Fred Ott

About Fred Ott

My passion is helping people solve problems. Companies don’t have problems, People do. From Line Workers to the CEO, Manufacturing Operations to Back Office and Corporate Functions, Individuals, Teams and Departments, there is always a new level to achieve or problem that needs to be solved, and I’m experienced in all areas of a company at all levels.How I help people is to adapt diverse methods and tools to specific strategic objectives and business problems. For example, I have leveraged Hoshin and Lean methods to help organize and align strategic objectives into key drivers and performance measures. I have also successfully used, trained and coached others in using Six Sigma, Lean, TRIZ, Change Management and many more to achieve operational results. Over the past 25 years, I have done this in multiple industries such as Manufacturing, Transportation, Financial, Technology, Oil & Energy and Food & Beverage. Companies have trusted me to deploy these methods and train their people as a means to improve their company’s performance and customer value.Specialties: LEAN/Six Sigma, Change Management, Strategic Planning (Hoshin), Performance Management, Problem Solving, Project Management and Agile, New Process Implementation, Data Infrastructure Development & Strategies, Supply Chain Management, Facilitation Live and Virtual, Driving Voice of the Customer through the process, Continuous Improvement strategy & deployment, training, coaching and certification

Experience

1. Senior Lean Business Systems Manager

   MKS Inc.

   Apr 2022 — Present · US

Education

• Purdue University

  BS, Electrical Engineering Technology

  1990

Skills

• Business Process Improvement
• Lean Manufacturing
• Continuous Improvement
• Training
• Operational Excellence
• Leadership
• Project Management
• Business Transformation
• Business Analysis
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Manufacturing
• Value Stream Mapping
• Lean (Thinking, Strategy, Mfg, Operational)
• Process Improvement
• Quality Assurance
• Creative Problem Solving
• Problem Solving
• Branding / Re-Image Projects
• Supply Chain
• New Product Implementations
• Performance Management
• X-Matrix Strategy
• Change Management
• Strategic Planning
• Procurement
• Team Effectiveness
• Black Belt
• Continuous Improvement Strategy and Deployment
• Management
• Six Sigma