Craig Lambert
Global Continuous Improvement Leader | 600+ Kaizens | $29M+ Savings | 7.3× Volume | 43% Scrap ↓ | | VP, Global Lean Systems Development | Build learning organizations and collaborative lean transformations
- Role
- Senior Director of Growtth and Lean Systems at Freudenberg Medical
- Location
- Midland, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Craig Lambert
I lead collaborative Lean transformations across 25+ sites by facilitating 600+ kaizen and strategy deployment events that delivered $29M+ savings, 7.3× volume, 2.6× productivity, and 43% scrap reduction. I coach 65 Lean Black Belts and 26 system leaders in A3, kata/PDCA, and hypothesis‑driven experiments, turning strategy into measurable outcomes. I facilitate psychologically safe, high‑impact discussions that surface trade‑offs, simplify complex ideas, and align executives and frontline teams—so decisions happen in hours and pilots launch in days.I’m energized by learning cultures, principle‑based Lean, and helping people see problems—and possibilities—more clearly. If you’re scaling CI, strengthening facilitation, or want strategy translated into testable hypotheses with clear success criteria, let’s connect.
Experience
Senior Director of Growtth and Lean Systems
Jan 2026 — Present · Boston, MA, US
Education
University of Kentucky
Lean System Certificate
2005 — 2006
University of Waterloo
Bachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering
1991 — 1996
Skills
- Root Cause Analysis
- Black Belt
- Process Engineering
- Standard Work
- Manufacturing
- Value Stream Mapping
- Process Improvement
- Fmea
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Engineering
- Business Process Improvement
- Kaizen
- Continuous Improvement
- Automotive
- Lean Manufacturing
- Value Added Analysis
- Six Sigma
- Business Process Mapping
- Value Engineering
- 5s
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