CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST Resume

SUMMARY:

Exemplary record in leading Continuous Improvement, Project Management, Team Coaching & Mentoring
Accomplished Process Improvement professional with deep expertise in Continuous Improvement and Lean Six Sigma.
Strong experience in identifying opportunities for improvement and successfully reducing cycle times in multiple sites.
Talent for developing, coaching, and mentoring leaders, employees, and managers while maintaining a solid track record of success in leading and driving operational improvement; consistently exceeds goals and expectations.
Successful at supporting corporate infrastructures and establishing new process improvements that facilitate smooth operations during periods of significant change and growth.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Implementing Safety Management System by developing strategy, goals and objectives for Risk Management System
Defined and implementing leading and lagging KPIs tied to corporate goals that will identify opportunities.
Lead for developing and implementing Risk process and create model for prioritization..
Develop and Facilitate Risk Matrix for all programs
Collaborate in defining Dashboard for the organization to track health of the SMS program
Develop strategy, goals and objectives for the implementation of Continuous Improvement program.
Identify opportunities for improvement through gap analysis derived through lagging metrics (KPIs) leading metrics.

Confidential, IN

PTE Master Black Belt Consultant

Responsibilities:

Collaborated with process technology excellence team working on global projects.
Helped to control velocity of value projects.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Business Process Improvement Adviser

Responsibilities:

Aligned with company direction by driving maximum energy on high priorities.
Tested pilot daily visual work standards in certain areas.
Managed service improvement projects throughout all phases to completion and assured compliance with best practices standards.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Sr. Business Process Improvement Engineer

Responsibilities:

Assessed capability and ROI by developing an accurate metrics and measurement system.
Improved management goals by setting work standards for value stream managers, which included implementing daily visual management collaboration, analyzing goals.
And defining opportunities for projects.

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Senior Continuous Improvement Consultant

Responsibilities:

Implemented and defined corporate wide provisioning—termination—project.
Eliminated redundancy and lowered cycle time by coordinating finance OAMT process improvement.

Confidential, Eagan, MN

Continuous Improvement Leader

Responsibilities:

Cultivated significant improvements in cost and ton savings—$3.2M for a single plan (2010)—by completing Black Belt and Lean projects.
Achieved best performance in company by increasing output by 5.8%.
Trained multiple employees—12 Green Belts, one Black Belt, and 17 Lean—in certification program with four Green Belts achieving certification.

Confidential, Beverly, MA

Continuous Improvement Leader

Responsibilities:

Collaborated with plant leadership team to drive change by implementing Lean Six Sigma program.
Mentored and coached five Green Belt projects, and monitored Gate reviews to complete project on time in the California corporate office locations.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Six Sigma Lean Leader

Responsibilities:

Conducted multiple process improvement projects for three plants and collaborated with plant managers for further project details.
Trained and mentored Green Belts in various projects—yield optimization, change - over reduction, and scrap reduction—and leveraged projects to their plants.
Helped senior management with goals—short and long-term—and to discover X and Y coordinate to build a project deck and meet goals.