Tim Sanken Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Lead the enterprise-wide HSE strategy and efforts for reduction of risk to employees, customers, and the business, enabling the full realization of our Mission to provide world class service to our customers.Areas of Focus- Culture Development- State and Federal OSHA/EPA/DOT Compliance - Office, Warehouse, Fleet, and Sales Force operations- Incident and Loss Prevention - Enterprise Metrics and KPI Development and Reporting- HSE Training Strategy Development and Execution- Regulatory Records Management and Reporting

Plymouth, Mn

Orchestrated and led the Environment, Health and Safety Vision and Strategy. Modernized Business Continuity Management Process to preserve short and long-term business viability through strategic preparedness and planning.• Established proactive EHS culture, affecting a 300% increase in reporting while driving a 55% Injury Rate reduction (2.2 - 0.98), during a 3.5 year period of 56% headcount growth.• Spearheaded environmental projects achieving a 46% reduction of Hazardous Waste over 2 years. Eliminated over 270,000 pounds of Hazardous Waste annually, resulting savings exceeded $180,000 per year.• Led the integration of an acquired site's EHS program to Medtronic EHS Management System standards, achieving a 98.3% audit compliance rating vs 987 regulatory requirements.• Established a precious metals reclamation program resulting in the conversion of a waste disposal expense to an income line of over $60k per year.• Led the site's Business Continuity Management (BCM) program modernization to Corporate standards. Result was the integration BCM as a key input for Annual Operating Plan (Budget) and the successful funding of critical business capacity projects.• Established Training Plan and delivered over 50 EHS-related training sessions per year. Integrated training with site LMS and training metrics to achieve >95% on-time training compliance.• Partnered with new product development to influence crucial research on the replacement of high-volume highly hazardous chemicals with safer alternatives that will result in lowering State and Federal permit requirements as well as overall product cost savings.• Modernized Environmental compliance processes to achieve multi-year Agency inspections with no violations.• Successfully lead multi-functional teams to navigate sensitive legacy compliance issues with outcomes satisfactory to internal and external stakeholders.

Brooklyn Center, Mn

Led the analysis, planning, and preparation activities to establish strategic operational resiliency against events adverse to the achievement of business goals and objectives.• Modernized risk identification processes to improve clarity and prioritization. Process adopted as a 'Best Practice' and integrated into corporate-wide strategy.• Led identification of key business risks affecting patients, customers, employees, and revenue.• Established processes to identify recovery time objectives and gaps in capabilities affecting business recovery capability.• Orchestrated planning and project identification to mitigate business risk and enable recovery gap closure.• Communicated status, strategies, and plans with Sr Leadership to establish alignment and secure necessary projects and resources to meet overall business needs.• Developed key strategic partnerships within a matrix organization at site and business unit levels to effectively align and leverage stakeholder interests, accountability, and process ownership for effective risk minimization.

Brooklyn Center, Mn

Recognized with a stretch assignment based on previous demonstrated leadership and results.• Led and established the strategic vision for an Operations team consisting of 132 Manufacturing, including 9 Engineering, Technical, Continuous Improvement, and Development Support staff responsible for the production of medical device components affecting $6.1B in annual revenue.• Achieved on-budget spend and capital management for annual $3.2M operating budget.• Drove YoY production improvement initiatives achieving >94% rolled throughput yields.• Drove culture change to effectively and efficiently manage product issues and holds within allotted time frames, while driving improvements in effective root cause analysis and systemic corrective action implementation.• Championed final builds and led decommissioning of obsolete product line, while playing a key role in the planning team responsible for re-purposing production space for two new, advanced battery technologies.• Influenced >98% on-time training compliance for team of 100+ Assemblers, Technicians, and Engineers.• Championed early adoption of team-lead work cell structure (Cell Operating System) and A3 / DMAIC problem solving methodology.• Led annual build plan achievement with no customer disruptions.• Successfully planned and executed Value Stream re-organization due to changes in business needs and market directions.

