Appling knowledge of Six Sigma, Lean, and Change Management methodology tools to achieve project success on tight timelines.The Lean Project Manager leads and facilitates large cross functional projects engaging multiple functions to achieve end-to-end process excellence. Stakeholders include: Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Manufacturing and Support teams across business and functions.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Responsible for high impact\visibility continuous improvement projects across enterprise. Driving documented savings and process improvement. Responsible for mentoring black belt, green belt and yellow belt candidates through certification process. Certified trainer for lean and continuous improvement.

Mequon, Wisconsin

The Quality Manager promotes, develops, and oversees compliance of the company quality system. Effectively assuring compliance of customer requirements by managing quality policies, standards, procedures, programs and practices while driving and facilitating continuous improvement. The position ensures compliance with the customer requirements, quality policy, company standards, regulatory and external standards. Validates quality processes by establishing product specifications and quality attributes; measuring production; documenting evidence; determining operational and performance qualification; writing and updating quality assurance procedures. Effectively interacts with Production and Engineering teams to maintain product supply and introduction of new products. Brings together staff of different disciplines and drives the group to plan, formulate and agree on comprehensive quality procedures. Sets Quality compliance objectives and ensures that targets are achieved.Additionally, the quality team maintains and improves product quality by completing product, company, system, compliance, and surveillance audits; investigating customer complaints; collaborating with other members of management to develop new product and engineering designs, and manufacturing and training methods. Directs and coordinates the activities of team engaged in quality functions – including inspection, analysis and training.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Responsible for high impact\visibility continuous improvement projects across enterprise. Driving documented savings and process improvement. Responsible for mentoring black belt, green belt and yellow belt candidates through certification process. Certified trainer for lean and continuous improvement.

Richland Center, Wisconsin, United States

Responsibilities included manufacturing engineering, continuous improvement, facilities and maintenance. Also filled in as the interim Quality Manager for 15 months. Experience as a key member of two SAP go-live events. Business Process Owner for Quality and Manufacturing Engineering.http://www.rockwellautomation.com

Part-time teaching position in Graduate School at MSOE. Courses include Operations Management, Quality and Continuous Improvement and Supply Chain Management.

Responsible for manufacturing quality and quality systems for two large (ISO 9000 Registered) manufacturing facilities. Position included responsibility for welder certification and training program for more than 400 certified welders.$96 million, 800 employee, 3 operations provider of complex metal fabrications and assembly solutions to the locomotive, passenger rail car, construction, agricultural and industrial markets. Services varied from basic fabrications to complete fabrication and assembly of locomotives and passenger rail cars

Management and sales efforts resulted in a 300% increase in product sales over a three-year period.Self directed sales management position, responsible for all aspects of the sales and marketing function for a software company providing products to the manufacturing and machining industry.Led development and implementation of all direct sales, print advertising, web advertising and trade show plans for sales and marketing department.

Staff level management position reporting directly to VP of Operations and Ownership Group with responsibility for developing and implementing department policies to support financial and non-financial company goals.Implemented lean manufacturing techniques in redesign of factory floor resulting in improved material flow, reduced lead time and lower overall costs.

Staff level management position reporting directly to General Manager with responsibility for developing and implementing department policies to support financial and non-financial corporate goals.Led engineering department, developed departmental procedures to support continuous improvement process and support quality policies and procedures.