John H.
Lean Engineer with Lean Six Sigma expertise in downtime & yield loss reduction, production throughput, and issue resolution
- Role
- Continuous Improvement Engineer at Zekelman Industries
- Location
- Lake City, AR, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John H.
Premier Staffing Solution engaged the team to lead a scrap reduction initiative, achieving a substantial inventory turnaround. Leveraging expertise in lean deployment and data-driven analysis, the organization improved processes, cutting scrap from $21.0M in 2023 to $7.5M in 2024 and tracking $3.1M for 2025. With over a decade of experience in continuous improvement, focus remains on driving operational efficiency and cultural change. Adept at visual Kanban, policy deployment, and value stream mapping, efforts consistently deliver measurable results aligned with organizational goals.
Experience
Continuous Improvement Engineer
Aug 2025 — Present · Blytheville, AR, US
Education
Indiana Wesleyan University
MBA, Operations Management
1990 — 1992
Indiana Wesleyan University
BSM, Business Management
1988 — 1990
Skills
- Value Stream Mapping
- Continuous Improvement
- Six Sigma
- 5s
- Business Process Mapping
- Systems Thinking
- Tpm
- Policy
- Poka Yoke
- Pdca
- Theory of Constraints
- Lean Manufacturing
- Operational Excellence
- Kaizen
- Process Improvement
- Visual Workplace
- Business Process Improvement
- Kanban
- Supply Chain Management
- Operations Management
- Tqm
- Lean Transformation
- Jit
- Production Planning
- Smed
- Quality System
- Change Management
- Supply Chain
- Quality Management
- Manufacturing
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Leadership
- Project Management
- Strategy
- Project Planning
- Process Engineering
- Management Consulting
- Management
- Analysis
- Logistics
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