Provided leadership in the implementation of Lean Manufacturing initiatives and the utilization of Kaizen to eliminate waste and Production, Preparation and Process (3P) Lean product development. Drove positive changes to help achieve Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost Targets. Essential responsibilities of the role are:• Assisted in lean plan execution by leading and planning Kaizens, developing pull systems, training personnel, and other activities to achieve world-class process flow. • Developed value stream maps for the Organization and eliminate process waste through implementation of lean techniques. • Drove consistency and timely implementation of all Lean activities. • Provided training and leadership to all salaried manufacturing and operations employees to drive Lean in their roles. • Provided leadership and support to energize, enhance and develop work teams. Helped implement team oriented approaches to problem solving.• Ability to work with individuals at all levels of the organization to motivate for results.Accomplishments• Gained 80% in productivity in Horizontal Axis (HA) Dryer through the elimination of material flow issues impacting productions ability to make rate. The annual impact was $2.56M annually.• Eliminated difficult work and waste in several processes that resulted in $0.650M annual cost reduction• Led team that applied the methodology of Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) to improve the performance of 2 work processes that over 3 year span accounted for 16 injuries for the plant. This improvement aided in a cost avoidance of $1.00M.

TGKY, Lebanon, Kentucky (Subsidiary of Toyota) 2004 – 2012 Directed $16-million manufacturing unit under Japanese system that stresses elimination of waste in all operations and delegates increased responsibility to production managers, including accountability for P&L. Proven ability to reduce costs, improve service levels, cut operational risk, drive sustainable “big-picture” change, and develop high-performance teams. Participated in development of strategic direction while ensuring quality and productivity of day-to-day operations. Extensive operational experience utilizing the Toyota Production System.Accomplishments• Consistently met profitability goals despite challenging sales environment and rising material costs.• Reduced inventory costs by $300,000.• Maintained ongoing, efficient production rate that enables firm to achieve substantial savings by refining kanban control and structure to provide better manufacturing flow.• Spearheaded Kaizen events focusing on systemic identification and elimination of “waste” in manufacturing processes. Managed cross-functional teams. o Served as advisor for Kaizen team that was sent to Japan to present its analysis and findings.o Developed approach that reduced cycle time, eliminated overtime, and resulted in 0 defects in production of air cleaners.• Trained employees in mechanics & operation of Toyota Production System. • Increased productivity 24% by redesigning layout to eliminate wasteful motions.• Constantly achieved single-digit PPMs by enforcing consistent quality standards.• Worked with engineers to increase capacity, improve layouts, design more effective processes, etc.• Directly responsible for unit’s P&L results.• Hired, provided hands-on training, coaching, and mentoring employees as well as conducting performance evaluations. Worked with HR Department to maintain staffing plan, to identify training needs, and to implement training program.