DOUGLAS E. KRAUSS

• Reduced recordable incidents by 50%
• Improved Quality PPM from 1200 PPM to 220 PPM
• Reduced past dues from over $1M to under $50K
• Improved EBITA-UA from 2% to 9.7% in April

Greensboro, NC

TE Connectivity is a global organization with over 80,000 employees and locations all over the globe. TE is the world's largest provider of connectivity solutions.

Director of Global Operational Excellence

Sept. '16 - April '18

Global responsibility for implementing Lean principals among 20+ plants. Cross functional deployment including Supply Chain, Operations, Procurement, Customer Care, Finance, Project Management, and HR.

• Full integration of Lean into the Sensors BU with 11 plants reaching recognized levels of achievement within 2 years
• Responsibility for training and structured deployment of Lean at all 20+ plants globally
• Conducted over 25 kaizen and value stream mapping events
• Developed, initiated, and maintained all Key Figure reporting for all locations globally

Responsibility for developing and executing a global operational strategy within the Industrial Commercial Business Unit which consisted of just under $1 Billion in Sales. Also had responsibility for implementing Lean Operations and Supply Chain initiatives among 4 plants and 5 warehouse locations. Responsibility also included all Environmental Health and Safety activities for the business unit.

• Over $10M in executed strategic footprint moves
• 3 Critical Manufacturing plants received awards for lean achievement
• TRIR rating of under 0.15

Manufacturer of electromechanical and electro-optical cables for the following industries: Oil & gas, exploration & production, marine, seismic, military, telecommunications, ocean research and homeland security

• Increased OI from 17.5% to 27.5% over three-year period
• Implemented Lean Manufacturing principals
• Reduced Safety incidents by over 40%
• Reduced justified quality complaints by over 60% by implementing mistake proofing techniques and standard work
• Increased inventory turns from 2.5 to over 5
• Implemented over $8M in capital projects

As Value Stream Manager it was my responsibility to manage day to day production.

• Reduced OT hours by over 50% from previous year figures.
• Reduced unplanned rework (volume adjusted) over 2010 figures by over 20%
• Developed, initiated, and maintained Production Labor Reports.

New Bern, NC

Bosch Siemens is a global company with over 70 different companies and 45 different manufacturing sites. They employee over 40,000 people and have annual sales of around 8.8 billion Euros.

Assembly Manager Cooking Division

August '07 - January '10

As Assembly Manager it was my responsibility to manage the day-to-day business as well as oversee long term strategic improvements including lean deployment.

• Implemented Bosch Production System Implementation
• Developed and Initiated Employee Training System
• Mentored over 15 Six Sigma Projects
• Developed, initiated, and maintained all Production Key Figure reporting

Master of Business Administration, University of Phoenix, Online, 2004

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA 1999