Jim de Vries

About Jim de Vries

Global Thought Leader and Leadership Coach (Certified MBB): j•••••••@ConsultingEIG.comMaster Integrator of 80+ Tenured Providers of Education, Consulting and SaaS Solutions.Activating Industry 5.0: Proven Seamless AI/ML Capabilities with PROVEN High ROI Self-Sustaining Solutions aligned with People, Processes, Data and Technology to Serve YOUR ECOSYSTEM.Jim creates collaborative environments to develop the Resilient Enterprise to empower your business, “creating visibility to make decisions easy.” Excels at creating a pull system to drive strategic, commercial and operational results in under-performing areas with enabled teams (People 1st!) to positively impact financial results and make customer satisfaction a point of differentiation.Delivers consistent results based on proven leadership and direct management. Architect/Manager from inception to the full implementation of digital, quality and operational excellence programs that balance the needs of the business, customers and employees. Core strengths include Digital Transformation, Strategy & New Product Development, Commercialization, Contract Management, Supply Chain Risk Management, Lean Six Sigma Deployments, Change Management and Team Building.Specialties: B2B and B2C relationships, Strategy Deployment, Continuous Improvement Supply Chain, Customer Retention, VOC, Sales Growth, Balanced Scorecard, Operational Excellence, Lean Six Sigma (DMAIC, DFSS), Contract Management, Pricing Strategies, Knowledge Management, Re-engineering, Change Management, Leadership Development, Multi-Generation Planning (Maturity Models). “Right Tool at the Right Time … to bring visibility your decisions”Major Accomplishments- Managed Sales, Finance, Operations and OPEX personnel to exceed business objectives (20% EBITDA$ Growth Rate)- Led LSS Program Re-Deployment for a $10B company:$650M per BB per Year within 3 years - Deployed ROI Value-Based Sales Approach into Fortune 500 companies driving increased sales and reduced implementation cost ($500MM)- Trained/Deployed personnel globally in CAP/LSS/DFSS; projects (B2C and B2B) in Product and Transactional Environment (Front to Back-Office). Benefits:$400MM; Customer -$100MM

Experience

1. Business Solutions Partner Master of Lean Six Sigma, Sc Transformation Architect

   MetaExperts®

   Feb 2015 — Present · US

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Education

• University of Dayton

  Bachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering with Physics Minor

  1981 — 1986

• Union College

  MSEE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  1990 — 1994

• University of Dayton

  Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering

Skills

• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Management
• Engineering
• Management Consulting
• Business Process Improvement
• Tqm
• Business Transformation
• Sales Operations
• Customer Service
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Design for Six Sigma
• Business Process Mapping
• Business Strategy
• Sales
• Organizational Development
• Triz
• Lean
• Manufacturing
• Lean Manufacturing
• Forecasting
• Contract Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Strategic Planning
• Process Engineering
• Project Management
• Change Management
• Dmaic
• Operational Excellence
• Leadership
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Product Development
• Six Sigma
• Strategy
• Quality Management
• Marketing
• Kaizen
• Lean Six Sigma
• P&L Management