Robert Leder
Excellence through Process Development, Problem Solving and Continuous Improvement.
- Role
- Director of Maintenance and Engineering, Gwes at Merck
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Robert Leder
Experienced Operational Excellence and Engineering Leader that is supported by a Six Sigma Black Belt and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate. I have 20 years of consumer goods packing experience in the wine and spirits industry, cosmetics industry and pharmaceutical industry. I have in depth knowledge of CAPEX processes and department budgeting with a track record of \"on time under budget.\" I am very organized and a strategic thinker and utilize Hoshin Kanri strategy deployment methodologies to align resources and priorities.Director of Technical Operations r••••••••@yahoo.com 91••••••49I have worked as a Process Engineer developing new and sustainable processes, an Equipment Design Engineer designing, drawing and building equipment, a Productivity Engineer with the sole purpose of saving the company money on raw materials and finished goods inventory, a maintenance manager supplying operations with reliable equipment, a technical manager focused on root cause problem solving enabling operational excellence, engineering manager empowering teams to implement capital projects and most recently Technical Operations Director culminating all previous roles to delight Big Pharma customers with robust and sustainable new medicines for their patients.Core Competencies-Leadership Development -Strategy Deployment-Manufacturing Operations -Process and Project Engineering-Equipment Reliability -Continuous Improvement-Root Cause Problem Solving -Skill DevelopmentAccomplishments-Delivered breakthrough results reducing top 3 defects for large customer resulting in 2 new products being awarded-Increased contribution margin from 47% to 52% resulting in 1.5MM annual cost savings -Facilitated process to increase OEE from 85% to 99% in extrusion
Experience
Director of Maintenance and Engineering, Gwes
Apr 2025 — Present · West Point, PA, US
Education
University of Phoenix
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Technology and Operations Management
2002 — 2007
North Carolina State University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Industrial Engineering
1992 — 1997
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