{"id":924,"date":"2021-02-01T17:20:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T21:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/?p=924"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:43:11","slug":"global-vave-manager-phd-164773-master-black-belt-mechanical-engineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/exceptional-talent\/global-vave-manager-phd-164773-master-black-belt-mechanical-engineer\/","title":{"rendered":"Global VAVE Director (164773) PhD Master Black Belt \/ Mechanical Engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are excited to be confidentially working with a Leader who is currently employed as the Global VAVE Manager for a multinational manufacturing conglomerate. He has a Ph.D. in Business Administration, a Masters in Global Leadership, and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. He is also a Six Sigma Master Blackbelt. <\/strong> He describes himself as a catalyst within Organizational Change Management who understands the process required empathy and buy-in from top-level management down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is a skilled trainer and facilitator of DtV and VAVE. He is managing hundreds of projects in his current role and delivered $63M in cost savings despite COVID interruptions to the multiple Business Units he supports<\/strong>. He already has 300+ projects in the current pipeline.<\/strong> This team leader\/player\/organizer checks all the right boxes and has an impressive track record. His broad expertise in Product & Project Management, Manufacturing, and DtV, VAVE Engineering make him a “Game-Changing Candidate. <\/strong> His exceptional experience includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Drive, Lead, and Advocate the VA\/VE workshops in support of 7 Global Business Units.<\/strong>
\u2022 Ran 75+ VAVE projects last year
\u2022 Delivered $63M in cost savings for FY20<\/strong>. COVID impacted results to date due to manufacturing shutdowns and order cutbacks.
\u2022 300+ projects were identified amongst multiple global BUs for this year <\/strong>
\u2022 Instructor and Mentor for both the Supply Chain Management and Six Sigma Certifications.
\u2022 Created Six Sigma Programs for both Green and Black Belt Certificates.
\u2022 Developed and championed 2-3 years in Product Strategic Roadmaps Planning. <\/strong>
\u2022 Created Design to Value \/ VAVE program from scratch.<\/strong>
\u2022 Implemented manager training initially and then trained others as a process.
\u2022 Facilitated 10 Design to Value projects.<\/strong>
\u2022 Champion in bridging every department to achieve the common goal that touches the project, Stakeholders, Sales, Engineering, Design, Customer Service, QA, Operations, etc.
\u2022 Developed the 1st UL certified products for the US market to meet certification and customer demands for the US parking garage markets.
\u2022 Improved the overall quality and testing processes.
\u2022 Achieved 50% time to market improvement.<\/strong>
\u2022 Achieved Six Sigma Master Black Belt.<\/strong>
\u2022 Generates feasibility studies for projects
\u2022 Recent VAVE projects resulted in:
o Achieved 30 to 40% cost reductions<\/strong>
o Improved manufacturing process
o Performed should cost analysis
o Worked with suppliers and improved value positions and implemented new technologies <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Ph.D. Business Administration
\u2022 Masters of Global Leadership and Management
\u2022 Bachelor of Science: Mechanical Engineering
\u2022 Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Professional <\/strong>
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Visionary Leadership | Change Catalyst | Management by Influence.
\u2022 Strong Product & Project Management skills in meeting and exceeding stakeholders\u2019 expectations.
\u2022 Strong Engineering skills in Mechanical, Manufacturing, VAVE, & Product Designing.
\u2022 Ability to work across business units\/geographies, cultural sensitivity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Creating VAVE Programs from Scratch
\u2022 Managing by Influence
\u2022 Developing VAVE Training
\u2022 Training Teams on VAVE or Design to Value
\u2022 Identifying Design to Value Projects
\u2022 Including Suppliers on VAVE Projects
\u2022 VAVE Idea Generation
\u2022 VAVE Product Development
\u2022 Leading Cross-Functional Teams
\u2022 Selecting Project Champions
\u2022 Tracking Metrics to Ensure Timeline \/ Results
\u2022 Project Management Experience
\u2022 Product Launch Experience
\u2022 Coordinating Projects with Multiple Departments \/ Locations
\u2022 Cost Analysis\/Optimization
\u2022 Using Design to Value Tools
\u2022 Leading Benchmarking Events
\u2022 Components Selection for Evaluation
\u2022 Developing Customer Insights
\u2022 Cost Improvement Without Compromising Product\/Process
\u2022 Using Should Cost Techniques
\u2022 Leveraging Supplier Input \/ Relationships
\u2022 Developing Design Insights
\u2022 Developing Manufacturing Insights
\u2022 Developing Supply Insights
\u2022 Leveraging Spend across Business Units
\u2022 Using Focus Groups
\u2022 Competitor Feature Comparison
\u2022 Using Lifecycle Cost Analysis
\u2022 Using Competitor Teardowns
\u2022 NPD (New Product Development) Stage-Gate process
\u2022 Managing NPD Projects Start to Finish
\u2022 Kano Model Analysis
\u2022 Using Value Stream Analysis on a Project
\u2022 Make\/Buy Analysis
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We are excited to be confidentially working with a Leader who is currently employed as the Global VAVE Manager for a multinational manufacturing conglomerate. He has a Ph.D. in Business Administration, a Masters in Global Leadership, and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. He is also a Six Sigma Master Blackbelt. He describes himself as a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307,314,7],"tags":[115,224,232,233,283,367],"class_list":["post-924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engineering","category-supply-chain-purchasing","category-exceptional-talent","tag-lean","tag-design-to-value","tag-value-engineering","tag-dtv","tag-global","tag-phd"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t