Stephen Griffin

About Stephen Griffin

Leading Thermo Fisher\'s North American Lean Six Sigma initiatives, my role is…

Experience

1. North American Senior Six Sigma Manager

   Thermo Fisher Scientific

   Jun 2022 — Present

   Train North American colleagues, including executives in Lean Six Sigma • Conducted onsite Kaizens for Sales and Marketing, manufacturing, and R&D.• Partner with North American DLT executives, sales and marketing, and R&D to establish strategic plans for year-over-year results using Hoshin-Karni—Kaete methodologies.• Decrease the training time of Field Service Engineers from 272 days to 75 days• Create and implement North America\'s Tier Management levels (1-4), supporting three business units by incorporating business KPIs.• Created and implemented Steering Committees for 3 North American business units that incorporated facilitation of employee process improvement ideas that created additional cost savings on top of business projects in which senior leaders assigned resources• I deployed and facilitated the rollout of Lean Six Sigma tools and methods for three North American business units • Conduct live training sessions for North America and Europe on various Lean Six Sigma topics• Serve as the North American Lean Six Sigma facilitator and liaison for all initiatives.• Established, facilitated, and cultivate the North American Lean Six Sigma Advocate program involving over 350 employees who volunteered to assist three different business units in continuous improvement ideas

Education

• North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

  Master of Science, Manufacturing Systems Engineering

  1998

• North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

  Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

  1991