SUMMARY

Manage and build large, global cross-functional teams using servant leadership and collaborative approaches to foster engagement. Drive, manage, and improve safety, quality, service, cost, teamwork, productivity, and profitability in diverse plant, international, and corporate roles. Extensive background and broad experience in operational, tactical, and strategic roles in the industrial, electronics, and consumer businesses of a large, diversified global Fortune 150 conglomerate.

Core competencies:

● Product & Process Engineering

● Technical & Quality Management

● Production & Operations Management

● International Manufacturing & Supply Chain

● US Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management

● Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma Methodologies

● New Product Introductions & Commercialization

● Global Project Management & Agile Scrum Master

● Value Stream Process Digitization & Advanced Analytics

● Inclusive & Collaborative Approaches for Optimum Results

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

3M Company Global Headquarters, Saint Paul, MN 2010 - 2023 Senior Digitization Project Manager & Agile Scrum Master, 3M Corporate Enterprise Operations 2019 - 2023

● Spearheaded many large, global cross-functional teams (including offshore team members in Asia, Europe, North and South America) for the rapid development and successful deployment of 5 timeline critical and high visibility digital applications and global impact business solutions (SaaS) sponsored by the corporate executive leadership

● Directed 10-person cross-functional team of Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Code Developers, Quality Testers, and Product Owners to create a digital twin of millions of data points from thousands of SKUs across hundreds of databases for tens of diverse, interconnected global businesses via the Neo4j Graph Database Engine Technology

● Orchestrated 20-person cross-functional team of corporate experts from across the organization (including manufacturing, finance, supply chain) to rapidly create and quickly deploy a digital application for quantifying and easily visualizing machine, labor, and material efficiencies globally within 6 weeks (vs. 6 months normal timeline)

● Developed and implemented product roadmaps and digitization plans for executive scorecards and operational dashboards for monitoring and improving 50+ safety, quality, productivity, and other key performance indicators (KPIs) for real time visibility and high-level operational management of 140+ manufacturing sites globally

● Applied project management principles, utilized Kanban, Waterfall, and Agile Scrum methodologies, Jira Board processes, and Sprint ceremonies (e.g., DSUs, demos) for the on-scope, on-schedule global releases of multiple concurrent products and solutions, resulting in the identification of $50M+ in process efficiencies and cost saving

Global Strategy & Key Initiatives Manager, 3M Corporate Manufacturing & Supply Chain 2019 - 2019

● Championed and led the corporate initiative for optimizing $1B in outsourced spend across a 3,500 supplier base within 30 operating divisions, including data analysis and executive presentations to the Division Vice Presidents

● Partnered and collaborated with 5+ Corporate Commodity Sourcing Leaders (CSLs) and 10+ Division Business Sourcing Managers (BSMs), levering volume buying synergies and identify optimal dual sourcing strategies

● Planned several cross-functional and cross-divisional supplier summit workshops for identifying leverage opportunities and implementing buyer sourcing strategies for $10M cost saving within a 6-month period

Manufacturing and Supply Chain Manager, 3M Abrasive Systems Division (Manufacturing plant, Detroit, MI) 2017 - 2019

● Managed and drove EHS, Quality, Service, Cost, Teamwork, Productivity, & Profitability for Wet-or-Dry® and other abrasives products on multiple substrates on 6 major Work-centers in the Abrasives Mfg. Operations

● Supervised, championed, and conducted Team Development and Performance Management for 50 Hourly Operators, Contingent Workers, Production Supervisors, and Salaried employees on 3 Rotating Crews in Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, Shipping, Receiving, and Warehouse Operations in the Detroit plant

● Developed, implemented, and managed Operational, Strategic, and Tactical Plans for a $35M Throughput Value Stream on a

$14M Operational Expense, including projecting, compiling, and managing the Annual Budget

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Manager, 3M Corporate Electronics Materials Solutions Division 2014 - 2017

● Coached, consulted, and trained 20+ Engineers, Supervisors, and Operators for identifying, driving, and implementing 40+ LSS Green Belt projects for Cost, Cash, and Growth improvements for Novec®, Tizact®, and other Semiconductor industry products at multiple plants in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois

● Initiated and completed 2 large Division wide LSS Black Belt projects for Quality and Service Improvements, Customer Complaints Reductions, and Business Process Redesigns (BPR) for ERP SAP readiness & implementation

● Delivered $1.3M in Annual Cost Saving and Hoppered an additional $3M in identified new LSS Green Belt projects

International Manufacturing Manager, 3M Corporate Stationery and Office Supplies Division 2012 - 2014

● Championed and improved Post-it® manufacturing for the Asia Pacific (APAC) and Latin America (LATAM) regions

● Collaborated and traveled to subsidiaries in Japan, Korea, China, Thailand, Singapore, and India for improving Safety, Quality, Service, Productivity, and Cost Reduction in Insourced and Outsourced Manufacturing operations

● Identified, implemented, and drove Regional Source of Supply (RSS) projects for Operating Income (OI) improvements on $234M Sales and $94M Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), including managing to Business targets

International Manufacturing Specialist, 3M Corporate Stationery and Office Supplies Division 2010 - 2012

● Championed and improved Scotch® manufacturing for the Asia Pacific (APAC) and Latin America (LATAM) regions

