A Lean Leader acts as a mentor and ensures the workers contribute to customer value and service in the organization. Some duties that are conducted on daily basis are listed on the Lean Leader Resume as – identifying the employees in the company’s value stream, developing solutions to problems and improving their work, planning and testing small changes, increasing and improving the value added to each product; developing employees so that they can think critically and understand the process; providing expertise, and professional advice and guidance to the businesses.
There are several attributes that contribute to becoming a successful Lean Leader and such include – excellent leadership and man-management skills; excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to manage a variety of cross-functional team members; excellent written and verbal communication skills; and commercially and financially aware. A Master’s degree and a master’s black belt in Six Sigma is the required qualification.
Summary : Early career focus in electrical control systems and industrial automation. Automation projects implemented to facilitate production of new products, elimination 0r reduction of direct labor and improved quality. Later career situations afforded opportunities to receive training (train the trainer) and train others in the implementation of Lean Manufacturing Methods.
Skills : Solid works, AutoCAD, Minitab, Microsoft Office.
Description :
Provided support for all TPS standards, enabling a problem solving culture and progression of the TPS Lean journey.
Delivered a high level of technical and operational work flow to meet daily production, material, quality, and customer service goals.
Promoted a continuous learning environment engaging and empowering employees in cross training development plan.
Measured and reported progress using key metrics, and performance measurements.
Developed and instructed training courses in lean manufacturing and 5S Programs, Problem Solving, Six Sigma, and Lean manufacturing concepts.
Coordinated safety and OA/OEE processes improvement efforts for fast speed OEM product line.
Analyzed process steps for the 400 series cell; reducing walking, waiting, process variation - reducing 3 to 1 operator, $70K annual savings.
Experience
10+ Years
Level
Senior
Education
Bachelor of Science
Lean Leader Resume
Objective : Lean Leader with 9 years of experience in Managing hundreds of lean projects at numerous locations around the world. Developing training materials, taught, and led hundreds of Six Sigma and Lean teams in multiple plants and businesses for three different companies around the world. Influential communicator, who partners with organizational leaders and stakeholders, engages and motivates employees to be catalysts of change, and establishes the required end-to-end process capabilities to transition from the Company's current state situation to an optimized future state.
Performed and coordinated Lean activities associated with continuous improvement of manufacturing processes to ensure applicable timelines are met, documentation of those processes, evaluation of metrics to meet customer demand, employee training of safety regulations to adhere OSHA policies and regulations.
Developed collaborative relationships with managers, supervisors, engineers, group leaders, operators, and laborers, through focus groups.
Conducted and facilitated Lean Activities by: Baseline Events, Standard Work Flow, 5S Events, Set-Up Reduction, Total Productive Maintenance, Mistake Proofing, Method Sheets, Kanban or Pull Systems, follow up review and documentation to ensure accuracy of process improvements.
Responsible for meeting applicable project timelines in accordance with the productivity and customer demand.
Facilitated effective communication between supervisors, planners, and engineers and project team members in order to anticipate, identify and resolve issues for new product lines and inefficient processes of existing manufacturing processes.
Contributed to continuous improvement by facilitating lean events, assisting with position tasks, production scheduling, and collaborating ideas and suggestions with team members Facilitator for department meetings requiring direct interaction with department heads, section supervisors, engineering groups and production communities to determine and communicate task priorities and to organize/schedule essential training.
Presented Power Point Presentations for lean events and annual facility training.
Experience
2-5 Years
Level
Junior
Education
B.S. In Business Administration
Lean Leader Resume
Summary : Lean Leader with 8 years of experience in Leading site leadership to create and sustain a continuous improvement culture at CNS, Providing training in Lean Six Sigma theory, applications, and tools to all levels of the organization, Mentoring Green Belts and other plant personnel across the site, assisting them with projects, value stream analyses, and rapid improvement event implementation.
Provided leadership and direction to Lean facilitators executing the Lean Six Sigma strategy for breakthrough levels of improvement in customer satisfaction, process capability, and quality.
Worked with operating leaders to develop project deployment strategy, goals, and priorities.
Served as change agent by stimulating, communicating, and institutionalizing Lean Six Sigma initiatives.
Taught, trained, coached, and mentored Lean Leaders in the use of Lean Six Sigma methodology.
