Candidate ID#207190

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE/CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

MidWest
  • Process improvement program augmented at an automotive parts producer (hardenable iron, stainless, and aluminum castings based fabrication; legacy of $4M improvements over 5 years
  • Implemented separation science-based investigative field support for both a food processing operation (Beatrice Foods) and a polyolefin plastic producer (Beatrice Foods, Chemplex/Northern Petrochemical)
  • National award at IBM industrial sector for service to consumer batch process industry sector (vat scale, formulated products) for vertically integrated, planning, execution, and process control
  • Comprehensive training delivery in lean/Six Sigma methodologies for multiple companies including GM at the technical community college level – IL and WI
  • Dealt with c 65 small manufacturing enterprises on “soup to nuts” finance-operations-quality-compliance with not for profit Manufacturing Extension Partnership of the US DOC and NIST, multi-industrial sector, upgraded operations and survivability with teams of 2-4 consultants and third parties

General Exposures:

METAL: Stainless, Specialty Grades, Aluminum (Expertise)
SHAPE: Some exposure to EDM and related methods
PROCESS: Fabrication, Casting, Slitting, Some software search and quality methods at a bar stock service center (cut, shot blast, passivation, etc.); Fabrication process optimization (less for raw material or primary)
 
Previous Experience:
Titles: Quality Manager, Product Owner (agile vernacular), Quality Delegate (handling QMS), VP Plant Systems Integration (small consultancy)
Companies: Service Center, Fabricator
 
Management Experience
YES
Team Details: 11-20 people
 
Interested in
Title: VP/Director of Quality, VP/Director of Operations, VP Op Ex, Product Manager, Transformation
 
Other Key Information
Tenure: 2-5 years
Degrees/Certifications: BA, MS (ag sciences), MBA (operations), Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, APICS/ACSM Integrated Resource Management (supplier-processor-customer 3 level supply chain only), Lean Bronze, MESA CoC for MES manufacturing application software
Residence: US- MidWest
Relocation: Yes
Non-Compete: No
Min Comp Needs: $150,000

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