Program Director,Manager Lean, CI, Master Black Belt
Resume:
**
Servant
Leader,
Learner,
Teacher,
Observer,
Coach,
Visionary,
Process- Oriented,
People
Focused
** adc3f0@r.postjobfree.com
PROFILE
High- energy,
results
driven
Lean
practitioner
who
has
honed
skills
as
a
Lean
champion
with
extensive
experience
in automotive,
banking,
biotech,
manufacturing
and
food
services
industries.
A
champion
of
change
with
a
track
record
of successfully
managing
complex
projects
that
exceed
customer
expectations.
Led
multiple
Lean
business
transformations and
training
for
all
levels
of
organizations.
Coached
senior
executive
teams
on
Lean
operational
initiatives.
Mentored
mid- level
managers
to
empower
teams
to
identify
and
fix
issues
quickly
as
part
of
a
culture
of
continuous
improvement. Proven
track
record
of
delivering
significant
cost
savings,
improving
quality
and
safety,
and
reducing
delivery
lead
times
at the
enterprise
level,
as
well
as
developing
business
strategy,
goals
and
Key
Performance
Indicators.
People- centric
leader. BUSINESS
EXPERIENCE
CANADIAN
MANUFACTURERS
&
EXPORTERS,
Hammonds
Plains,
NS 2019- 2020 Director
of
Productivity
and
Programs
(Reported
to
VP
CME,
Nova
Scotia
Division)
● Managed
Manufacturing
Productivity
(MP)
Program
in
partnership
with
Labour
and
Advanced
Education
(LAE)
● ● ● ● ● ● and Drafted Hired, Created Stabilized Coached Served
Atlantic
trained,
as
government
quarterly
and
national
program
Canada
championed
managed
and
committee
and
Opportunities
proposals
bi-
recruited
and annual
Nova
coached
member
to
Scotia
reports
new
develop
Agency
a
companies
Lean
on
team
for
other
CME
(
funding
Consortium ACOA)
of
Embracing
8
programs
Lean
to
partners
implement
facilitators
Excellence
Lean
to
deliver
2021
productivity
team
program
in
32
content
companies
across
NS Accomplishments:
● ● Successfully Increased
Manufacturing
secured
first
New
Productivity
Brunswick
company
company
participation
for
the
MP
and
program
growth
by
25 TARKETT/TANDUS
CENTIVA,
Truro,
NS 2017- 2019 World
Class
Manufacturing
(WCM)
Senior
Implementation
Specialist
(Reported
to
WCM
Director,
Tarkett,
North America)
● ● ● ● ● ● Developed Led Supported Trained JOHS Implemented
WCM
committee
and
pillar
Florence,
WCM
developed
Quick
leaders
member,
roadmap
Kaizen
Alabama
first
through
Safety
for
(
certified QK)
and
Truro
Lean
program
Dalton,
plant
associates
implementation
for
Georgia
associates
as
WCM
campuses
including
to
Project
have
for
a
launching
Leaders
multiple
continuous
in
WCM
9
North
WCM
improvement
projects
America
Pillars
voice Accomplishments:
● ● ● Exceeded Organized The
QK
program
targeted
annual
delivered
WCM
audit
fair
scores
financial
celebrating
for
2017
savings
the
and
of
entire
2018
approximately
team’s
while
delivering
achievements-
$320K
$
in 2.
first 6
million
recognized
year,
in
generating
savings
as
a
best
with
over
practice
43
2300
projects
ideas between
2017
and
2019
BRUCE
CARLYLE,
BA,
LMBB
**
Servant
Leader,
Learner,
Teacher,
Observer,
Coach,
Visionary,
Process- Oriented,
People
Focused
** Business
Experience
(Cont’d) Bruce
Carlyle
2 CLEARWATER
SEAFOODS
LP,
Bedford,
NS 2016- 2017 Business
Excellence
Continuous
Improvement
(CI)
Manager
(Reported
to
Global
VP
of
Business
Excellence)
● ● ● ● Oversaw Implemented Collaborated Facilitated
CI
A3
program
with
daily
problem
HR
huddles
for
team
solving
all
land-
to
with
facilitate
sessions
teams based
operations
and
with
Day
collaborated
in
finance
the
Life
team
sessions
in
creating
as
part
The
of
ClearWay
restructuring
operating
system Accomplishments:
● Developed
training
and
led
value
stream
analysis
sessions
across
4
business
divisions
with
projected
savings
in
● excess Trained
of
over
$1M
300
associates
in
The
ClearWay ACADIAN
SEAPLANTS
LIMITED,
Dartmouth,
NS 2011- 2016 Manager
of
Operational
Excellence/Continuous
Improvement
(Reported
to
VP
Global
Manufacturing,
Engineering
and Lean)
● Developed
Acadian
Operating
System
(AOS)
including
Lean
tool
package
and
auditing
system
● Created
and
launched
Excellence
Through
Innovation
Program
(ETI)
as
part
of
employee
driven
continuous
● ● improvement Managed Organized
Lean
Training
operations
Within
in
Industry
four
facilities
session
across
with
10
Atlantic
team
leaders;
Canada
outputs
included
developing
new
Standard
● Work Member
documents
of
Association
and
a
for
robust
Manufacturing
training
program
Excellence
(AME)
Lean
Champions,
Lean
experts
from
across
North
● America Co- designed
new
105
000
sq./ft.