Improved customer satisfaction and reduce process variation through application of Lean Six Sigma tools and tactics.
Developed strategy and deploy Lean Six Sigma tools & tactics.
Defined, scoped, and selected projects to improve with the TPS process.
Experience
7-10 Years
Level
Management
Education
High School Diploma
Lean Leader Resume
Summary : Professional with over seven years' experience in lean manufacturing, industrial engineering, business process redesign, plant operations/production, and inventory control. Background includes leading and managing a successful continuous improvement program, reducing cost by $2.34 million. Accomplished kaizen facilitator and certified six-sigma green belt.
Skills : Facilitation, Lean, Change Management, Team Building, Organization, Web Development/Design, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, Microsoft Suite, Visio.
Description :
Orchestrated meetings for 3 main projects and other meetings where lean assistance is required.
Applied lean process tools to facilitate improvement in safety and quality of aircraft seats.
Recommended and implemented lean principles that improved the effectiveness of task projects and products.
Implemented diverse communication tools to foster the lean environment and improve a lean culture.
Monitored overall progress of projects, create project plan/ scheduling, resolve issues and initiate corrective actions where necessary Notable Contributions: - Spearheaded 3 lean task force projects that aimed at implementing pull systems in supply chain, measured and managed a Kit Fill percentage of available parts in supply chain and value stream mapping the informational and physical flow of parts within Gainesville TX and Chihuahua Mexico plants.
Ensured effective training is delivered to groups of up to 30 in lean tools such as value stream mapping current and future state maps.
Directed team members including executive team through process improvements and lean exercises.
Experience
10+ Years
Level
Senior
Education
GED
Lean Leader Resume
Headline : Lean Six Sigma Manager specializing in production and quality improvements using Lean Six Sigma and ISO Quality Systems. Strengths in leading production, quality and continuous improvement teams to deliver within production goals while providing cost savings to organizations.
Skills : Manufacturing Leadership, Planning.
Description :
Oversaw Lean Manufacturing Initiatives for 12 Environment Service Sites, 6 domestic and 6 global.
Conducted Leadership in Action Work Out's (AWOs) (Kaizen), using brainstorming and try storming to achieve team goals, ensuring all team members participated during AWOs for total team success.
Coached Lean Manufacturing utilizing an innate understanding of the operator's experience and concerns during action workouts.
Developed and launched global TPM program for 12 Environment Service sites, resulting in 25% improved uptime using the new maintenance schedule and new spare parts list.
Facilitated AWOs in Slater membrane for lean savings of $27K VCP and $200K inventory YTD.
Launched global site lean leader development program for 12 Env Svc sites to plan, schedule, track AWOs and subsequent savings.
Directed Salem Shingijitsu back panel assembly team, reducing cycle time from 24 hrs-1.25 hrs and WIP pcs from 6-1.
Experience
5-7 Years
Level
Executive
Education
BS
Lean Leader Resume
Summary : litigation database is Developing and overseeing projects to support and improve execution for each and every outage on site. Responsible for all data analysis related activities. Integrating and aligning all aspects of the CNS Continuous Improvement program with the corporate office. Leading site leadership to create and sustain a continuous improvement culture at CNS.
Skills : Manufacturing Operations, Project Management, Root Cause Analysis, Value Stream Mapping, Machining.
Description :
Implemented tactical strategies to achieve the desired vision.
Executed objectives to support the value stream's goals.
Worked with necessary site personnel to identify, address, and eliminate process related obstacles.
Assisted in the change of systems/processes as required in support of the Lean Initiatives.
Utilized value stream mapping techniques to design optimal information, material, and production flow methods.
Acted as a change agent to bring about improvements in the manufacturing process through the active support, participation and leadership of Rapid Improvement Events including facilitating projects, events and just do-it's.
Participated in coaching employees on continuous improvement, standard work development/modification/adherence, flow, takt time attainment, and problem solving abnormalities causing takt misses.
Experience
7-10 Years
Level
Management
Education
Bachelors In Business
Lean Leader Resume
Objective : Inventive and results driven leader with concentration on achieving results in fast and highly competitive environment that needs continuous improvements and technical know to be successive. Focusing on safety and quality in achieving Product and Equipment Maintenance. Experienced in driving process, operations and business strategy while building partnerships with key team members at all level of the organization.
