JOSEPH K. GILL Janesville, WI

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LEAN SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT, PROCESS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST Process and waste oriented technical professional with industrial experience in manufacturing operations, quality assurance, project management, and continuous improvement. Successful history of improving manufacturing processes by eliminating waste, reducing cycle time, set up / clean up time, and downtime, improving quality, and managing change to reduce cost and increase capacity. Proven cross-function team leader with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Comprehensive background in the following competencies: Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certified in Process Kaizen, Mistake

Proofing, 5S (WOVC), Mapping, Root Cause Analysis

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Coach

Yellow Belt Trainer Lean Manufacturing Supervisor Leadership Plant Management Knowledgeable in SAP and Minitab

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Air Products Performance Materials, Milton, WI 2006 – 2015

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt – Global Operations, North America 2007 - 2015 Continuous improvement leader directly reporting to the global CI manager (dotted-line to plant managers). Accountable for cost reduction and capacity increase efforts in operations, quality, and supply chain areas. Followed DMAIC methodology to increase production volumes, reduce waste and cycle-time. Led fiscal planning session and assisted in development of plan to achieve business goals. Led 5 project teams of up to 10 Operation, Quality, and Logistics experts, Chemists, Engineers and Plant Management.

Led project that improved catalyst usage strategy achieving validation and sustained benefit of $250K raw material cost reduction and $200K increase in reactor capacity.

Led project that improved quality and reduced cycle-time of key manufactured intermediate, and increased reactor capacity $270K through improved cleaning and filtration cycle-time.

Installed automated packaging unit eliminating overfilling drums costing company $100K annually and increasing packaging capacity by 75% positioning the business to expand into addition packaging markets with potential of generating > $500K in increase profitability.

Received Special Recognition Award for warehouse layout design and inventory tracking resulting in > 100% increase in warehouse storage and 75% reduction in material search time. Replicated project to 3 sites with 2 located in Europe.

Received 3 Continuous Improvement Awards: 2010 Business Planning Integration, 2011 Milton Methyl Chloride Cycle-time Reduction, and 2012 Marl Warehouse Optimization

SAP ERP Quality Module Power User 2007 - 2015 Quality Power User assigned to SAP Asia Release II project in Singapore. Accountable for quality master data and end-user SAP quality training. Global team member of cross-functional team during SAP Asia Phase II release while on assignment in Singapore for 7 months.

Set up all quality module data for 2 plants Trained plant personnel requiring quality module SAP access Support 2 plants as SAP quality module power user

Quality Assurance Manager (continuation of Tomah Products) 2006 - 2007 Reported to Plant Manager, and oversaw quality control lab with 2 quality control technician direct reports and 16 plant operator indirect reports. Accountable for site ISO 9001 certification, internal and external audits and corrective action, and all quality policies and procedures. Managed site IT and phone systems.

Co-led IT cut-over during the acquisition that was under budget and ahead of schedule. Led phone system upgrade project converting an analog system to digital/T1 system. Oversaw the conversion of more than 1000 controlled documents and procedures from the

legacy Tomah Products to Air Products standard. Tomah Products, Milton, WI 1998 – 2006

Quality Assurance Manager 2005 - 2006 Reported to VP of Manufacturing, managed quality control lab with 2 quality control technician direct reports and 16 plant operator indirect reports. Accountable for site ISO 9001 certification, internal and external audits and corrective action, and all quality policies and procedures.

Managed a quality control lab and personnel Managed and maintained the site ISO certification

Production Manager 2000 – 2005 Reported to VP of Manufacturing, and accountable for day-to-day safety, product manufacture and quality in a 24/7 chemical plant that produced 150+ materials used for iron ore and petroleum mining, fuel additives, and surfactants generating > $70M in annual sales. Directed 25 full-time plant, quality, and distribution personnel with 2 supervisor direct reports.

Developed and held accountable for the plant annual budget Conducted performance appraisals Conducted quarterly training Process Chemist 1998 – 2000 Reported to VP of Manufacturing. Accountable for scaling up new products, chemical and mechanical process improvements, and managing tolling projects.

Scaled up fuel additive from 2 liters to 5,000 gallons enabling business to land major account worth $450K / year.

Led 2 tolling projects that resulted in partnerships with 2 companies and generated > $1M / year in sales.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

BS, Chemistry, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

Yellow Belt – 2008

Green Belt – 2009

Black Belt - 2009

Lean Sigma Green Belt - 2011

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt – 2013

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Root Cause Analysis, Mapping, 5S (WOVC), Process Kaizen, Mistake Proofing

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