Ed Kestel

About Ed Kestel

My experience across all facets of Operations has built a strong foundation for continued success. Through my education and practical experience of 25+ years in Operations/Aerospace environments, I have fostered change in corporate culture to embrace Lean/Six Sigma methodologies. The results gained have been professionally and emotionally rewarding. I welcome opportunities to share and grow a change culture that welcomes challenges. Operations Leader (Lean/Six Sigma Master Black Belt) Establish and lead multiple site Business Unit teams in Operational Excellence. Create an environment of highly motivated process owners through “Daily Management” escalations that drives decisions to the closest process ownership. Leading daily performance ownership continuously improves safety, quality, delivery, employee, and cost performance objectives. Create alignment of company strategic objectives. Develop and flow down strategic goals (Hoshin Kanri) with directorates. Sustainment achieved through creation of key performance indicators that meet company objectives, reduce costs and increase quality of products. Lead Business Unit Performance based teams through product alignment across business development and operations. Align business capture through execution by establishing cohesive product teams. Personnel Management Responsibilities of salaried and hourly employees, including daily and long-term goal setting. Transform work force into process owners of self-directed work teams. Material Management Leading Supply Chain team ownership of material demand forecast, inventory management turns and development of supplier partnerships Performance Leader (P&L owner) that analyzes the effectiveness of Business Unit sections in meeting established sales/award, safety, schedule, cost, work force skill goals. Apply continuous improvement techniques that provides a culture of growth through team based accountability. Key talent is to guide personnel growth and alignment to corporate objectives.

Experience

1. Continuous Improvement Consultant

   Wieland Group

   Jun 2024 — Present

Education

• Pennsylvania State University-Erie Campus

  BS, Industrial Engineering

  1987 — 1988

• Strayer University

  MBA, Business

  2002 — 2004

• PennWest Edinboro

  BS

  1982 — 1986

Skills

• Business Process Improvement
• Lean Manufacturing
• Continuous Improvement
• Earned Value Management
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Analysis
• Engineering
• Aerospace
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Manufacturing
• Contract Negotiation
• Electronics
• Supply Chain
• Spc
• Six Sigma
• Operations Management
• Strategic Planning
• Ms Project
• Systems Engineering
• Root Cause Analysis
• Procurement
• Proposal Writing
• As9100
• Training
• Supply Management
• Process Engineering
• Kaizen
• Quality Management
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Dmaic
• Operational Excellence
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Engineering Management
• Leadership
• Microsoft Project
• Management