Project Manager Six Sigma

Hasan Ilker Cete

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Objective:

Senior management role with extensive engineering, project management, and

continuous improvement experience, training and motivating teams through

significant change. Consistent success in achieving lead time,

productivity, and quality goals

Core Competencies

. Lean Six Sigma Implementation and Training

. Project Management and Planning

. Supply Chain Management w/Forward and Reverse Logistics Operations

. Process Improvement & System Re-Design w/controls supported by

necessary KPI Metrics

. Pricing and Profitability Analysis (P&L)

. Quality Assurance and Standardization

Professional Experience

Moduslink, Raleigh, North Carolina

Supply Chain Continuous Improvement Project Manager (August, 2010 - March,

2013)

Facilitate, coach, lead and champion Continuous Improvement projects via

DMAIC methodology to meet int. & ext. customer goals.

Train groups on Lean Sigma Practitioner, Lean Six Sigma Awareness, 5S,

Kaizen and Transactional Process Variation Reduction (TPVR)

Track and organize Global Continuous Improvement efforts for SCP group to

exceed budgeted cost improvement targets,

Conduct Client Profitability Projects to increase margins after addressing

Voice of Customer for both Operations and SCP group,

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

. Continuous Improvement (CI) - Facilitated and assisted various CI

projects focusing on Reducing Inventory Levels by introducing VMI

(vendor managed inventory) and Kanban cards, and achieving an average

of 50% reduction on inventory levels and improving cash flow by

almost $1M. As Black Belt, coordinated and consulted 10+ Project

Teams to put their projects together and assisting them identify KPIs

and calculate project savings.

. Lean Six Sigma Training - Internal certified trainer instructing LSP

(Lean Sigma Practitioner - Green Belt equivalent-40hrs), Lean Six

Sigma Awareness-2hrs, 5S, Kaizen, TPVR and Blue Belt (Project

Champion-8hrs) Trainings.

. Client Profitability - Came up with a tool assisting Business and

Process owners to help allocating variable cost of solution centers

to existing clients accurately and fast. Following DMAIC to improve a

Client's profitability for Black Belt Certification.

Moduslink, North America

Director of Lean Six Sigma Deployment - Interim (August, 2009 - July, 2010)

Served as a single point source on Lean Six Sigma to all N.A. sites

w/reporting 3 Black Belts

Provided Lean Six Sigma consulting and training services to improve

operational, financial/business efficiencies.

Coordinated w/VP of Continuous Improvement and VP of N.A. Operations to

establish company's global strategies on Lean Six Sigma.

Participated in CI council, reviewing projects, monitoring KPIs, analyzing

financials, managing reward and recognition.

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

. Performance Improvement - Played key role coordinating with regional

resources to bank $16M in projected savings for FY'10 which exceeds

corporate goal by $2.5M, as a result of 83 Continuous Improvement

projects, part of which are from reduction on direct labor cost of

22% and indirect labor cost of 9.5%. Besides, cash flow is improved

by 23.5%, mainly reducing inventory on hand and Accounts Receivable

is improved by 55%, reducing "day(s) sales outstanding" via

implementing TPVR projects.

. Project management - Lead and facilitate series of CI projects in 2

Sites in NA region to reduce direct labor, inventory levels and

increase revenue per square footage without negatively impacting

quality levels and customer satisfaction and saved $1,437K, which

also lead to replicating same methodology for 3 other sites saving

$1,292K annually.

. Business Process Reengineering - Established a new method supported

by monthly KPI metrics to monitor WH activities to reduce related

direct labor cost, which drove 12% reduction after related CI

projects.

. Training and Rewards - Arranged a session for LSP training to train

22 individuals and a session of Blue Belt (8hrs) training for 11

individuals to champion CI projects. Besides, organized "Train the

Trainer" training session for selected individuals from 6 sites in

order to make all Sites self sustain on existing Lean Six Sigma

training programs and reduce cost of training in the N.A. region.

Almost 1% of projected savings were distributed project teams and

special trophies are given for recognition.

Moduslink, North America

Lean Six Sigma Lead (May, 2007 - July, 2009)

Pioneered Lean Six Sigma Projects in the organization and served as a role

model for change using DMAIC methodology.

Demonstrated effective facilitation and presentation skills that enhanced

Lean Six Sigma initiatives.

Provided Individual Mentoring and support to Lean Sigma Practitioners as

needed.

Stayed current, educated and advised of best practice improvements relating

to Lean Six Sigma.

Implemented and maintained systems to enable project resource planning,

prioritization and process tracking.

Supported and practiced in all departmental and organizational goals and

objectives.

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

. Capacity Increase - Increased order fulfillment capacity by 500% by

performing lean manufacturing techniques such as Value Stream

Mapping. Adopted pick-by-order vs. batch-picking in order picking and

processing for the biggest client in Raleigh. 2M units/month capacity

increased to 8M+units/month, which were tested with over $200K/year

less direct labor cost.

