Keith Schellenberger

About Keith Schellenberger

LEAN SIX SIGMA ENTERPRISE MASTER BLACK BELT, PROJECT MANAGER, AND EXPERT TRAINERCertified Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Enterprise Master Black Belt (EMBB) who is a proven expert at solving ‘unsolvable’ business problems and has had great success training and mentoring. Created enthusiasm for and implemented paradigm-challenging improvements driving over $300 Million in hard dollar benefits across cultures, regions, organizations, and industries. Trained and mentored hundreds to certification who then delivered Hundreds of Millions of dollars to their companies bottom line. Drove improvements in companies such as Cisco, IBM, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Lenovo, A&P, and Levi Strauss. PROVEN ABILITIES AND RESULTSTraining & Mentoring | Transactional/Service Lean | Six Sigma | Kaizen & Workshop Facilitation | Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Achievement Improvement | Process Improvement | Hoshin & Strategic Planning | Project, Program, & Portfolio Mgmt.| Organizational Transformation | Management Consulting Lead Projects that Solve Critical Business Problems• Returned Fortune 500 company back to profitability. Developed prioritized Pareto of possible transformation projects to reduce cost, increase revenue, decrease cycle time, improve productivity, and/or increase quality. Led selected initiatives. Met 100% of cost reduction KPI targets while maintaining 100% of quality and cycle time best in class KPI benchmarks. • Fortune 500 company had a problem with excess inventory and scrap and did not know the root causes to address to solve problem. Mentored program that identified and addressed root causes and reduced expenses by $19.4M by reducing unused created products.• Fortune 500 company had 1 of top 2 product lines substantially more costly and less profitable than the other. Led team that examined process, financial data, and organizational structure to identify root causes and opportunities. Reduced cost per product for largest product line by 13%, saving client $17.4M per year.Train and Mentor • Increased rate of trained to certified LSS belts from 15% to 92% using intrusive mentoring. • Trained and mentored over 200 students (including LSS belt candidates from Yellow Belt to Master Black Belt) who delivered over $250M in quantified improvements in initial projects based on the training and mentoring. These students then delivered Hundreds of Millions more in benefits after their initial projects using techniques, skills, tools, and processes learned during training.• Developed and taught LSS Green Belt Certification and over 50 other courses.

Experience

1. Lean Six Sigma Enterprise Master Black Belt

   The George Group Llc

   Jan 2022 — Present · Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US

   Lean Six Sigma Enterprise Master Black Belt providing consulting and training to clients.

Education

• North Carolina State University

  Master of Science (MS), Operations Research

• North Carolina State University

  B.S, Statistics

• Keiser University

  Doctor of Business Administration, Global Organizational Leadership

Skills

• Metrics
• Data Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Lss
• Management Consulting
• Team Building
• Management
• Statistics
• Lean Manufacturing
• Project Management
• Business Transformation
• Information Systems
• Statistical Analysis
• Kaizen
• Lean Six Sigma
• Statistical Modeling
• Pmi Rep
• Business Process Improvement
• Dmadv
• Jmp
• Business Analytics
• Outsourcing
• Transactional Processes
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Lean
• Mathematical Modeling
• Supply Chain
• Lean Sigma
• Forecasting
• Continuous Improvement
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Engineering
• Mentoring
• Process Improvement
• Consulting
• Minitab
• Business Process Re-Engineering
• Black Belt
• Strategy