Desmond Mahadeo

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adem08@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmondmahadeo2009

Lean Six Sigma Black belt

Continuous Improvement (Kaizen)/ Project Management

A hands-on (“go to the Gemba”) professional with demonstrated experience, training and certifications and skills:

-Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt; Certified Quality Engineer; Mechanical Engineering

-Project Management: Lean Charter, Traditional and Scrum/Agile, budget and financial management

-Facilitation of Lean (organization wide projects) using kaizen activities, including: 5S, Cell Design, Kanban, TPM, SMED and Value Stream Mapping, spaghetti diagram, DMAIC, DOE

-Strategy Deployment with KPI’s measures, create dashboards, and lead to achieve targets

-Quality Engineering for data mining and analysis tools and techniques

-Formal leadership training-Advanced Critical thinking. Strategy, Change Management

-ISO Standards development -Innovation Management Standard and Strategic intelligence internationally

-Excellent Communicator, with great interpersonal skills, building relationships and employee engagement

Professional Experience

Plato North America 2019 to present

Software Vendor for FMEA enterprise Risk Management

Clients include GM, Magna, Caterpillar

Project Manager (Independent Consultant contract)

Lead the successful of deployment of the e1ns software for new and existing customers.

-Delivered service using consultative techniques to gather business requirements formulating SOW within

-Scrum framework managing scope, cost, time and quality. Collaborated and facilitated with clients and in-house software development staff to the customer satisfaction.

-Developed project plan in MS teams to build out the work, sprints and used as a platform for collaboration internally for Planning, Executing, and Closing Projects from defining the project, building its comprehensive work plan, and managing to the budget

-Participate in trade shows, conferences presenting on various Topics, Provide training

EG Industries, Stratford- Tier 1/Tier 2 Supplier 2016 to 2019

Quality Manager

-Implemented cell layouts for all new programs for Honda, Tier 2 Lexus, Chrysler, Ford and GM

-KPI’s development, monitoring and achieving (OTD, OEE, FPQ) by leading a team of Quality Auditors, Quality Engineers, technicians and frontline production staff

-15% cost savings: 5S events, kaizen projects, training and executing with frontline staff using VSM, cell layout and takt time including TPM,

-ISO/IATF16949 (TS in 2016 and IATF in 2018) project Implementation

Canadian Tire Corporation, Brampton Distribution Centre 2013 to 2016

Continuous Improvement Manager

The Continuous Improvement Manager is responsible for establishing the processes within the value streams, monitoring its performance to initiate and facilitate continual improvement within a Lean Management System.

-$1.5M in improvement projects, reconfiguring the entire process flow and engagement of all staff

-5% Waste reduction, 10% Quality improvement from Standard Work development and implementation, 5s Visual management using simple boards

-KPI’s deployment and achievement (Safety, Quality, Productivity and Morale), leading a team of 125 employees, developing, overseeing and improving complex processes, delivering strategic plans

-20% reduction of loss time at start of shift, implemented systems to reduce cross shift handover,

-10% improvement in loss time through Workplace hazard Inspections and by and reduction of safety incidents through effective root cause analysis (JHSC trained/certified)

Independent Management Consulting, Brampton, (self-employed) 2011 to 2013

Consultant

->500k savings :Lean Six Sigma 3-month Complete reorganization Project, on time, within budget and scope, Windows and doors (Improved Flow, Inventory reduction, line balancing, throughput matched to takt time

-20% Quality improvement from ISO QMS implementation– small and large companies streamlined all procedures, APQP, provided QMS training, Auditing

-15% in complaint reduction and 30% waste reduction (including admin) from

-Contracts for Quality Management and Improvement Northstar Aerospace, GardaWorld and Chrysler

-Instructed Quality management course at SENECA College,

Accord Plastics, Concord, Ontario 2009 to 2011

Quality Manager- Automotive supplier

Plastics Extrusion manufacturer, to Automotive and Consumer Goods

-$100K in training grant from the Govt. to support Project for Productivity and Innovation using Lean

-10% efficiency in cycle time in New Launches, Implemented “APQP” effectively, PM

->20% Lean waste reduction using Lean /kaizen blitzes, 5S and Redtag events “Wormpit” project

->$50k savings in Quality Improvement using RCA, SPC, DOE, Lean Six Sigma

-$10k savings: Developed calibration program for all measuring devices, eliminated third party

-10% efficiency using Visual management coupled with KPI’s monitored on a company-wide dashboard

-ISO 9001:2008 Project: on time, within budget and zero nonconformances

CPI Plastics, Mississauga, Ontario 1998 to 2009

Quality Manager

Plastics Extrusion manufacture to the Automotive Industry

-QS9000/ISO 9000:2000 project, on time, budget “zero” nonconformance

-20% reduction per annum in customer complaints by developing and implementing “Cost of Quality”

-$1.5M in 3 years using Lean, 5s and Statistical Tools (MSA/GR&R, Regression, Cpk etc

-Project management: QFD in APQP/Risk management FMEA

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (Bsc.), accredited by university of Toronto

Courses: Balanced Scorecard, Advanced Critical thinking, Win with Strategy, Lean Six Sigma, University of Toronto,

PML – Formal leadership Training 2014

Professional accomplishments

Chair of ASQ Toronto 2021, represent Canada for ISO on standards (SCC), present at technical (ISO/ASQ/SAE/GYRS), Organizational Excellence, Risk, QMS and Continuous Improvement.

Other training: Kaizen Blitz, FMEA, AIAG&VDA FMEA,HACCP, GMP, APQP, PPAP, MSA, SPC, Quality Auditing (ISO/QS/TS16949), Colour measurement, WHMIS, TDG, JHSC trained, Advanced computer user including MS Access, ERP, Minitab, e1ns FMEA and other specialized software

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