● Partnered and collaborated with Lab, Marketing, and Business Teams for New Product Introductions, Value Stream Improvements, and Manufacturing Cost Reduction, including Economies of Scale across various countries

● Identified, implemented, and drove Regional Source of Supply (RSS) projects for Operating Income (OI) improvements on

$175M Sales and $96M Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), including managing to Business targets

Additional positions held (in 3M’s Post-it® Notes and Scotch® Tape manufacturing plant in Cynthiana, KY) include: 1990 - 2010

Product Quality Specialist in the Scotch® Tape Focused Factory, 3M Stationery and Office Supplies Division 2005 - 2010

● Partnered and collaborated with Marketing, Packaging Engineering, and the Manufacturing Plant and led many Lean Six Sigma (LSS), Value Stream Improvement (VSI), and New Product Introduction (NPI) projects

● Coordinated and collaborated with Outsourced Manufacturing suppliers, vendors, and contractors for optimizing production capacity, product quality, and customer service

● Awarded and won the 2009 3M Corporate Silver Award for Supply Chain Achievement for $1M in Cost Savings

Site Quality Supervisor for the Post-it® & Scotch® Tape Focused Factories, 3M Stationery & Office Supplies Division 2001 - 2005

● Led, managed, and improved the Quality Management Systems (QMS) for the 450 person site, including operational responsibilities for 2 Quality Control (QC) Laboratories (for Post-it® Notes and Scotch® Tape)

● Championed and conducted Team Development and Performance Management for 6 employees, including 3 Quality Technicians, 2 Contingent Workers, and 1 Quality Technologist in 2 Quality Labs

● Management Representative for Continuous Assessments to ISO 9001:2000 Registration with Underwriters Laboratories; successfully led and managed periodic ongoing Internal Audits of the entire site to the QMS

Production Operations Supervisor in the Post-it® Notes Focused Factory, 3M Stationery and Office Supplies Division 1997 - 2001

● Led, managed, and improved EHS, Quality, Service, Cost, Teamwork, Productivity, and Profitability on 6 large Work-centers in the Post-it® Notes Manufacturing Operations processing approximately 75% of the North American Sales

● Championed and conducted Team Development and Performance Management for 53 Hourly and Salaried employees on 4 Rotating Crews (including 40 Production Operators, 8 Contingent Workers, 3 Engineers, and 2 Trainers)

● Successfully led and managed the startup, commissioning, staffing, training, and standardizing of three large $2MM integrated Post-it® Notes Slitting, Converting, and Packaging Workcenters On-Schedule, On-Scope, On-Budget

Senior Product Engineer in the Post-it® Notes Focused Factory, 3M Stationery and Office Supplies Division 1993 - 1997

● Technical Team Leader and coordinator of the Post-it® Product Engineering Group of 5 Senior Engineers

● Product Engineer for Post-it® Notes Manufacturing; Planned and coordinated scale-ups, projects, and communications with the Corporate Laboratory and various functions in the Mfg. Plant (including EHS, Quality, Supply Chain, Engg. and Maintenance)

● Awarded and won the Kentucky Governor's New Product Award for Post-it® Easel Pad manufacturing

Advanced Process Engineer in the Post-it® Notes Focused Factory, 3M Stationery and Office Supplies Division 1990 - 1993

● Process Engineer for Water-based and Solvent-based Post-it® Notes Coating, Compounding, Drying, and Web Handling

● Led several cross-functional teams of Operators, Maintenance, and Engineers for Continuous Safety, Ergonomics, Process, Quality, and Productivity Improvements

● Created Process Operating Standards for the initial ISO 9002 Registration of the plant with Underwriters Laboratories

EDUCATION

● Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management (Minneapolis, MN)

● Master of Science (MS) in Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)

● Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology – BHU (Varanasi, India)

CERTIFICATIONS

● Certified Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Black Belt from 3M Company

● Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) from the American Society for Quality (ASQ)

● Certified Quality Manager (CQMgr) from the American Society for Quality (ASQ)

HONORS & AWARDS

● Examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA)

● Judge for the Commonwealth of Kentucky Quality Award (CKQA)

● Judge for the 3M Corporate Quality Achievement Awards (QAA)

● Chair of the Lexington, KY section of the American Society for Quality (ASQ)

● Chair of the 3M Corporate Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Forum

● Chair of the 3M Corporate Asian Employee Resource Network (ERN)

● Coach for the 3M Corporate Accelerated Leadership Development Program (ALDP)

● Awarded the 2009 3M Corporate Silver Award for Supply Chain Achievement for $1M in annual Cost savings

● Awarded the 1995 Kentucky Governor's New Product Award for Post-it® Easel Pad scale-up and manufacturing

SKILLS

EHS - Agile Scrum Master - Global Project Management - Digitization and Advanced Analytics - Lean Six Sigma Black Belt - Certified Quality Engineer - Certified Quality Manager - Lean Manufacturing - Continuous Improvement - ISO 9002 - Operations Management - Quality Management - Technical Management - Supply Chain Management - Warehouse Management - Team Building - Collaborative Approaches - Leadership Development - Six Sigma Methodologies - Value Stream Improvements - New Product Introductions - Global Deployments - Product Engineering - Process Engineering - Coaching - Cost Reduction

LANGUAGES

English (Fluent)

Hindi (Fluent)

Gujarati (Fluent)

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