Black Belt Manager

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Coralville, IA *****

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ANDREW L. BEERWART

SUMMARY

Accomplished Lean Sigma Master Black Belt with 15 years of managerial experience in developing programs, teaching, mentoring and certifying employees.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

CORPORATE LEAN LEADER – EXIDE BATTERY

Recognized by Exide’s CEO for lean accomplishment, 5S and lean structure and was chosen to be the first facility to host the Plant Manager’s Best Practices meeting.

Hired, trained, developed and managed team leaders to assist in driving the culture

Achieved a production median rate of 538 batteries per shift (13% increase) at the same time the scrap rate decreased by 50%

Results include a 7% increase in number of plates produced while decreasing the defect rate by 78% in planting department.

Developed a mentoring system for supervisors and managers.

MASTER BLACK BELT -MANAGER- CLIPPER WINDPOWER

Developed a Quality Clinic to access issues and provide cost saving solutions that provided long term/permanent resolutions.

Managed and developed salaried employees.

Trained, coached and mentored staff to ensure smooth adoption of the Lean Sigma Program for three sites.

LEAN SIGMA MASTER BLACK BELT –WHIRLPOOL/MAYTAG

Certified as a Lean Sigma Master Black Belt, met the requirements to be certified for a second time at the Master Black Belt level.

Developed, implemented and lead the Lean Sigma Program in the design and manufacturing of refrigerators at Whirlpool/Maytag

Trained 128 Green Belts and 39 Black Belts.

Developed 15 employees as Lean Sigma technicians

Created a Yellow Belt program for training hourly employees on the lines in lean and basic sigma tools and concepts

Certified belts yielded savings of over 27,000,000

Achieved reductions of scrap and rework, improve quality, reduce cost in both current and future products.

Over 5 million dollars of savings through project and lean events.

SKILLS

Staff training /development

Cross functional team management

Data driven problem solving

Certify staff in Lean Sigma

ISO Auditor Certification

WORK HISTORY

CORPORATE LEAN LEADER, EXIDE BATTERY, MANCHESTER IOWA

2012 - Current

MASTER BLACK BELT MANAGER, CLIPPER WIND POWER, CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA

2010 – 2012

LEAN SIGMA MASTER BLACK BELT, WHIRLPOOL / MAYTAG, AMANA IOWA

2003-2010

LEAN SIGMA BLACK BELT, MAYTAG, GALESBURG ILLINOIS

2000-2003

SENIOR PROCESS ENGINEER, MAYTAG, GALESBURG ILLINOIS

1997-2000

PROJECT ENGINEER, MAYTAG, GALESBURG ILLINOIS

1990-1997

ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, RECTICEL FOAM, LAPORTE INDIANA

1987-1990

EDUCATION

ROSE – HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TERRE-HAUTE IN.

B.S. Chemical Engineering

ADDITIONAL CERTIFICIATIONS

TBM Shop Floor Kaizen Breakthrough Instructor

Master Black Belt Training

SBTI Six Sigma Train the Trainer

SBTI Six Sigma Black Belt Training

Pathways to Change

The Leaders Challenge

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