Robert Cenek
Building Strong Organizations and Leaders Since 1979
- Role
- Director, Corporate Initiatives at Minerals Technologies Inc.
- Location
- Allentown, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Robert Cenek
Robert has worked in premier Fortune 500 companies like General Mills, where he helped lead the nationally recognized development of high-performance work systems and pioneered the development of the General Mills/PFOD Institute, one of the first in-house universities designed to prepare transformational change leaders. At Bristol-Myers, he created the management development function for the Corporate Staff division. He was a member of a corporate-level team that assessed the level of engagement in the firm\'s domestic divisions and assisted them in formulating improvement plans. From 1996 to he served as executive director of human resources for Montana Power Company, a $1.4B utility and diversified energy firm with 2,800 employees. From to 2003, he served as vice president of human resources for Touch America Holdings, Montana Power Company\'s successor firm. Since 2006, Robert has been a leader at Minerals Technologies, Inc,(MTX), a high performing,$2B global organization headquartered in New York City. There, he helps lead the firm\'s global deployment of Operational Excellence (Lean) and Toyota Production System (TPS) principles. He is a graduate of the Levinson Institute\'s On Leadership Program, USC\'s Center for Effective Organization\'s HR Executive Seminar, University of Idaho Public Utility Executive Program, Philip Crosby\'s Quality College, and Blake and Mouton\'s Managerial Grid Instructor Certification Seminar. Robert has also been certified by Dr. Alan Drexler (NTL) to use his Team Performance Model. Robert is a member of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence Mid-Atlantic Board of Directors. He is a veteran of the US Army, having served from 1973 to 1975. Specialties: lean manufacturing, Toyota Production Principles (TPS), organization development and change, organization assessment, leader/executive coaching.
Experience
Director, Corporate Initiatives
Jun 2006 — Present · Bethlehem, PA
Leads the ongoing deployment and sustainability of Operational Excellence (lean) and Toyota Production System principles in a global specialty minerals company with locations in over 40 countries - and serves as the facilitator for the Operational Excellence Lead Team - a C-level group providing overall strategic direction for the firm\'s never-ending practice of continuous improvement.In addition, provides leadership to company-wide organization development initiatives and assists with senior-level executive searches.
Education
University of Cincinnati
MA, Industrial Relations
1978 — 1979
University of Idaho
Certificate, Public Utility Executive Program
1999 — 1999
University of Northern Iowa
BA, Economics/Minor in Philosophy and Religion
1976 — 1978
Skills
- Management
- Organizational Development
- Business Process Improvement
- Change Management
- Leadership
- Talent Management
- Training
- Lean Manufacturing
- Coaching
- Executive Coaching
- Strategic Human Resources Leadership
- Strategic Planning
- Employee Relations
- Recruiting
- Human Resources
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Team Building
- Executive Search
- Strategy
- Process Improvement
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