Paul Tarling

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT PAUL TARLING

Lean leader, coach and practitioner with a passion for enabling organisations of any size to make step changes in their performance through unlocking the potential of their people and developing a learning cultureI have lead, developed and delivered successful Lean and Continuous Improvement programmes within Burberry (Retail & textile manufacturing) and Philips Avent (FMCG manufacturing) delivering significant and sustainable improvements in quality, delivery & cost performance.As a Lean Expert and Practitioner with SMMT Industry Forum, I have worked with Electrolux, Honda, Rolls Royce, Caterpillar, Wincanton and several SME\'s supporting their successful Lean, Six Sigma and Operational Excellence initiatives.I have led over 250 Focused Improvement/Kaizen Workshops, trained in excess of people in Lean, Lean Six Sigma and TPM and coached more than 100 senior leaders in Lean leadership and management.With over 25 years in Business improvement roles working across Europe, North America and Hong Kong, my core competencies include- Manufacturing Operations Management- Supply Chain Management- Lean transformation/Continuous Improvement programme development, delivery and leadership- Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, TQM and Operational Excellence methodologies - Excellent coaching & training skills- Strategy development and deployment- Able to engage with stakeholders at all business levels- Leadership development- Leading technical, operational and cross functional teams- Delivering sustainable improvement in quality, cost and delivery performance- Cultural change managementTECHNICAL SKILLS:Hoshin Planning, Value Stream Mapping, Value Stream Design, Strategy/Policy deployment, Leader Standard Work, Daily Management, 5S, SMED, Standard Work, Visual Management, A3 thinking, Problem Solving (8D), Kaizen, Focused Improvement, Autonomous Maintenance, NPI & Industrialisation, HS & E Management