Kurt Klein
Lean Champion at The Foth Companies
- Role
- Lean Champion at The Foth Companies
- Location
- Appleton, WI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kurt Klein
Results-driven Senior Operations Manager with an excellent, 15+ year track record of advancement and achievement. Generate strategies to consistently raise efficiency, quality, and profitability. Achieve substantial process improvement by brainstorming and implementing alternative business solutions in any setting. Foster synergy and communication between technology and manufacturing environments. Inspiring leader who builds top-caliber teams by fostering high employee morale and performance; recognize staff development as one of an organization’s top priorities and investments. Extensive experience im-plementing Lean and Six Sigma (DMAIC) projects. Versatile professional who adapts well in fast-paced matrix organizations, and productively engages various company levels and work styles.
Experience
Lean Champion
Apr 2013 — Present · Green Bay, WI, US
A corporate shared services role responsible to champion Lean thinking and processes in a highly-matrixed consulting and engineering organization. Facilitate for and train members at all levels in Lean Continuous Improvement processes and tools. Project-manage division initiatives and coach project managers in planning and execution of projects. Support the development and execution of division strategies. Regularly client facing for proposals, project planning, and Lean assessment.
Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison
General Studies
1984 — 1986
University of Wisconsin-Platteville
BS, Industrial Technology
1987 — 1989
Skills
- Kaizen
- Cellular Manufacturing
- 5s
- Program Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Manufacturing
- Soldering
- Industrial Engineering
- Smt
- Process Improvement
- As9100
- Wave Solder
- Contract Manufacturing
- Iso
- Business Process Improvement
- Product Development
- Test Engineering
- Lean Manufacturing
- Testing
- Process Engineering
- Minitab
- Electronics Manufacturing
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Supplier Quality
- Quality Assurance
- Dfx
- Fmea
- Quality System
- Green Belt
- Root Cause Analysis
- Apqp
- Iso 9000
- Kanban
- Six Sigma
- Manufacturing Operations
- Engineering Management
- Dmaic
- Operational Excellence
- Engineering
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