Brooklyn Center, Mn

Responsible for the site's strategic direction regarding Environment, Health, and Safety in medical device manufacturing environment. • Spearheaded the integration of EHS with the Quality Management System program elements (FDA QSR/ISO) to achieve strategic positioning and timing of EHS interactions to enable speed to market, safe operating processes/equipment, and cost effectiveness.• Lead international EHS Steering Committee for the Cardiac and Vascular Group from 2010 through 2012, establishing division-wide initiatives in injury reduction and hazardous drug safety management, while also establishing common metrics and reporting.• Drove 58% reduction in injury rate through various risk mitigation and injury prevention initiatives.• Launched initiative to accomplish Worker’s Compensation losses down from an average of $320k per year to less than $50k per year in 2 years. Lost work days were decreased from 1400+ in FY10 to less than 120 in FY12.• Establish EHS program and process standards to maintain compliance with Federal, State, and local government regulations. Consistently demonstrated through top corporate-wide independent internal audit performance.• Lead Business Unit EHS Council spanning AZ, MN, Puerto Rico, Switzerland and Singapore. Responsible for coordinating Business Unit EHS objectives and reporting metrics and status to BU Operations Leadership Team and Staff.• Increased focus on Ergonomics and Worker's Comp program. • Drove a sustained reduction in ergonomic injuries and decreased the number of restricted work days by 94% in 2 years. • Achieved a 44% reduction in OSHA Incident Rate while increasing incident reporting and reducing average time to corrective action closure.• Championed growth of recycling program to exceed $200,000 in annual income.• Developed Company Best Practices process for online management of chemical inventories, risk analysis and awareness, improving overall hazard communication and information readiness.

Brooklyn Center, Mn

• Headed strategic planning and direction regarding Environment, Health, and Safety activities in medical device manufacturing environment. • Led initiatives that resulted in a sustained re-categorization of site from Large Quantity Generator of Hazardous Waste to a Small Quantity Generator.• Initiated integration of EHS with Quality Management System (FDA QSR/ISO). • Championed EHS policy, program, and process development compliant with Federal, State, and local government regulations.• Grew and developed staff to support Environmental compliance and recycling programs, driving recycling program to generate $80k+ per year.• Shifted culture to achieve lowest OIR for the site in 5 years in parallel with headcount growth. • Led site to first recognition of MN Governor's Safety Award.

Brooklyn Center, Mn

Responsible for EHS program administration, OSHA Recordkeeping, injury investigation and corrective action follow-up. BBS survey adminitration, results analysis, employee / management action planning and follow-up. Designed, developed and administered employee training and New Employee Orientation. Oversaw Industrial Hygiene monitoring program, results interpretation and employee medical monitoring programs.

Brooklyn Park And Maple Grove, Mn

Succeeded in opening, leading, and growing locations in Maple Grove and Brooklyn Park, MN into two Top 5 Nation-wide performers (2016, 2017, and 2018).Both locations achieving Top 5 Revenue Generator performance in their first full year of operation.• Identified as a key franchise leader, Mentoring New Owners in Operations, Marketing, and Customer Engagement/Influence.• Achieved the top franchise award 3 of its first 4 years for Highest Membership Conversion in 2015, 2016, and 2018. (1-Maple Grove, 2-Brooklyn Park)• Hired and Developed Manager staff to successfully represent and operate the day to day business as well as effective in-person and phone/digital sales and communication techniques.• Served 3 years as the "At Large" member on the peer-elected Franchise Advisory Council to represent Franchisee and Franchiser interests in development of new program offerings and advise Corporate leadership on current areas of interest and trends in the fitness industry. (re-elected to second 2-yr term in 2017)• Spearheaded multi-location participation at Tough Mudder and Rugged Maniac events, growing from over 70 participants in 2015 to over 500 participants in 2019, representing 20 independently owned and operated locations across Minnesota. (Organized special event pricing and dedicated run times, Corporate presence, and secured dedicated recruiting booth in event in-field.)• Trained and Developed over 50 Instructors to deliver effective and engaging group fitness classes in both Fitness Kickboxing and Strength Training.

Arden Hills, Mn

Quality System Auditor / Sr. Quality System Auditor: Jul 2001 - Sep 2004 -- Participated in and lead Quality System audits ranging from small 2 person to complex 9 person audit teams of Medical Device Quality Management Systems.

Arden Hills, Mn

EHS Specialist: Jul 1997 - Jul 2001 -- Oversight for all Industrial Hygiene, OSHA compliance, and emergency response. Conducted ergonomic evaluations and process / equipment development input. Managed MN RTK/HazCom, LOTO, Hearing Conservation, Respiratory Protection, Injury Reduction, and EtO programs.

Hutchinson, Mn

- Maintenance Supply Specialist, responsible for inventory management, military driver's licensing, AOAP, dispatch and recordkeeping for 65 vehicle motorpool.- Combat Engineer and Bridge Crewman, trained in tactics for water and dry land obstacle breaching and emplacement.- Recruit Platoon Leader responsible for new recruit training, introduction, and preparation of new recruits in military doctrine and basic individual skills prior to Basic Training deployment.

Arden Hills And Hopkins, Mn

Safety program development and management, training, emergency response, injury and root cause investigation.

Master Of Science, Occupational Safety And Industrial Hygiene

Activities and Societies: Member - ASSE Student ChapterMasters Degree in Industrial Safety with additional focus on Industrial Hygiene..

Bs, Manufacturing Engineering Technology

Activities and Societies: American Society of Safety Engineers