Travis Schultz

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Senior Executive with 25+ years of experience conducting large scale Lean Transformations and building high performing Leadership Teams
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Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States, United States
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Travis Schultz has over 25 years of experience and leadership in delivering successful Lean transformations across a broad range of manufacturing and healthcare related industries and companies. Industry experience includes ERP system implementation, direct mail distribution, manufacturing of CNC tooling, precision metal working, manufacturing of fluid film bearings, power generation equipment, petrochemical equipment, manufacturing of HVAC equipment, and specialty & home delivery pharmacy operations.Travis’s Lean journey began as a client of Simpler Consulting while working for Waukesha Bearings. Also during this time, Travis became a GE trained 6-Sigma Black Belt. In less than 2 years, the greenfield site that Travis was responsible for reduced setup times by 50%, reduced inventory by 60%, improved productivity by 250%, and took on-time delivery from 48% to 100%.Travis has personally led 10 Lean transformations and over 100 Kaizens in various manufacturing and healthcare related companies. Largest scope of responsibility includes having led a $1 Billion budget, 10,000 employees, 30 sites, built and designed 4 greenfield sites, and participated in 4 major acquisitions. Travis was the 1st person to bring Lean transformational experience and processes to Express Scripts. Over the course of 11 years, Travis hired more than 30 Lean professionals, installed a Lean principle based Pharmacy Operating Business System, and achieved 30% - 50% year over year improvements in patient safety, service, cost, and productivity. The most outstanding accomplishment was taking patient safety from 150 DPMO/month to achieving 0 DPMO/month. Travis graduated as Valedictorian 3 times in his life: high school, undergraduate degree, and master’s degree. Degrees include a B.S. Industrial Engineering & Minor in Business Management from Milwaukee School of Engineering and a Masters of Quality Management from Loyola University in New Orleans.

