Jeff van Kalker

About Jeff van Kalker

Manufacturing, Operations, and Supply Chain Leader. LSS Black Belt and process improvement expert. Team builder and mentor.Significant experience leading mid-sized manufacturing & supply chain operations including production, purchasing & planning, quality, engineering & maintenance, warehousing & distribution, and continuous improvement efforts across multiple functions, locations, and corporate environments. Adept at strategically utilizing capital budgets and focused projects to improve performance and add capability. Skilled at leveraging industry knowledge and experience with business acumen to consistently deliver organizational objectives in safety, quality, and efficiency. Team builder and mentor; passionate about employee growth and development. Demonstrated ability to build relationships with key stakeholders across multiple organizational levels and functions.• Operations Leadership and Strategic Planning | Plant Management | Manufacturing Management• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt | Process Improvement | Process Design | Plant Turn-Around• Project Management | Engineering Management | Capital Project Development and Execution• Quality Management | Quality Systems | Supplier Evaluation• Team Building | Leadership Development• Product Development | Product M••••••••@gmail.com81••••••06

Experience

1. Director of Operations

   Agricen

   Apr 2019 — Present · Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US

   Currently leading the engineering, maintenance, process improvement, quality and safety initiatives for Agricen.

Education

• University of North Carolina at Greensboro

  Master in Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration

• University of Florida

  Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME), Engineering

Skills

• Process Optimization
• Spc
• Small Business Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Engineering
• 5s
• Kaizen
• Quality System
• Process Simulation
• Supply Chain
• R&D
• Process Engineering
• Quality Assurance
• Root Cause Analysis
• Shopify
• Iso
• Business Process Improvement
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• E-Commerce
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Continuous Improvement
• Quality Management
• Budgets
• Lean Manufacturing
• Dmaic
• Operational Excellence
• Six Sigma
• Leadership
• Content Management Systems (Cms)
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Product Development
• Capital Budgeting
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Engineering Management
• Production Planning
• Manufacturing Operations
• Operations Management