Jane P. Swift

About Jane P. Swift

An agile and resilient Operational Excellence Leader developing successful teams and fostering cross-functional collaboration to enhance customer experiences, improve efficiency, optimize processes, reduce costs, execute transformation strategies, and strengthen morale. My career foundation as a financial analyst has been influential in my becoming a pragmatic cost leader that has significantly improved profitability on a global scale.Proficiencies: Leadership, Financial Management, KPI Development, Profitability Improvement, Strategic Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, Team Building/Development, Cost Control Strategies and Customer Excellence. • Received the Stanley Black & Decker Eagle Award for overdriving targets• Responsible for the strategic development and execution of Productivity driving $90M within 19 manufacturing plants and Global Purchasing organization• Drove implementation of Lean Material Flow methodology across 60+ value streams resulting in 10% Lead Time reduction, 25%+ improvement in Parts Per Labor Hour, 5%+ improvement in available floor space, 25% reduction in forklift usage• 30% cost improvement in Indirect plant expenses driving $26M savings• Exceeded the goals of a complexity management SKU reduction project resulting in 14% net SKU reduction• Organized an execution team consisting of 25+ Advanced Manufacturing and Process Engineers to drive strategic roadmaps, continuous improvement plans and execute major projects• Partnered with cross functional teams identifying IT/OT Infrastructure opportunities, Digital Solutions, Robotic Automation projects, and Asset Health Management Strategies.• Developed a global productivity optimization plan to include cross functional participants driving standard productivity processes, improving the idea generation toolbox, and optimizing reporting tracking and tools.• Analyzed P&L and current productivity decks to determine the feasibility of existing projects and developed new transformation projects to realize the target. • Co-developed productivity governance playbook and conducted annual training • Partnered with Global Operations spearheading global strategic development for the business unit global manufacturing function.• Optimized the customer support/order fulfillment process utilizing Transactional Value Stream Mapping (TVSM) for material and information flow. Reviewed the current flow and identified the gaps to the desired future process. Saved $500K, decreased the cycle time by 50% and 30% in returns due to order processing accuracy.

Experience

1. Director, Ppi Business System, Psg Dpd Na

   Thermo Fisher Scientific

   Jan 2023 — Present · US

Education

• University of Rhode Island - College of Business

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Finance

• Providence College

  MBA, Business Administration and Management, General