Scott R Baker

About Scott R Baker

Change Agent | Continuous Improvement | Leadership• Proven leader with experience across automotive, energy, packaging equipment, and battery EV industries. • Passion for building and developing teams that deliver results. • Problem solver who delivers innovative improvements in products and processes. • Skilled in collaboratively driving cross-functional change throughout organizations.• Ability to deliver short-term results while maintaining progress on strategic priorities.• Exceptional skills in change management, Lean Six Sigma, process development, PLM, data analysis, digital thread.

Experience

1. Director, Engineering Excellence & Product Enablement Leader

   BW Packaging

   May 2023 — Present · Duncan, SC, US

   Strategic Platform Leadership: Drove engineering excellence and product enablement as a strategic engineering leader for a $700M global packaging platform, encompassing 25+ sites from 40+ acquisitions with over a dozen equipment product lines- Engineering Excellence: Established a platform-wide Engineering Excellence baseline and roadmap, covering standards, tools, and processes spanning Mechanical, Electrical, and Controls engineering disciplines- Enterprise System Implementation: Played a critical leadership role in the engineering organization\'s enterprise-wide ERP and PLM implementation. Serving on the Steering Committee as the enterprise \"voice of Engineering\" and as the Packaging platform lead on the Enterprise Engineering Council, defining configurations, customizations, and serving as a key business process decision-maker- Product Line Transformation and Scalability: Successfully designed and piloted a business shift from one-off, project-focused operations to a market led, feature-based, modular, and configurable product line engineering model. Spearheaded complex change management and full-scale deployment across business functions at multiple global sites. Created standardized methods and tools for the ongoing rollout across remaining BW Packaging product lines. Each product line rollout delivers significant, measurable results, including over 50% reductions in sold-work engineering content, shorter lead times, lower product costs, and reduced warranty expense through standardized, configurable design principles.

Education

• Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina

  MBA, International Business

  2008 — 2010

• North Carolina State University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering

  1997 — 2002

Skills

• Manufacturing
• Jmp
• Project Management
• Gas Turbines
• Engineering Management
• Data Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Power Plants
• Continuous Improvement
• Root Cause Analysis
• Black Belt
• Data Visualization
• Process Engineering
• Dmaic
• Mechanical Engineering
• Power Generation
• Dfss
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Supplier Quality
• Coaching & Mentoring
• Project Engineering
• Engineering
• Lean Manufacturing
• Team Leadership