JOEL KAHL ***

Shearers Rd. Mooresville NC *****

Email: acpl0i@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 1-980-***-****

Lean / Six Sigma Champion

Major Accomplishments:

• Managed one of Kennametal’s most successful facilities Lean and Six

Sigma programs for 8 years

• Lead and facilitated over 150 Successful Lean and Six Sigma Kaizen

events

• Personally Mentored 35+ Green Belts

• Lean Master Black Belt and Six Sigma Black Belt

Work History:

Kennametal, Bedford Pennsylvania 2006-2013

• Lean Manager in charge of all Lean and Six Sigma activities at the

extended facility which included mentoring Green belt candidates

• Created aggressive Lean and Six Sigma yearly plan through Team

based annual planning process based on facility goals

• Managed completion of projects to achieve above expected results

JOEL KAHL 994

Shearers Rd. Mooresville NC 28115

Email: acpl0i@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 1-980-***-****

• Facility in many cases exceeded its goals for bottom line savings an

average of two million dollars per year

External DPPM was reduced by 80%

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Internal DPPM reduced by 50%

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• Core member of the team that developed Kennametal’s K100

operating system used company wide

Kennametal, Rogers Arkansas 1994-2006

• CNC creep feed grinder operator and within one year transitioned to

set-up operator

• Furnace operator into tooling repair

• Trained and participated in new lean initiative, over the next 6 years

I personally facilitated over 100 Lean events as a full time Lean resource.

• Attained my green belts in set-up reduction, VSM, standard

operations, RCA, FMEA, 5S+1, Pull Systems, TPM and Six Sigma

• Two projects I Lead and facilitated won Kennametal’s top yearly

award for manufacturing projects

Peterson Chicken Process Plant, Decatur Arkansas 1994

• Line maintenance mechanic in the evisceration department

managing PM as well as critical time sensitive breakdown repair

• Created advanced PM schedule that included life cycle replacement

of wear parts that reduced unplanned breakdowns by 90%

Kahlsico, El Cajon California 1982-1994

• Machinist apprentice operating lathes and mills as well as general

shop equipment

JOEL KAHL 994

Shearers Rd. Mooresville NC 28115

Email: acpl0i@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 1-980-***-****

• Promoted in 1985 to Shop Coordinator and part time product

development which included setting up shop production schedule and

managing individual employees work tasks to meet customer demand.

• Developed customer specific custom products.

• Developed two patented products

Additional Training and Accomplishments:

Certified Keys to Operational Excellence assessor

Certified First responder (CPR, First aid, Trauma)

TWI JR AND JI Trained

Dale Carnegie Trained

Bedford County conservation district Volunteer of the year

Relay for life of Bedford Chair for 3 years

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