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Senior Executive with 25+ years of experience conducting large scale Lean Transformations and building high performing Leadership Teams
Travis Schultz Work Experience Details
  • Changeway Group Ltd T/A Changeway®
    Partner & Executive Vp Changeway® North America
    Changeway Group Ltd T/A Changeway® Jun 2020 - Jan 2023
    Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States
  • Simpler Consulting
    Director Of Business Development
    Simpler Consulting Apr 2016 - Jun 2020
    Chandler, Az
    Simpler Consulting, an IBM Watson Health Company, is the largest and most experienced Lean transformation services firm in the world. Responsible for business development activities worldwide for manufacturing, military, banking, construction, government, finance, insurance, life sciences, and healthcare clients.- President’s Award Winner for Top Sales Performance.- Weekly C-Suite level interaction at clients designing and implementing multi-year Lean transformations.- Able to coach and deliver Lean transformation work at a Sensei and Executive Coach level.
  • Express Scripts
    Vice President Of Operations
    Express Scripts May 2005 - Apr 2016
    Vice President of Operations: Express Scripts Inc. is a Fortune 20 company and is the largest pharmacy benefit manager in the United States with revenues of $100 Billion. Led and managed Home Delivery Pharmacy Operations: $1 Billion budget, 30 sites (union and nonunion), 10,000 employees. Express Scripts career summary includes 5 different operational leader roles and lean transformations:* Fulfillment, Purchasing, and Inventory Management Operations* Patient Consultation Contact Center Operations* Member Choice Center and Trend Management Sales Operations* Capacity Planning, Strategic Planning, and Central Services Business Planning Operations* Front End Order Processing, Work At Home Operations, Mail Room OperationsAdditional accomplishments include the following:* Introduced Lean to the entire Express Scripts corporation.* Created the World Class Pharmacy Operating System: Lean based business system.* Developed Lean training programs, hired Lean experts for key leadership roles in the company, and provided coaching to all levels of the organization in terms of change management and establishing a Lean culture.* Recognized leader in terms of talent acquisition, development, and building outstanding leadership teams.* Operations lead for State and Federal government relations.* Operations lead for several large acquisitions.* Experienced in leading large scale capital projects to include multiple new site construction projects. * Consistent delivery of world class results year over year:15% - 30% cost reductions (current year = $170 Million).10% - 30% productivity improvement. 20% - 40% improvement in dispensing accuracy (DPMO).20% - 50% inventory / WIP reduction.Consistent 95% or better patient and client service levels.
  • Air System Components
    Plant Manager
    Air System Components Sep 2003 - May 2005
    Tucson, Az
    Manufactured HVAC equipment.Led and managed two manufacturing facilities. In total, was responsible for approximately $50 Million in annual sales, 300,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing floor space, 26 salaried employees, and 450 unionized hourly employees. Restructured the leadership team and established a Lean culture within the plants, trained the workforce in Lean principles, and led a Lean transformation to improve performance and profitability of the Tucson plants.
  • Waukesha Bearings Corporation
    Plant Manager
    Waukesha Bearings Corporation Mar 1997 - Aug 2003
    Spartanburg, Sc
    Manufactured fluid film bearings for the power generation and petrochemical industries.Led and managed a 30,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility with $12 Million in annual sales. Provided outstanding service to the company’s top two customers: GE and Siemens Westinghouse. Initiated a Lean transformation of the site, fixed the failing “greenfield” startup, and achieved profitable levels in less than 1 year. * Created one of the strongest leadership teams in Waukesha Bearings. * Performed a sales role for the plant as well as managed a Sales Engineer that sold subcontract machining services and technical repair and service work.* Operations lead for the acquisition of a competitor with plants in the United Kingdom. * Trained 10 salaried and 40 hourly employees in Lean principles.* Led over 50 Lean events, led multiple 6-Sigma projects, and supervised a Black Belt.* Reduced WIP hours by 3,400 hours, inventory savings of $595,548 (59%), cut lead time by 18 days (63%).* Permanently freed up 4,000 sq. ft. of floor space and eliminated 14,000 ft. of travel distance. * 50% reduction in setup times. Most outstanding Kaizen took 90 minutes of setup time to 8 minutes. * Kanban’s reduced raw material inventory by 57% and stock room inventory by 75%.* Standard Work aggressively drove in-cycle work, went from a 3 shifted operation with 1 operator running 1 machine to a 2 shifted operation with work cells having 2 operators running 3 machines in-cycle. * Created a functional gage for a high volume GE bearing. Improved first pass yield from 66% to 94%.* Setup reduction project on a Siemens Westinghouse bearing eliminated 1.7 hours of setup time.* Lean and 6-Sigma overall results: * Inventory turns from 5.8 to 8.7. * Scrap and rework from 3.3% to 1.0%. * Value added per clock hour from $87 to $206. * On-time delivery from 48% to 100%.
  • Balax Inc.
    Industrial Engineer
    Balax Inc. Apr 1996 - Mar 1997
    North Lake, Wi
    Manufactured cutting and forming taps and various other CNC tooling.* Organized and directed all projects specifically aimed at standardization of processes, controlling costs of quality, and pursuing the goal of continuous improvement. * Installed a fluidized bed heat treat and surface treatment process.* Developed a setup booklet that contained all product specifications, tolerances, and machine setup guidelines. Resulting benefits included: control of shop floor documentation, scrap and rework reduced by 50%, and setup time reduced by 60%.
  • Advo Inc.
    Quality Assurance Manager
    Advo Inc. Feb 1995 - Apr 1996
    Milwaukee, Wi
    Direct Mail printing, collation, and distribution company.Managed the Quality Assurance, Production Control, and Scheduling departments. Organized and led all projects for the Milwaukee region along with several corporate projects.
  • Accenture
    Staff Consultant
    Accenture May 1994 - Feb 1995
    Milwaukee, Wi
    Andersen Consulting at the time of employment. Programmed enhancements to ERP systems and received training in SAP.

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Lean Manufacturing Leadership Process Improvement Manufacturing Management Cross Functional Team Leadership Change Management Strategic Planning Six Sigma Operations Management Continuous Improvement Kaizen Business Process Improvement Operational Excellence Supply Chain Management Program Management Supply Chain Dmaic

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