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Top Skills

Operational Excellence [OPEX]

Business Transformational Leadership

Continuous Improvement [CI]

Certifications

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

John Todorovic

Global Continuous Improvement Leader Saratoga Springs

Summary

Executive Leader with demonstrated success driving change and executional excellence to improve the customer experience and business profitability. Proven success building teams around sound customer and business based strategies. An energizing and passionate Lean Six Sigma Leader who has coached global teams to transform business units around the world delighting the customers, improving customer facing metrics 35 - 80% and delivering $75 - $215M in cost of quality improvements. A proven

change agent who has converted challenged procurement groups into a sound strategic sourcing organization delivering cost reduction exceeding $100M and improving on time delivery 35% and who has transformed control blade manufacturing reducing process path, # of components and costs by 35%.

Six Sigma Master Black Belt Chemical Engineer working for world class leaders in the Medical Devices, Power Generation, Electronics, and Material Science industries. Successful in leveraging AI &

IT acumen to solve Quality and Business Process challenges. Expertise in New Product Introductions (NPIs) leveraged by R&D, project management and process improvement competencies.

Areas of Expertise

# Strategic Sourcing Leadership # Strategic Quality Leadership # Supply Chain Management

# Direct Material Sourcing

# Lean Six Sigma Program Mgr. # Mfg Cell Leadership

# Indirect Material Sourcing

# Strategic Platform Development # Plant Startup

# Data Operations & Reporting

# Training & Tracking Program # Simplification

# Value Stream Processing

Experience

Philips Medical Systems

Idea to Market (I2M) R&D & Engineering Excellence Leader

July 2021 - Present

Albany, New York Metropolitan Area

Philips Medical Systems is a world class leading manufacturer of Magnetic Resonance Imaging [MRI] Systems & Solutions that increase Radiology Productivity, while delivering exceptional imaging quality and patient experience. Our portfolio of MR solutions delivers Speed, Comfort and Confidence, all with the aim to help improve patient care. At Philips, our integrated MR solutions offer new levels of speed and productivity as they drive confident diagnoses and foster a brighter, more confident future for everyone.

* Responsible for Quality and Continuous Improvement [CI] initiatives that drive Customer & Employee Satisfaction, Operational and Functional key Metric Improvements, safer and more sustainable work environments, and financial Benefits.

*Driver of efforts that yielded financial benefits to Philips or its customers including more revenue, avoiding costs, and/or increasing margins.

*Operational Leadership of projects that delivered financially validated Operating Income and/or Customer Flow Through savings.

Developed and Implemented Improvement Strategies

*Digital

-Automation

-Factory 4.0

-Predictive Analytics

*Engineering Excellence

-Design

-DevOps

-Additive Manufacturing (AM)

*Enterprise Management

-Forecasting

-Integrated Planning

-Rate Analysis

*Continuous Improvement

-Benchmarking

-Cycle/Lead Time Reduction

-Process Improvement

-Standardizing

-Streamline

*Quality Improvements

-COPQ

-Defect Reduction

-Warranty

*Supply Chain Levers

-Make/Buy

-Negotiation

-Should Cost

-Cost Transparency

-Supplier Consolidation

*Develops and drives continued Lean Conversion using the Philips Business System (PBS), and Continuous Improvement [CI].

*Achieved a culture of stretch goal attainment utilizing PBS processes to deliver balanced results.

L3Harris Technologies

Continuous Improvement Leader

May 2019 – June 2021

Rochester, NY

Driver of Continuous Improvement strategy aligned to Engineering function strategy, end market operating plans and global operational strategy while taking into account present operational realities. Deployment Champion for robust pipeline of continuous improvement projects (prioritized by financial return to the enterprise alongside Productivity & Quality [P&Q] potential realization) to be worked with regular and frequent financial reporting to continuously ensure results are meeting or exceeding commitments on all initiatives/projects. Leader for internal processes to be able to present the performance and financial analysis to the Engineering Leadership Team on a

regular basis. Ensure the development of a robust Continuous Improvement Future State by providing oversight and guidance for all Continuous Improvement initiatives. Champion of all aspects of L3Harris Continuous Improvement Strategy branded as e3 [Excellence, Everywhere, Every Day] in partnership with business leaders and key operations leadership. Establish manufacturing, sourcing, procurement, and engineering value stream maps and current state assessments of functional performance.

