Michael Kausch
Reliability professional
- Role
- Facilities Manager at Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael Kausch
Multidimensional reliability professional with highly successful Lean Six Sigma background currently leading a team of seventy-five millwrights, electricians, and ten salaried maintenance professionals. Robust people skills have enabled results in safety, quality, reliability, cost, and anywhere else needed for the business. Responsible for budgets in excess of fifteen million dollars and has a proven track record of bringing out of control spend in line with expectations. Servant leader who is dedicated to “doing it the right way” with a willingness to make the tough calls to ensure the consumers, customers, and employees get high quality and safe products. Specialties: Team dynamics, development, mentoring, training, creative problem solving, organizational learning, Lean Manufacturing, TPM, TQM, Project Management, 5S, Visual Controls
Experience
Facilities Manager
Aug 2025 — Present
Education
Missouri University of Science and Technology
BS, Chemical Engineer
1996 — 1999
Missouri University of Science and Technology
MS, Engineering Management
2005 — 2007
Skills
- Project Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Business Process Improvement
- 5s
- Team Leadership
- Negotiation
- Lean Manufacturing
- Troubleshooting
- Manufacturing
- Process Engineering
- Process Improvement
- Team Building
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