Janet Siefert

About Janet Siefert

My professional background includes experience in Industrial Engineering as a Corporate Industrial Engineer for a major manufacturing company along with supervising. I also have 10 years experience in IT and processes as a Network Administrator/PC Technician and a Systems & Process Engineer working closely with maintenance on maintaining a major conveyor and Pick-to-Light system. I had a major part in setting up a manufacturing facility (process-wise) in Nogales, Mexico, along with various experiences in the United States. I\'ve been employed at Harley-Davidson in an Industrial Engineering role for the model year 2014 launch followed by managing their Surge Project for 2014 for Tomahawk Operations. From 20••••24, I had been employed with Printpack as a Process Engineer and am enjoying being closer to home and the change of going through our Performance System training. In 2024, I joined our corporate CI team as Waste Improvement Manager. Waste doesn\'t stand alone and has ties to safety, productivity, quality and more so we work as a team to improve our manufacturing processes in each area. I have a M.S. degree in Technology Management with undergraduate degrees completed in Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, certifications in Firefighting, technical diploma as an EMT-B and various other computer-related courses. I have 2 adult kids and enjoy spending time with them along with volunteering as a Lieutenant/Firefighter/EMT/SAR K9 Handler of 25 years at our local Fire Department, and in various other roles. I currently run two German Shepherd K9s in Search and Rescue (Pyro and Flare), am a trailing evaluator for Law Enforcement Training Specialists after a few year apprenticeship and am current VP of Canine Search and Recovery (a national educational organization). One of our family mottos is:\"Work hard, play hard.\" We usually end up more on the work side, but work is the best fun when volunteering.

Experience

1. Manufacturing Excellence - Waste Improvement Manager

   Printpack

   Feb 2024 — Present

Education

• Nicolet Area Technical College

  Certification

  2000 — 2004

• Milwaukee School of Engineering

  Bachelors

  1991 — 1996

• University of Wisconsin-Stout

  Masters

  2004 — 2006

• Milwaukee School of Engineering

  Masters

  1997 — 1998

Skills

• Process Improvement
• Operations Management
• Manufacturing
• Strategic Planning
• Lean Manufacturing
• Management
• Purchasing
• Continuous Improvement
• Business Process Improvement
• Engineering
• Leadership
• Industrial Engineering
• Value Stream Mapping
• Kaizen
• Operational Excellence
• Root Cause Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Project Management
• Spc
• Supply Chain Management
• 5s