Develop dashboards / score cards for manufacturing, sourcing, procurement, and engineering functions. “Go-To” person to assist business units in the assessment of major improvement initiatives. Identify, prioritize and execute continuous improvement initiatives that provide the highest impact on operational excellence and continuous improvement metrics.

BASF

Global Quality Leader

January 2016 - April 2019

Iselin, NJ

The automotive industry is known for the high standards it imposes on all the participants in the value chain. Quality standards are driven by the Original Equipment Manufacturers and are governed by the new IATF 16949:2016 Quality Management System. Quality Lead for the implementation of quality improvements throughout the Mobile Emissions Catalyst Business unit

of BASF. I have met the challenge of ensuring all aspects of our Quality Management and Auditing Systems meet all of BASF's standards and Quality System expectations.

I have been the Quality Leader - serving as the bridge between BASF and its External Auditors. I have brought our worldwide manufacturing sites into compliance to the new IATF 16949:2016 standard. Driving clear

understanding and agreement of the requirements, working with the teams to quickly resolve any issues, monitoring and auditing to maintain a high level of quality, and assure that any changes, both process and design, have only a positive impact. (Performance, Efficiency & Value).

Process Experts LLC

Process Improvement Manager

2013 - 2015

Saratoga Springs, NY

Seasoned Business Excellence Leader successful in leveraging Lean Statistically Based Six Sigma Process acumen to solve manufacturing

and transactional challenges. Expertise in new product introductions (NPI) leveraged by project management and process improvement competencies specializing in driving positive change by making stakeholders, champions, and sponsors partners and owners of the results. Significant Lean Six Sigma International exposure to operating facilities and business cultures in Europe, South America & Asia. Fluent in Spanish as a certified Technical Translator and Slavic based Eastern European languages.

Lean Leader on a “Tiger” team for a packaging producer for the food and beverage industry. Led “Kaizen Blitz” to make their current production processes more predictable, efficient, and cost effective as their current lines were oversubscribed. Created 13% additional capacity with minimal capital expenditure by coaching a multifunctional team with R&D, Product Design, Blow Molding Technology, and Manufacturing Operations members.

Lean Six Sigma Quality Lead for design and installation of an automated UPS Battery Production line one month ahead of schedule averting $100,000 of critical downtime.

Author of statistical study that conclusively demonstrated an quantum dot LED lighting manufacturing facility line had the best reliability metrics satisfying rigorous Critical to Quality (CTQ) requirements.

Redefined with Lean Six Sigma methodologies processes for a $4 million HID lighting line that increased throughput by 15% and reduced DVC costs by 10% with virtually no new capital investments in existing facility.

GE Energy

LSS Master Black Belt

October 2008 - December 2012

Schenectady, NY

Led LSS projects with the highest value opportunities across six global business segments. Drove enterprise standard projects related to simplification, continuous improvement, defect reduction, and reduced cycle time. Achieved standardized, simplified processes with improved accuracy and strong controls. Resolved complex processing and transactional issues maintaining customer responsiveness.

Recipient of three Global Reward & Recognition Awards for Effective Lean Six Sigma Leadership of global events resulting in significant reductions of cycle

time, defects, and required data field inputs. Validated business results of over

$40 million in a diverse $1 Billion million global project portfolio.

Global Rewards & Recognition Award for Black Belt Lean Leadership of an Energy Applications & System Engineering summit that accomplished a 90% defect reduction and 76% lead time reduction of a crucial revenue forecast quarterly update for the Energy Financial Services (EFS) business segment.

Established Lean Six Sigma survey process methodology, result analytics & improvement opportunity identification using ProClarity, Business Objects, Excel & JMP Statistics with real-time trend analysis for prompt correction.

Developed strategic business plan, yearly operating plan & development budgets. Monitored project portfolio health & performance through financial modeling, business intelligence and risk/gap assessments. Managed relationship to broader GE marketing teams.

Leveraging Lean Six Sigma methodologies assembled & reported Dashboard metrics & Client Satisfaction analyses to Stakeholders & Management including a differentiated customer loyalty/retention program.

Education

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering

Texas A&M University

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

LSS Master Black Belt

General Electric University

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