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| Desired Industry: Business/Management |
SpiderID: 29395 |
| Desired Job Location: Monroe, Michigan |
Date Posted: 11/2/2009 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: 12/1/2009 |
| Desired Wage: Negotiable |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Management (Manager, Director) |
Willing to Travel: Yes, More Than 75% |
| Highest Degree Attained: MBA |
Willing to Relocate: Yes |
Objective:
Joseph Turek
Monroe, Michigan 48162
leaneverything@live.com
Objective Positions:
Lean Healthcare/Manufaturing Facilitator and Practitioner. Toyota Production System and Tools Trainer, Facilitator and Continuous Improvement Manager. Profit and loss facility turnaround executive who can successfully identify and eliminate waste in every area of an individual site or multiple locations. Motivational speaker who has written over seven books and has been to over 750 global sites assessing and deploying lean efficiency tools, while advancing processes.
Areas of Experience:
Healthcare, Manufacturing, General Office, Human Resources, Patient Service, Purchasing, Operating Rooms, Infection Control, Emergency Rooms, New Hospital Design, Information Technology, Payroll, Geriatrics, Psychology, Pharmacy, Union and non-Union environments. Accomplished Sensei, deploying the Toyota Production System and Tools. Kaizen, Kaikaku, 5S and 7 Wastes Facilitator. Toyota Problem Solving Methodology Facilitator. Andon, Kanban, Heijunka, Inventory and Labor Reduction Specialist. S.M.E.D., J.I.T., Standard Work, Process Flow, Pull Systems, Transportation, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Error Proofing, Value Stream Mapping (VSM).
Experience:
Elite Tech Lean, Managing Consultant 2006-Present
Practitioner and managing leader in the application and deployment of Lean Healthcare methodology. Toyota Production Systems lean principles. Educator and consultant in rapid deployment of Lean Healthcare continuous improvement initiatives in the following environments: Logistics and Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Office and Business Process, Pharmaceuticals, Product and Process Development. Successful in Union and non-Union environments with change deployment. I have successfully deployed the Toyota Production System to hospitals, urgent care facilities, and their associated value chains. From beginning a lean journey or executives looking for that bottom line result after practicing for many years, I have accomplished and achieved in every area of healthcare, biomedical engineering, operations, enterprise resource planning financial systems, purchasing and patient intake as a master lean healthcare leader.
Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing Japan, 1996-2006
Deployed to Kameda Hospital, Yokohama Japan, to identify waste and deploy cost reduction activities. Planned, facilitated and floor trained 100% of hospital staff and developed training for all new staff transferred or hired. Managing leader of Problem Solving Team to identify and resolve issues in various hospital activities. Problem solving successes include quantifiable reduction in MRSA activity, plan in place to eliminate all excuses with processes within one week of problem solving activity, reduced overall hospital inventory and increased employee retention. Team leader assigned to Yokohama University Medical Center to deploy Toyota Waste reduction methods and increase efficiency by greater than 18% in all areas relative to patient care. Hospital office efficiency increased by over 23% by identifying and eliminating redundant steps in every process. When a process was old or unavailable, a new process was developed and sustained by hospital staff 98.4% of the time in the first six months.
Master Sensei Toyota Production System. Manage suppliers in business risk situations. Manage redeployment of tools and technology of suppliers to Asia, Europe, North and South America. Audit and Program Management of all supplier areas of strategic business from manufacturing to information technology. Toyota Production System tools and Problem Solving Methodology facilitation and deployment. Obeya room leader. Hybrid Technology liaison Japan.
Toyota Supplier Support Center (TSSC), Erlanger, KY
Assisted North American manufacturing companies in improving their production systems through the application of the Toyota Production System (TPS). Through these activities, I assisted and strengthened Toyota's overall image in North America. Problem solving facilitation at key supplier manufacturing locations. Design Review facilitator and training specialist for Toyota Quality methods to North American suppliers.
Toyota Technical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
North American Program Engineering Advisor for Hybrid Vehicle Development and deployment. North American Quality liaison reporting to Japan Design Engineering, Plant and Technical Center Engineering. Patent research advisor to Japan and North American General Council. Advanced Hybrid System specialist for motors, battery and inverters. Hybrid quality advisor to TEMA, representing Japan Advanced Hybrid Design Engineering. Hybrid packaging liaison between Japan and North American Technical centers. Hybrid technical specification author and team leader between Japan and North American facilities.
Ford Motor Company 1994-1996
Project, Design Release Engineer/Program Management
Project Management responsibility for project timing and planning. Managed cross-functional team meetings to protect overall timing, product, process, plant, and purchasing readiness. Trainer and facilitator for FMEA and error proofing sessions. Design, Release/Program Manager of interior and exterior trim, chassis, BIW, plastics and sheet metal components. Responsible for low volume production cars and light trucks as regular production or after market conversion. Provided studio support from clay to signoff for all interior and exterior trim. Provided support for gas and diesel engine calibration at proving grounds and test labs. Developed FMVSS and CMVSS Compliance Demonstration Plans for second and third stage body modification companies. Chief Engineering liaison to supply base for after market body modifications to ensure safety compliance. Designed and facilitated ‘reverse engineering’ and ‘benchmarking center’ for Global Competitive Engineering. Facilitated FMEA work groups and led engineering Program Module Teams to soft and hard tool quality objectives. Car and truck plant launch quality engineer. Investigated and resolved quality, safety and intermittent complaints. Reported to various engineering release departments and provide documentation in support of complaint resolution. Truck package engineering leader from studio to hard tool signoff. Obtained Project Manager and Six Sigma Master Black belt.
Ford Motor Company 1990-1994
Design Release Engineer
Design and Release for DSO/MVE and Ford Overseas Product Engineering office. Supported various Ford proving facilities to support the testing of power train and electronic components. Revised WCR/WPAS/SDS standards to new specifications. Supported various program platforms for DSO/MVE department for specialty ‘niche’ vehicles. Responsible for packing the 4.2L, 5.4L, 6.8L and 7.3L diesel engines in the VN127 and PN131 platforms. Parts and service liaison for packaging standards compliance and serviceability. Plant liaison for assembly and tool feasibility studies. Provided after market FMVSS and CMVSS compliance demonstration plans for Chief Engineer signoff.
Education
Diploma Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland, 1986
MBA, Warsaw University School of Management, Warsaw, Poland 1989
Certified Project Manager
Hobbies/Interests:
5K Runs
Motivational Speaking
HapKiDo, HanKiDo
Coach and referee for Soccer, Basketball, Baseball and Hockey.
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