seaweed
processing
facility
from
a
Lean/Safety/Ergonomic
perspective Accomplishments:
● ETI
program
delivered
over
$700K
in
savings
and
was
shared
as
a
Best
Practice
at
the
AME
Lean
Conference
in
● Toronto, Proud
to
Ontario
take
two
in
team
2013
leaders
to
co- present
“People
and
Culture:
Developing
Lean
teams”
at
the
AME
Lean
● ● Conference New Researched
facility
in
and
successfully
Jacksonville,
drafted
a
tripled
proposal
Florida
processing
in
to
2014
partner
capacity
with
a
with
3PL
the
company
same
number
to
save
$
of 250K/
employees yr
on
shipping
and
logistics costs
SYMCOR,
ITEM
PROCESSING
ATLANTIC,
Halifax,
NS 2009- 2011 Value
Stream
Manager-
Item
Processing
Atlantic
Operations
(Reported
to
Corporate
Operational
Excellence
Manager)
● Developed
and
implemented
Lean
Six
Sigma
program
for
over
300
team
members
● ● ● Introduced Designed JOHSC
member
inventory
Standard
on
Safety
control
Work
Committee
Instructions
system
which
and
became
a
visual
national
desk
map
standard
that
became
a
national
standard Accomplishments:
● ● Led Successfully
Lean
program
led
a
number
for
fiscal
of
2010
initiatives
with
savings
which
became
in
excess
national
of
$600K
standard
**
Servant
Leader,
Learner,
Teacher,
Observer,
Coach,
Visionary,
Process- Oriented,
People
Focused
** Business
Experience
(Cont’d) Bruce
Carlyle
3 DAIMLER
TRUCKS
NORTH
AMERICA,
St.
Thomas,
ON 1993- 2009 Lean
Implementation
Specialist
(Reported
to
Senior
Manager
of
Quality,
TOS
and
Technical
Services)
● Assisted
in
layout
of
multi- million- dollar
expansion
project
● Trained
and
implemented
Toyota
Production
System
concepts
● Certified
ISO
9000,
14001
Auditor
● Trained
in
6
Sigma,
Greenbelt
and
Lean
Manufacturing
● Experienced
in
Value
Stream
Mapping
● Certified
PDCA
trainer,
problem
solving,
Continuous
Improvement
facilitator
● JOHSC
member
of
the
Safety
Team
● Collaborated
with
other
facilities
to
incorporate
best
practices Accomplishments:
● Instrumental
in
achieving
a
5%
reduction
in
solid
waste
in
2007
and
an
additional
2%
in
2008
as
Environmental Committee
representative
at
DTNA
● Won
Silver
Best
Practice
Award
against
all
global
Daimler
facilities
in
2007
for
overall
implementation
with
an annual
savings
of
$882K
and
a
Lead
time
reduction
of
80% PIZZA
HUT,
Strathroy,
ON
1991- 1992
/
Blackpool,
UK
1992- 1993 1991- 1993 Assistant
Manager
(Reported
to
Area
Manager)
● ● ● ● Recruited, Scheduled Conducted Cross
trained
trained
labour
inventories
all
food
and
and
service
ordered
evaluated
and
managed
positions
product
staff
delivery
during
the
to
reduce
opening
food
of
the
costs
first
while
pilot
improving
Pizza
Hut
quality
“mini”
dining
room Accomplishment:
● Standardized
9
restaurants
across
the
Midlands
District
in
the
UK
increasing
sales
by
50%
in
3
months EDUCATION
WESTERN
UNIVERSITY,
London,
ON 1990
Bachelor
of
Arts
Certifications:
● ● Certified Lean
Master
Project
Black
Leader
Belt
Certification
-
Tarkett
(2018)
-
Lean
Applications,
LLC
(2018)
● ● ● ● Safety Six Lean Basic
Sigma
Expert
Management
Quality
Green
-
Daimler
Food
Belt
Training
(
Certification SQF)
Trucks
Certification
-
(
Toronto 2007)
-
EZ
Sigma
(
(1991- 2016)
Group 1992)
(2008) Affiliations:
● ● ● ● ● ● Management Lean Nova AME Chair ASQ
Section
Lean
Enterprise
Scotia
of
the
Champion
CME
Lean
411
systems
Institute
Education
Nova
Consortium
(
programming 2014-
Scotia
(LEI)
Chair 2017)
Lean
coach
member
(2013-
Consortium
and
team
(2015) Current)
sponsor
member
(2014-
(2019-
for 2015)
AME 2020)
annual
conference
(2020) _
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