Evan Luscher

About Evan Luscher

I\'ve held various positions such as Manufacturing Center Manager, Continuous Improvement Manager, Quality Engineer, Lean Process Engineer, Design Engineer, and Front Line Manufacturing Supervisor all across the USA and even internationally.I strive to take every opportunity as a chance to learn more and expand my tool box of problem solving, technical, and leadership skills. I seem to learn quickest when thrown into deep water and forced to swim.Specialties: Hoshin Deployment, Production Leadership/Management, Manufacturing Process Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, Value Stream Ownership, Front Line Supervisor, International Assignments, Quality Control, Machining Management and Operation, Supply Chain Collaboration, Automotive Engine Development and Design, Engineering Computational Programming (MATLAB, Controls, CAD). Plus a strong desire to live out of a suitcase and have dirt under my fingernails.

Experience

1. Regional Director of Operations - Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan

   Amazon

   Jul 2025 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Accountable for performance of six fulfillment centers representing $1.4B in annual OpEx, employees, 600 exempt leaders, and 2.5M daily customer orders.• Delivered top-10% regional performance improvement year-over-year across safety, quality, cost, delivery, employee relations, and environmental impact. • Led a $5.1B OpEx “super region” efficiency initiative across 22 fulfillment centers, improving variable cost 5.6% year-over-year and generating $61M in direct labor savings.• Single-threaded leader for North America supply chain cost-to-serve reductions, partnering with technology teams to deliver $310M in annualized savings through network design, order placement optimization, transportation efficiency, and packaging density.• Standardized executive operating rhythms and mechanisms across 23 peer leaders, strengthening accountability, site audit rigor, and senior leadership development.• Selected to present to 550+ executive leaders in a national conference on total business cost ownership and enterprise financial stewardship.

Education

• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Economics

  2006 — 2010

• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Supply Chain Management
• Lathe
• Materials
• Sap
• Leadership
• Petroleum
• Kaizen
• Materials Management
• Financial Planning
• Oil/Gas
• Operations Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Business Process Improvement
• Sap Products
• Logistics
• Labview
• Procurement
• Strategy
• Front Line Leadership
• Front Line Management
• Supplier Quality
• Machining
• Oil & Gas
• Team Leadership
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Microsoft Office
• Energy
• Engineering
• Gas
• Cost Accounting
• Root Cause Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Project Management
• Solidworks
• Matlab
• Manufacturing
• Microsoft Excel
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain