Scott R Baker

Director, Engineering Excellence & Product Enablement Leader @BW Packaging

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.

Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina

MBA, International Business

North Carolina State University

Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering