Manager Six Sigma

JOE GAULKE

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Education: Bachelor of Science - Business Administration,

Metropolitan State University, Mpls.-St. Paul MN

Graduated with High Honors December 2005

Certifications: APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt

Experience: Buyer – Caterpillar Global Purchasing

Minneapolis, 2008 – Present

Logistics Engineer – Caterpillar Global Paving (CGP)

Minneapolis, 2007 – 2008

Developed Plans for Every Part and Internal Pull systems/kitting.

Member of AP5XX and AP10XX Focus Teams and Corporate

Packaging Council. Six Sigma Green Belt on Prime Product

Shipping Project. Mach 1 Subject Matter Expert.

Transportation Manager – CGP Minneapolis, 2005 - 2007

Responsible for Managed Transportation of Prime Product and

OTR fleet, inbound freight fleet, shipping, and freight payments

Senior Production Specialist – CGP Minneapolis, 2002 – 2005

Lead and worked on numerous Six Sigma projects focusing on

process improvement of assembly, material handling, and safety,

most notably the development of the kitting program, one piece

flow, visual work instructions, build to order, and value stream

mapping.

Production Analyst – CGP Minneapolis, 2001 – 2002

Developed a complex Capacity Planning tool for Master

Schedulers use during Caterpillar Paving’s push for Class A

certification. It was used during S&OP as a planning tool to run

multiple production scenarios and predict potential bottlenecks.

Developed and maintained long lead planning bills of material.

Developed tools for optimizing finished goods inventory levels

based on forecasts and lead times.

Production Team Manager – CGP Minneapolis, 1999 - 2001

Managed second shift assembly on the Paver Line.

Computer Skills Expert level use of Microsoft Office Applications, Visual Basic for

Applications, SAP, and Lognet.

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