William H. Kirk, Jr.

**** **** *. ****** *****, OK 74037 678-***-**** abntbf@r.postjobfree.com

BUS I NE S S P RO CE S S I MP RO V E ME NT DI RE CTO R

Masters of Business Administration (Aerospace) Operating Excellence Assessments

Business Improvement Strategy Development Quality & Management Systems Design 50

plus Kaizen Events Continuous Improvement Program Development & Deployment

Toyota Production System Six Sigma Black Belt Project Manager

OBJECTIVE:

Senior Continuous Improvement Leadership position that offers the opportunity to utilize my

leadership, MRO management, and business process improvement experience to drive

organizational excellence and continue to grow as a business leader.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

The NORDAM Group – 1/15/2008 to Present

Director NORDAM Business System (NBS) – Tulsa, Oklahoma

- Currently developing and deploying an enterprise-wide business and quality improvement

program (NBS) based on Lean, Six Sigma, and the Theory of Constraints

- Actively mentor C-level leaders, division leaders, and NBS Leaders on business and quality

improvement tools and strategy (serve as internal business improvement consultant)

- Leading quality star-point effort to identify and reduce rework and scrap

- Leading daily quality management system development and deployment effort to control

work-cell safety, quality, compliance, and productivity

- Led the annual business improvement planning development effort and currently managing

the annual planning process

TeamSAI Aviation and Business Consulting - 6/2007 to 1/14/2008

Sr. Consultant on The NORDAM Group Project - Atlanta, Georgia

- Managed NORDAM business development effort

- Managed projects, including four kaizen events to reduce CF6-80 turn time by 50%

- Led effort to initiate the NORDAM Business System (NBS)

Rath & Strong Consulting - 3/2007 to 5/2007

Consultant (temporary role) - Atlanta, Georgia

- Led Pfizer and other business development efforts

- Led Pfizer kaizen event to reduce packaging print change flow days by 30%

Sonoco Products – 3/2005 to 3/2007

Corporate Lean Champion - Hartsville, South Carolina

- Served as a corporate level Lean Leader to Sonoco’s 300-plus world wide locations

- Conducted operating excellence assessments and facilitated the development of four

divisional business improvement plans that enabled $40MM of productivity in 2005 & 2006

- Taught sixteen complete waves of Lean expert training (March 2005 – March 2007)

- Led 30 kaizen events with a heavy focus on standard work, SMED, and TPM (March 2005 –

March 2007, saved over $2.2MM, averaged $75K per kaizen)

Delta Air Lines - 2002 to 2005

Continuous Improvement Manager - Atlanta, Georgia

- Served as project leader and architect for engine and component maintenance Lean

projects

- Led major Lean initiative to move from station building engines to flow production resulting

in engine lead time reductions of 35% (average 65 days to 42 days)

- Implemented kanban system resulting in a WIP inventory reduction of $75MM over three

years

- Led value stream mapping activities and the development of annual business improvement

plans

- Managed a team of thirteen Black Belts tasked with executing the annual improvement plan

Delta Air Lines - 2000 to 2002

Foreman, Electro-Mechanical Components & Component Machining - Atlanta, Georgia

- Led 18 month long effort to improve quality and regulatory compliance

- Achieved zero safety and compliance audit findings through the implementation of a quality

management system and star-points

- Provided leadership, coaching and mentoring for a team of 5 direct and 77 indirect reports

- Utilized Lean Sigma DMAIC strategy to create annual improvement plan initiatives to reduce

cost, improve quality, and decrease cycle time

- Developed shop budget and managed a $20MM operating plan

- Managed repair and overhaul processes for fans, valves, motors, starters, and actuators

- Implemented kanban system & product cells

- Reduced annual operating plan by $2MM over an 18 month period ($22MM to $20MM)

- Reduced on-the-job injuries from five in 2000 to zero in 2002

Delta Air Lines – 1999 to 2000

Lead Machinist, Component Machine Shop – Atlanta, Georgia

- Provided leadership and support for a team of 20 Machinist

- Managed shop day-to-day safety, compliance, quality, and performance objectives

- Organized and led kaizen events (facilitated 4 kaizen events)

- Utilized Lean tools (Total Productive Maintenance, Set-Up Reduction, Mistake Proofing,

Standard Work, and 5s) to improve shop performance

- Reduced annual operating plan by $100K and created 4,160 hours of additional capacity

Delta Air Lines – 1994 to 1999

Machinist – Atlanta, Georgia

- Operated various machine tools to repair aircraft parts to required specifications

Delta Air Lines - 1987 to 1994

Atlanta, Georgia

- Held various levels of increasing responsibilities including Crew Scheduler and Lead

Scheduler

EDUCATION:

University of Tennessee – Knoxville, Tennessee

Graduated and hold a Masters of Aerospace Business Administration – 4.0 GPA

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Daytona Beach, Florida (Atlanta Campus)

Graduated and hold a Bachelor of Science in Management of Technical Operations – 3.9

GPA

Carroll Technical Institute - Carrollton, Georgia

Graduated and hold a Machine Tool Technology Certificate (2 year) - 4.0 GPA

ADDITIONAL TRAINING:

Sonoco Products: AMA Change Management, AMA Leading Across Cultures, AMA

Influencing Without Authority

Delta Air Lines: Black Belt, Green Belt, Project Management, Diversity, Frontline Manager

Workshop, Facilitation Skills Training, Coaching Skills Workshop

Mattford Group: Negotiating Solutions Training

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point), Visio Flow Chart, MS Project

References Available Upon Request

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