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Program Manager for the Lean Six Sigma and Electrostatic Discharge Control Programs. Led the Global Lean Six Sigma Council ensuring standardized training and priorities of focus across all Kimball global sites. Managed the portfolio of Lean Six Sigma projects for the Jasper facility.• Delivered $15,792,943 in productivity savings for the Jasper facility by driving the development and implementation of continuous improvement plans.• Led the Jasper Continuous Improvement Steering Committee reporting on Lean Six Sigma financial results to the Jasper Leadership Team.• Trained and developed 163 Yellow Belts, 58 Green Belts and 13 Black Belts.• Led the implementation of a Global Lean Six Sigma project tracking database and dashboard.• Led the Electrostatic Discharge Control Program and obtained ANSI/ESD S20.20 certification for the Jasper facility.• Managed and developed a team of 2 Technical Trainers and 1 Plant ESD Auditor and Technician.

Managed multiple Lean Six Sigma projects concurrently while deploying Lean Six Sigma program within the Kimball Electronics Jasper facility. Taught and mentored Yellow Belts, Green Belts and Black Belts in the Lean Six Sigma methodology. Program Manager for the Lean Six Sigma program.• Designed and implemented the Lean Six Sigma deployment plan throughout the Jasper facility.• Manager for Lean Six Sigma program which returned $3,536,000 in Operating Profit for the plant.• Developed Yellow Belt, Green Belt and Black Belt training materials.• Trained 92 Yellow Belts, 22 Green Belts and 3 Black Belts.

Managed 42 production employees and provided direction to shift supervisors to ensure that safety, productivity and quality goals were met. • Achieved 3 years injury-free for the department.• Implemented an Operations Improvement Plan which improved efficiency by 5.6% and lowered scrap 0.69%.• Managed the hiring and training of 12 new production employees and implemented a new operator training program which improved training effectiveness. • Increased the quality check completion rate from 75% to 90%. • Achieved $100,000 in labor and scrap productivity in 2008.

Worked with Area Manufacturing Manager and Plant Managers to improve productivity performance within seven manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Taught the lean methodology to the productivity improvement teams in the manufacturing plants.• Led cross-functional teams in a series of Kaizen events which saved the company $242,000 in material loss.• Trained and led a cross-functional team in applying Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) methodology which reduced manufacturing line changeover time from 115 to 34 minutes.• Led Value Stream Mapping sessions in all seven area manufacturing plants which identified productivity opportunities for 2005. Presented opportunities to Area Manufacturing Manager and Plant Managers at annual productivity meeting.

Led Six Sigma and other process improvement projects within four manufacturing facilities in the United States and Mexico.• Conducted Pareto analysis in order to identify division EBIT drivers for project selection.• Led a team and used the Six Sigma methodology to optimize manufacturing line inputs, which increased line throughput and saved $150,000 in converting cost.• Mentored two Black Belt trainees with their Six Sigma projects.

Led the packaging design effort at a major appliance manufacturer. Worked with packaging suppliers, customer purchasing and customer design engineers to ensure new packaging designs met customer cost and design requirements.• Increased Sonoco’s share of business at customer’s manufacturing facility from 6% to 29%.• Transferred 100% of molded foam packaging business to alliance partner.

Led and implemented Six Sigma continuous improvement initiatives at G.E. Appliance’s Range Manufacturing facility.• Led a team and used the Six Sigma methodology to improve the range packaging design and saved $110,000 in material cost.• Led a team which efficiently balanced the labor on the range manufacturing assembly line and saved $200,000 in direct labor cost.

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