Manager Lean Six

Shane Garinger

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Continuous Improvement - Quality - Operations - Training Process Improvement - Kaizen – 5S – DMAIC - Management Conflict Resolution - Leadership - Training – Facilitation EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Bakavoor Foods Jessup Pa. 18434 2018- Present

Operations and Maintenance Manager

● Managing 2 shifts with 6 lines producing ready to eat food products

● Managing 2 Supervisors, 9 Leads, with a total of 80 Production staff

● Specializing in Kettle cooked product, sauces, dips, and ready to eat fresh items

● Managed the maintenance program for the plant with a supervisor and 5 technicians

● Supervised 7 Quality technicians and all batch testing and cooling

● Achieved maintaining operations budget below goal

● Successfully launched a large kettle cooked product for a new customer

● 5s the packaging area to make changeovers 25% more efficient

● Line Balanced 2 lines to increase output by 20%

● Through time studies set the productivity baselines for all lines Cargill Case Ready Hazleton Pa. 18202 2017 - 2018

Operations Superintendent

● Managing a high flow food processing department specializing in vacuum packaging

● Supporting 3 customers

● Supervising 3 salary supervisors and 126 hourly employees

● Successfully led the department through the largest Holiday run

● Successfully managed the startup of 3 Value Added items

● Successfully used my Six Sigma methodology to plan the layout of 2.1 million dollars in new machinery

● Continuous Improvement Manager 2016-2017

● Mentored 5 employees to their Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

● Created a portfolio of projects worth 1.2 million dollars

● Co-facilitated Statistical Supported Decision Making class (Minitab)

● Audited other facilities on single flow design or Pacing

● Implemented single flow design across 11 lines

Kane Is Able Scranton Pa. 2014-2016

Regional Continuous Improvement Manager Master Black Belt

● Increased order picking by 25% by implementing Standard Work

● Reduced receiving cycle time by 10% through technology upgrades and process step removal

● Saved $600,000 after facilitating a team through completion of a project

● Conducted facilitation skills training

● Decreased non value add time by 17 minutes by utilizing process mapping tool skills

● Mentored 11 continuous improvement leads throughout the network to grow the six sigma culture

● Introduced 5S methodologies to 11 East Coast sites applying visual management to the facilities

● Implemented a preventive maintenance program through a project team by utilizing brain storming and root cause analysis techniques

Cargill Regional Beef Wyalusing Pa. 1996-2014

Training Manager Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

● Increased Retention by 8% through lean initiatives targeting 30,60,90 day new hires

● Supplied trainings to 28 front line supervisors in standard work, accountability, and line balancing

● Developed all monthly safety trainings for the site

● Coordinated with Penn State and local agencies to supply on site learning classes for associates

● Extensive knowledge of Beef manufacturing processes

● Further processing experienced

● Safety team member VPP Star site

● Increased United Way Campaign giving by 6% using lean methodologies of team forming and pilot testing

● Introduced new standard work tracking forms to reduce comp claims by 10% through early identification

● Optimized the onboarding process through lean process flows to allow a 20% increase in applicant flow

● Reduced Head count by 3 using line balancing techniques while still maintaining the desired service level

● Supplied floor safety and onboarding training to 350 associates per year in all departments of a Beef facility Accounting Office Manager Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

● Increased Office metrics by 35% using process flow and root cause analysis

● Reduced Head count by 1 through line balancing

● Introduced line balancing that increased office efficiency by 7%

● Achieved the goal of moving the location from last place in network to first place in metrics through lean initiatives

● Authorized all cattle and logistic payments averaging $750,000 per week and balanced them back to the GL account

Armor Crewman, US Army Ft Knox, KY 1992-1996

● Us Army Armor School

EDUCATION

● Certificate, Master Black Belt, Villanova, 2015

● Certificate, Supervisory Management, Penn State, 2010

● Certificate, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Tartan Minneapolis, 2009

● Certificate, Six Sigma Green Belt, Cargill, 2005

● High School Diploma, Wyalusing, 1991

Skills

Master Black Belt

● Trains and coaches Black Belts and Green Belts. Functions more at the Six Sigma program level by developing key metrics and the strategic direction. Acts as an organization’s Six Sigma technologist and internal consultant.

Certified Lean Six Sigma Black belt

● Improves the quality of the output of a process by identifying and removing the causes of defects and minimizing variability in manufacturing and business processes. MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE

● Word

● Excel

● Visio

● Power Point

● Outlook

● Minitab

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