Supported the machine shop operations by creating quality assurance system that eliminates defective parts before delivery to the assembly line.
Coordinated manufacturing processes and projects by implementing lean manufacturing techniques such as continuous improvement.
Worked with quality engineer to evaluate and decide the NCR (Non-conformance), RTV (Return to Vendor), SIA (Scrap In House), Rework, setting failure level for design, production processes, creating correction action plans.30% of success achieved at the final assembly because defective parts were eliminated before being used in production.
Responsible for creating standard work and capture on work instructions and also hands-on problem solving, production scheduling, work station layout, cost estimating, technical writing, blueprint, specification interpretation, calculating takt time and process cycle time Design JIT Visual trigger mechanism between all assembly stations in order to elimination unnecessary WIP using pull execution system and also sustain the lean process with the use of Visual Management.
Introduced continuous improvement process and stability in productivity to meet the customers demand by applying the Statistical Process Control (SPC).
Trained and supported shop floor personnel on standard work and Lean management through JIT, Heijunka projects, Kanban, improvement process such as poka poke and 5S program management.
Ensured personnel and operator have the adequate skills, process control capacity, tooling and documentation.
Experience
2-5 Years
Level
Junior
Education
MS
Lean Leader Resume
Objective : Accomplished Lean Leader with more than 20 years' experience solving problems through comprehensive design and the standardization of processes and systems. A valuable forward thinking member of the management team, who drives operational best-in-class performance through timely application of lean tools and lean management standards to produce an every person, every day, problem solving culture.
Reported directly to the CEO Provided training and coaching on lean tools, culture and methodologies.
Conducted a part routing analysis of over 500 part numbers, classifying families, frequencies and operational flows.
Recommended level loading processes for two of the dedicated machining cells.
Implemented new ergonomic, returnable containers and lifting equipment resulting from a Raw Material Stores kaizen event.
Initiated visual management practices through production cell boards, NPD planning board, magnetic plant layout board and the executive team's KPI bowling chart.
Facilitated the purchase and installation of a new Waterjet cutting machine.
Experience
2-5 Years
Level
Executive
Education
Masters Of Science
Lean Leader Resume
Objective : Lean Leader with 2 years of experience in Providing training in Lean Six Sigma theory, applications, and tools to all levels of the organization. Mentoring Green Belts and other plant personnel across the site, assisting them with projects, value stream analyses, and rapid improvement event implementation.
Reported directly to the CEO Provided training and coaching on lean tools, culture and methodologies.
Conducted a part routing analysis of over 500 part numbers, classifying families, frequencies and operational flows.
Recommended level loading processes for two of the dedicated machining cells.
Implemented new ergonomic, returnable containers and lifting equipment resulting from a Raw Material Stores kaizen event.
Facilitated the purchase and installation of a new Waterjet cutting machine.
Worked with engineering teams to document a combined savings of $27 Million through LEAN+ engagements.
Experience
2-5 Years
Level
Executive
Education
Masters
Lean Leader Resume
Summary : Lean Leader is Facilitating and participating in over 80 Value Stream Mapping and Accelerated Improvement Workshops. Providing necessary training specific to Lean Transformation tools and methodology., Facilitating Slater vacuum bag line TPM AWO, resulting in 5 operators trained and $54K annual savings along with $372K VCP in lean savings YTD compared to $32K in 2005, a 91% improvement.
Skills : Mapping, Tracking, Developing.
Description :
Worked in the Maintenance Department.
Worked under Maintenance I developed a machine down time tracking system, which would track all down time, & work done, run yearly, monthly, & daily reports.
Helped organize teams for problem solving activities to improve the efficiency of the machinery.
Developed a Work Order System that would inform Mangers of requested work to be done, with E-mails & request to closure.
Represented and promoted the standardization and improvement of corporate initiatives through means of improvement event facilitation, project management, employee training, and product development support.
Instructed and coached a facility of 200 employees with development and facilitation of 106 training sessions leading to a more versatile and informed workforce with topics such as product development, 5S organization, and cycle time observation.
Planned, lead, and success-tracked 53 continuous improvement / product development events with typical KPI improvement results ranging within 25 to 40 percent improvement exceeding the average stretch goal of 20 percent.
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