Senior Strategic Manager-Lean/Six Sigma

Herbert Thompson

Long Beach, California 310-***-**** ************@*****.***

SENIOR STRATEGIC MANAGER – LEAN SIX SIGMA

Dynamic and strategic management leader with 20+ years experience increasing team performance. Recognized for increasing lean scores every year at all seven facilities at ECOBAT, including increasing one facility’s score from 48% to 74%. Expertly combines innate business acumen, ability to secure buy-in, and technical training to improve safety, increase productivity, and cut costs. CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT EXPERIENCE

ECOBAT Technologies Ltd., Dallas, TX

Senior Lean/Six Sigma Consultant, February 2010 – Present Lean Facility Manager, February 2007 – February 2010

Advise CEOs, COOs, and Vice Presidents at seven facilities nationwide on Lean Six Sigma strategies and mentor seven facility Lean managers, increasing lean assessment scores by 2-5 points at every location

Promoted in 2010 from Lean Six Sigma consultant for one facility to consultant for entire corporation

Developed over 100 VSM, Kaizen, and Lean road maps and oversee their daily, weekly, and monthly performance measures (S,Q,D,C,M) to systematically narrow the gap between actual and ideal

Achieved a 74-point Lean assessment score at one facility – highest given by Lean Learning Center in industry

Created program that worked to engage all employees in eliminating waste that increased employee participation by 2000% and saved company $5M/year at one facility

Reduced water usage by an unprecedented 30%, saving company $1.5M/year in fees

Developed effective safety program, improving the culture so drastically that there have been no lost-time injuries in two years

Develop and deliver regular 50-person shop floor trainings and 25-person executive and manager presentations, receiving 4.8/5 on evaluations for providing relevant and usable content

Conduct annual Lean assessment with the Lean Learning Center for Arizona facility, covering 11-13 elements

Perform internal audits for ISO 9001, 14001, and 50001 and OHSAS 18001 to identify minor nonconformities

Lean Learning Center used ECOBAT’s Lean programs as benchmark for companies in multiple states to use to measure Lean success

Manage the performance improvement and performance management processes for core teams

Serve as Editor-in-chief for quarterly Lean Newsletter that has a readership of 3500+ United States Army, Washington D.C.

Process Action Team Leader, 1992 – 1995

Developed 25-person cross-functional team consisting of department heads from six departments to improve customer service and reduce errors in processes

Streamlined logistics for operations, resulting in $4.5M savings in fuel and supply costs for one deployment to the Philippines

RELEVANT MILITARY EXPERIENCE

United States Army, Washington D.C.

Operations Sergeant, Equal Opportunity Representative, Senior Drill Sergeant, Training Developer, 1999 – 2006

Promoted to advise the Commander on advanced strategies and tactics

Trained 500+ personnel in equal opportunity policies and procedures

Received the Distinguished Instructor Award (given to approx. 8 of 450 instructors) based on effectively training recruits for tactical and technical operations

Awarded the Distinguished Honor Graduate (#1 in class) and Leadership Award (only one given at Drill Sergeant School)

Developed training policies and drafted lesson plans to cross-functionally train recruits Squad Leader, Platoon Sergeant, Operations Sergeant, Total Quality Manager, 1986 – 1999

Promoted to lead teams of 10+ staff based on demonstrated excellence as an officer and soldier, as evidenced by receiving the Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Award (only one awarded out of 20,000 officers) and Soldier of the Month (only one awarded out of 1000 soldiers)

Requested to advise the Battalion Commander Executive regarding personnel training EDUCATION

Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI

Master of Science and Administration, Human Resources, August 2003 Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Emphasis in Human Resources, May 2000 Delta Mu Delta-Business Honor Society

CERTIFICATIONS

Management and Strategy Institute, Downingtown, PA Six Sigma Lean Professional and Change Management Specialist, Anticipated June 2015 Lean Learning Center, Novi, MI

Lean Master Certification, March 2012

British Standard Institution (BSI), Herndon, VA

Internal Auditor Certificate – International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001, 14001, and 50001; Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Specification (OHSAS) 18001, June 2007 U.S. Army Management Engineering College, Fort Leonard Wood, MO Total Quality Management – Selected to attend program to prepare to head up Process Action Team, March 1992 TRAININGS & SKILLS

Primary Leadership Development Course – Train junior leaders to supervise personnel Basic & Advanced Noncommissioned Officers Course – Teach mid-/upper-level supervisors to train soldiers Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, Visio, SAP and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software

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