ANDY BAKER

Albany, GA ***** 803-***-**** adz4f0@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/andrewbaker7

OBJECTIVE

Accomplished executive leader with a strong record of driving operational excellence and process optimization in diverse industries. Seeking the role of Director of Operational Excellence to apply my extensive experience, leadership acumen, and expertise in achieving operational excellence to enhance organizational efficiency and profitability.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Seasoned Operational Excellence Executive and Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with over 23 years of experience developing and implementing strategies to lead organizations to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance productivity. Extensive management consulting experience, strategic planning, and project portfolio management in multiple industries. Known as a participative, purposeful leader who develops, trains, coaches, and mentors high performing cross-functional teams to deliver increased competitive advantage, higher quality, and sustained financial growth.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sealed Air, Charlotte, NC 2018 - 2023

Global Director of Supply Chain Expertise

OpEx Leader for global branding and standardization of continuous improvement practices and competencies in over 100 manufacturing sites.

Architect of global Best Practice system, and over 5 years, approved more than 1200 Best Practices from 53 sites. The proactive sharing process across manufacturing platform groups resulted in over 1600 Best Practice adoptions and generated 59MM.

Facilitated and led corporate business and functional initiatives by applying continuous improvement and lean methodologies throughout the organization.

Personally trained over 600 Lean Six Sigma candidates (Black Belt and Green Belt)

Championed change management, drove the Lean-Enterprise culture throughout Cross Businesses, Cross Functional, and Corporate Projects.

Thrush Aircraft, Albany, GA 2016 - 2017

Director Of Operational Excellence

Owner of Safety, Quality, Continuous Improvement, Training, and Metrology at Thrush, a manufacturer and global provider of agricultural and reconnaissance aircraft. Change agent to the organization resulting in the company’s implementation of safety and standardized technical training to reduce risk.

Leader of a high-performing team of 20+ Quality professionals responsible for driving repeatable processes in all levels of parts manufacturing and aircraft assembly.

Led Fabrication processes through to AS9100D revision. Served as Program manager for Engineering FAA certification projects.

Founded Thrush University, a learning management system using the open-source learning platform, Moodle.com to provide training, testing, and records for regulated compliance to quality systems.

Argo-Efeso, Chicago, IL 2014 - 2016 & 2018

Senior Consultant

Provided Lean Six Sigma and Management Consulting services to clients in Australia, Europe, and North America. Dedicated to increasing client profitability and customer service through selective implementation of high impact continuous improvement projects.

2018 - Provided Six Sigma consulting services to increase overall yield and operational efficiencies of a California-based diagnostic healthcare manufacturer, QuidelOrtho.

Project leader through multiple Design of Experiments (DOE) to reduce signal variation of BNP, CK-MB, d-dimer, myoglobin, troponin I and qualitative TOX Drug Screens used in Quidel's point-of-care (POC) Triage system. This targeted performance improvement results in better patient diagnostic outcomes and provides economic benefits to the healthcare system.

2014 to 2016 - Lead consultant for various private equity manufacturing clients in Australia, Europe, and North America. Dedicated to increasing client profitability and client/customer satisfaction through selective implementation of high impact continuous improvement methodologies.

Turned around Evoqua Water Technologies, an industrial water filtration manufacturer in Australia by providing on location project management and facilitating numerous Kaizen improvement events. Implemented quality control and reduced waste to stabilize yield and improve throughput resulting in $3.89M EBITDA savings. Reduced labor per unit by10% from $126.23 to $113.42 and overall process lead time by 20% from 30 days to 24 days.

Led BNSF Railway team in Galesburg, IL to establish an incremental flow strategy resulting in a 19% increase in throughput for scheduled and unscheduled locomotive maintenance. Coached and mentored BNSF Bestway Corporate team to analyze, customize, and replicate similar solutions at additional locations within the company.

Completed 10-week multi-country analysis of Bridon International Ltd, - a world leading manufacturing specialist in wire and rope solutions. Identified over $5M in opportunities for product consolidation to reduce complexity and increase customer satisfaction, production efficiency, and logistics and operations planning.

Designed and implemented a Lean sustainment system at Flint Hills Resources which improved operational efficiency by 20%, reduced work order backlog by 50%, and improved productivity. This helped define standard work and drove behavior change, individual ownership, and craft accountability. It was replicated in all shops.

NCR, Duluth, GA 2011 - 2014

Enterprise Master Black Belt

Led PMO in defining and sustaining policies, processes, and methods to achieve multimillion dollar return in benefits. Served as Change agent and improved all aspects of the continuous improvement certification and training programs globally. Projects included development of strategy deployment processes to align policy with execution, and architecture of business management systems.

Developed NCR strategy deployment governance processes to enable global business units to align and manage activities to accomplish corporate enterprise objectives. Achieved a 90% adoption rate with new processes and systems implemented to manage strategic initiatives.

Led team responsible for the evaluation, procurement, and deployment of a new project portfolio management system to replace a fragmented and unstable one. Partnered with Minitab and Instantis to combine project portfolio management for ease of use and reporting.

Drove successfully project focused on KPI development, systems integration, and dashboard creation for NCR’s retail Line of business. The performance management system led to the identification of multi-million-dollar product up-sell and cross-sell opportunities. It was immediately emulated by three additional NCR product lines.

Americold, Sandy Springs, GA 2010 - 2011

Director Of Performance Measurement and Improvement

Recruited to develop and implement the company’s world class performance scorecard. Led high profile projects with corporate leadership to define, set goals, and improve key performance indicators (KPI) including “Perfect Order”.

Served as Key leader in customer focused events strategically designed to evaluate and improve customer experience. Participant in shaping and deploying enterprise wide Lean Six Sigma program.

Applauded for the architecture and automation of world class scorecard resulting in 100% elimination of reporting redundancies and over 160-man hours of monthly manual data collection from multiple locations. The scorecard became the driving force behind qualified decisions to implement Lean practices, saving $10M annually.

Recognized for managing Lean Six Sigma training and certification programs as well as curriculum improvement and development of executive level classes. Lead Lean Six Sigma instructor for multiple waves of Green Belt training. Coach and mentor to all continuous improvement practitioners within the company.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Process Excellence Manager, Ally Bank, Charlotte, NC Senior Consultant, George Group and Accenture, Dallas, TX Master Black Belt, Tyco Electronics, Rock Hill, SC Black Belt, Penske Logistics, Chesterfield, MO District Manager, Ferrellgas Inc., Nashville, NC Owner and General Manager, Miller Landscaping Inc., Dothan, AL Helicopter Pilot, Captain, US Army, FT Bragg And FT Rucker

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science (BS), Major: Mathematics, Minor: Computer Science and Military Science.

Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSE

GE Capital, Chesterfield, MO - Six Sigma Black Belt

Sigma Breakthrough Technologies Inc., San Marcos, TX Lean - Six Sigma Master Black Belt

AS9100 Aerospace Quality Management System Lead Auditor, Dallas, TX

Pilot - Commercial Instrument Helicopter, Fort Rucker, AL

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Aerospace and Defense Gas Distribution and Marketing Transactional / Business Services

Banking / Financial Services Gasoline and Oil Refineries Transportation / Logistics

Manufacturing – Medical / Electronics Management Consulting Warehousing - Food / Electronics

Copper and Nickel Mining Manufacturing - Food / Industrial Wholesale / Retail / Discount.

SKILLS

Operational Excellence Lean Six Sigma Methodologies Change Management Process Improvement Strategic Planning Cross-functional Leadership Project Management Data Analysis Team Development KPI Monitoring and Reporting

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