David J. Luebbe

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Professional Summary:

Lean Six Sigma professional certified as a Master Black Belt with over 18 years of experience integrating process improvement within manufacturing and transactional settings. Lead high level complex projects by working across all levels of the organization. Ability to identify and scope strategic projects. Develop and administer core LSS curriculum. Mentor high potential Black Belts. Coach Champions and Sr. Executives in LSS. Hold engineering degree with MBA.

Industries: Consumer products; Food and Beverage; Distribution; Sales & Marketing; Medical Devices; Retail

Functional Areas: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, HR, Field Sales, IT, Retail Operations

Attributes: Influencer, thought leader, change agent, facilitator, problem solver, trainer, coach

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kraft Heinz Company (Champaign, IL) America’s largest manufacture of foods and beverages 2013-current

Master Black Belt - Meals Division

Lead MBB for Kraft’s Meals Division, identifying, leading and supporting projects across the Supply Chain

Development and ownership of Value Stream Maps for 3 brands touching 14 lines across 3 plants

Green Belt/Black Belt training and mentoring for all Continuous Improvement engineers in the Business Unit.

Designed and implemented multiple weight control solutions, reducing process variation and saving $3MM

Best Buy (Richfield, MN) World’s largest big box retailer of consumer electronics 2011-2013

Director, Lean Six Sigma & Master Black Belt

Program manager responsible for developing value targeted work-streams to reduce $320 million annually from total Cost of Goods Sold. This included mapping opportunities associated with sourcing, vendor agreements, returns and exchanges, margin erosion, repairs, warranties and sales within secondary markets.

Led project to reduce $2.1MM in returns rejected by vendors and debit received back to the return center.

Managed project to reduce startup costs for stand-alone Best Buy Mobile stores from $230M per store to under $180M. Savings of $1.7MM for store openings in 2013 using new design prototype.

Led project to reduce physical inventory losses between four cross docks by 85% or $479M per year.

Owned curriculum development and administration of Lean Six Sigma White Belt and Green Belt training.

Managed logistics and provided training to over 200 White Belts and 50 Green Belts.

Provided coaching and mentoring to 10 Green Belts, enabling project benefits in excess of $25MM.

Medtronic (Fridley, MN) Leading manufacturer of device-based medical therapies 2010-2011

Sr. Lean Sigma Program Manager

Developed and coordinated continuous improvement efforts within enterprise-wide clinical operations.

Led working groups tied to Contracts, Monitoring, Quality and Safety toward development of mission statements, SIPOCs, process maps, metrics identification and project plans in preparation for clinical trials.

Inventoried existing SOPs and mapped government requirements to current state processes. Rewrote enterprise level SOPs and developed Safety and Quality glossaries as part of a corporate quality manual.

Ecolab, Inc. (St. Paul, MN) Leading manufacturer of cleaning and sanitation supplies 2006-2010

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Collaborated with Business Leaders within the organization to identify strategic projects, develop charters, hold tollgate reviews, track project benefits and select and repatriate Black Belts back into the organization.

Developed Lean Six Sigma training curriculum for Green Belt, Black Belt and Project Sponsorship programs and personally delivered 20 classes of training to over 400 employees worldwide.

Coached 16 Black Belts in Field Sales, Marketing, Finance, IT and HR functions toward $15MM in savings.

Led high profile project to measure utilization and improve capacity of 500 field service agents.

Led various Kaizen projects including: enhancements to the emergency service request program, field sales kit optimization, and field storage unit reduction delivering over $2MM in cost savings.

W.W. Grainger (Vernon Hills, IL) Leading provider of maintenance, repair and operating supplies 2003-2006

Six Sigma Leader

Organized an executive Six Sigma Council and developed the supporting infrastructure necessary to instill a culture of fact base decision making utilizing Lean Six Sigma methodologies to advance top line growth, reduce internal costs and improve customer satisfaction. This included the project selection and chartering process, report-out templates and tollgate process, financial reporting of benefits and HR processes that included defining Black Belt competencies, job descriptions, certification requirements and incentive plans.

Developed and administered training curriculum for executives, champions, Black Belts and finance reps.

Implemented methodology within Supply Chain, Finance, IT, and HR delivering benefits of $10MM from projects that included: pick & pack accuracy, AP price mismatches, system downtime and perfect order.

Aligned with Lean, ISO 9001and Balanced Scorecard initiatives to create the Grainger Performance System

Managed (3) Black Belts and coached (9) others through full DMAIC and DMADV methodologies.

Kraft Foods (Glenview, IL) America’s largest manufacture of foods and beverages 1996-2003

Sr. Staff Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Developed Kraft’s first Green Belt training program and administered to (7) classes of field engineers throughout 20 manufacturing locations. Mentored and provided them with technical support in Lean and Six Sigma tools and applications that delivered $5MM in benefits.

Individually led various Six Sigma projects including: Velveeta moisture control, pasta weight control, breadstick tensile strength improvement, salad dressing fill level control, Life Savor candy yield improvement and process cheese line optimization that together delivered over $3MM in operational savings.

Led improvement “SWAT” teams into multiple facilities eliminating operating waste and reducing variation.

Division Engineering Manager

Manufacturing engineering responsibility for Pizza Division operating in (3) facilities with sales of $1 billion.

Directly managed (5) project engineers while advancing a $20MM productivity program and $40MM capital spend

Led cross functional team to identify and implement a “pizza line of the future” using advanced vendor technology in robotics, material feeding systems and weight control applications that reduced costs by $2MM.

Conducted network analysis for the launch and expansion of DiGiorno Frozen Pizza that included development of a system to forecast demand, manage inventory requirements and schedule production.

Developed and implemented an SPC application for pizza topping weight control that rolled out to 3 plants within the division saving $3MM in material cost and earning Kraft’s Highest Achievement Award that year.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration (MBA) Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering (BSISE)

Capital University Ohio State University

CERTIFICATIONS TRAINING

Six Sigma Master Black Belt Lean Six Sigma for Service

Smarter Six Sigma Solutions (2003) Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)

Breakthrough Management Group, Inc. (2004)

Six Sigma Black Belt ISO 9001:2000

Six Sigma Academy (2001) American Society for Quality (2003)

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