. Lead Time Reduction - Established one-piece-flow in Reverse Logistics

process of biggest client in Raleigh and reduced lead time of an

average return from 3months+ to less than a week implementing lean

tools and saved over $400K in direct labor cost.

. 5S Implementation - Pioneered in 5S efforts for Raleigh site as

selected project manager and scored 100%, which was the only site

with full score among all global 22 sites.

. Process Enhancement - Mapped all operational processes of biggest

client to streamline activities to reduce lead time and labor cost by

eliminating waste in the process, which saved $648K annually. Also,

increased inventory accuracy in Raleigh site by 46%.

. Kaizen Initiatives - Played key role as project leader, coaching and

training team members within CI projects in all North American sites

and pioneered single piece flow.

. Cost Savings - Lead and facilitate 20+ Continuous Improvement

projects including Kaizen events throughout the region that had

projected annual savings of >$5M by automation, process improvement,

layout changes and optimization of resources.

. Pricing - Established activity based pricing for the biggest client

in Raleigh site not only to define cost drives but also to increase

customer satisfaction. Besides, provided cost, P&L, bridging and

automation feasibility analysis for existing and potential clients.

Moduslink, Raleigh - North Carolina, USA

Process Excellence Manager (August, 2006 - April, 2007)

Lead and executed major process improvement and cost savings projects to

deliver financial results timely.

Analyzed current operations to identify new project opportunities and

financial benefits w/KPIs.

Developed and implemented appropriate metrics, dashboards and systems to

sustain gains and promote activities.

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

. Automation - Ran feasibility analysis and calculated ROI rates for

semi-auto blister sealing equipment, which enabled us gain 58%

productivity within same square footage and same amount of operators.

Participated FAT (factory acceptance test) to test the equipment and

understand its capabilities.

. Capacity Increase - Provided engineering solutions within business

ramp ups due to seasonal peaks on customer demands to maintain

profitability such as 400K/day software media package production for

couple weeks period of time.

. Space Utilization - Re-arranged floor layout due to changes in

businesses to increase revenue by square footage by 25%.

Moduslink, Raleigh, NC, USA - Industrial Engineer (November, 2004 - July,

2006)

Responsibility: Responsible for daily Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering

activities including detailed analysis such as time studies, productivity

improvement, pricing and performance KPI metrics to support all

departmental and organizational goals and objectives

Accomplishments: Participated and coordinated on-boarding some of

operational processes (returns and re-flash) of a new client ($17M revenue)

to have seamless transition and improved flow with reduced cost (18%) and

lesser required SQFT (63%). Also, lead transitioning (seamlessly) a new

client's ($2M revenue) operations by improving entire process from layout

(reduced by 89%) to process flow (37% lower labor cost) and transactional

processes including modifications on SAP. And, increased line efficiencies

by 15% changing preparation setup and layout with training line-leads on

line balancing and assembly line standards and save over $915K/year.

Industrial Extension Services, Raleigh, NC, USA -Consultant (September,

2003 - October, 2004)

Responsibility: Layout improvement, lead time reduction and productivity

increase to meet goals and objectives within give time frame.

Accomplishments: Conclude 6 projects saving +$2M/year (Reeves Bros,

Gulistan Carpet, Tyco Electronics, Revlon, Pergo and BC&BS).

BOSSA T.A.S., Adana, TURKEY - Industrial Engineer (April, 1997 - July,

1998)

Responsibility: Managed cost saving projects and performed daily Industrial

Engineering activities in a textile mill.

Accomplishments: Enhanced process by streamlining and improving operations,

which resulted 15% increase in productivity ($230K/year savings) of

twisting department by doing time studies and method analysis. Also,

reduced setup times by 10% in weaving department applying simulation

techniques and method analysis as well as changing team structures, which

resulted $126K per year

Yazeks A.S., Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Production Planner and Scheduler

(January, 1995 - May, 1996)

Responsibility: Planned, supervised and assisted managing assembly of

integrated textiles manufacturing facility. Also, Managed Material

Requirements Planning operations, made procurement proposals and did cost

analysis.

Accomplishments: Played key role increasing revenue by 40% through tactical

planning. Also, provided accurate and competitive quotations by using

manufacturing and assembly standards. And, set Activity Base Cost system

standards for finance department.

Technical Skills

. Black Belt Certification in-process/Green Belt Certified

. SAP 5.0 and IFS (ERP)

. Minitab, JMP by SAS and Arena (Simulation)

. MS Office + Access, Visio and Project

Education

MR - Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, NCSU, Raleigh, North

Carolina, May'03 / GPA 3.67

MS - Txt. Tech. Management, College of Textiles, NCSU, Raleigh, North

Carolina, May'01 / GPA 3.65

BS - Industrial Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey,

Nov'94 / GPA 3.20

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