Andy Wentzel
Cincinnati,Ohio
Summary
Data-driven engineer with 8 years of continuous improvement experience through leading Kaizen workshops, enhancing operational efficiency, and fostering teamwork. Thought-provoking collaborator dedicated to utilizing production line employees and cross-functional teams to identify and implement sustainable solutions. Developer of new ideas to optimize workflow and minimize waste, while focusing on innovation and empowerment to drive impactful change initiatives that propel organizational success.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Skills
- Kaizen
- SMED
- AutoCAD
- Smartsheet
- Microsoft Powerapps and Flow
- MS Project
- Process Improvement
- Root Cause Analysis
Work History
Lead Operational Excellence Engineer
Thyssenkrupp Bilstein Of America
Hamilton, Ohio
06.2021 - Current
- Facilitate Kaizen workshops to reduce waste within various manufacturing processes. Utilize lean tools such as line balancing and paper doll exercises to understand and address findings.
- Facilitate SMED workshops to improve internal and external changeover steps. Address quick changeover tool upgrade opportunities. Remove wasteful changeover quality checks.
- Lead CFTs to complete findings in improvement workshops by holding team members accountable to the LOP.
- Manage corporate mandated IMPACT Savings Program to track and encourage labor, scrap, EHS, and logistics cost savings. $2,400,000 saved in FY 22/23, and over $1,000,000 saved in FY 23/24 so far.
- Lead key projects to identify low KPI performance production lines to attack to reduce changeover times and setup-scrap amounts.
- Manage Smartsheet enterprise system. Lead as technical support through creating dashboards, automations, project trackers, and tracking/collection sheets.
Operational Excellence Engineer
Thyssenkrupp Bilstein Of America
Hamilton, Ohio
06.2019 - 06.2021
- Managed the facility layout in AutoCAD, including updates to production lines involved in continuous improvement workshops. (continued)
- Implemented process improvements through leading cross-departmental workshops with Industry 4.0 to evaluate proper robot integration based on intense line balancing analysis.
- Collaborated with the corporate business unit to address and correct concerns with 5S and TPM within the facility.
- Led kaizen workshops throughout the facility. The improvement outcome being a 12% OEE increase on one production line. Reduction of one headcount across three shifts on another production line.
Operation Excellence IDEAS Manager Co-op
Thyssenkrupp Bilstein Of America
Hamilton, Ohio
08.2016 - 06.2019
- Managed the IDEAS Program by tracking the implementation rate of 24 IDEAS Captains to ensure that more than 60% of all ideas submitted were implemented.
- Led monthly review sessions with the senior leadership team, production unit leaders, and IDEAS captains to review all IDEAS implemented.
- Encouraged a culture of active leadership, empowerment, and teamwork by praising operators for ideas that had a major impact in the facility.
- Facilitated a line balancing workshop which reduced headcount by one operator across 50% of all product families ran through the production line.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Management
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH05-2019
Certification
Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt, Thyssenkrupp Bilstein - 2019
Timeline
Lead Operational Excellence Engineer
Thyssenkrupp Bilstein Of America
06.2021 - Current
Operational Excellence Engineer
Thyssenkrupp Bilstein Of America
06.2019 - 06.2021
Operation Excellence IDEAS Manager Co-op
Thyssenkrupp Bilstein Of America
08.2016 - 06.2019
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Management
University of Cincinnati
Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt, Thyssenkrupp Bilstein - 2019
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