Eric T. Holmquist
Hudsonville,MI
Summary
Energetic and value driven global leader who improves site profitability and team performance by engaging employees on continuous improvement, culture transformation, and expanding process improvements across everyone for sustainable competitive advantage. Driver of culture improvements with expertise in simplifying the tools and training allowing everyone the ability to achieve improvements, making their work easier and resulting in organizational value capture. Deployment of global improvement strategies that resonate with associates, providing attainable milestones for measuring success.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Continuous Improvement Manager & Regional PMO
Reckitt
Zeeland, USA
01.2024 - Current
- Responsible for leading continuous improvement initiatives across 6 nutrition manufacturing plants
- Organized and facilitated a regional strategy planning session focused on bringing the regional leadership team together as one team
- Accountable for deploying Redzone, a line event data collection system. Enabling a digital factory with live performance tracking and paperless quality
- Deploying tools to measure the level and depth of employee engagement across each site to hit regional objectives
Continuous Improvement Manager
Reckitt
Zeeland, USA
02.2022 - 01.2024
- Interim Senior Operations Manager | 06/23 - 12/23
- Managed the Zeeland Specialty Infant formula facility as the Interim Operations Manager for 6-months
- Responsible for 250 team members, 2 spray dryers, and 3 packaging lines
- Accelerated the strategic RPS plan to rapidly improve safety, quality and manufacturing efficiency during the infant formula supply shortage of 2022 & 2023
- Led the capacity commitments made through the Defense Production Act for replenishing the U.S. formula supply
- Improved OEE in four key work streams through deploying the Reckitt Production System, based on the Toyota Production System
- Self-funded the expansion of the department from 2 Engineers to 6
- Exceeded cost savings target by 3X vs forecas
Global Director Operational Excellence
Viant Medical
Grand Rapids, USA
12.2020 - 02.2022
- Responsible for the OpEx program across 24 facilities with CNC, metal fabrication, molding injection, and final device assembly technologies
- Guided strategic improvements through simplifying the education and application of lean processes in daily work
- Pioneered global plant KPIs used to signal improvements and opportunities
- Executed the global Circle of Excellence recognition program involving all 6,000 associates, 24 sites, and senior leadership
- Led and coached LSSBB and LSSGB on targeted plant improvements, improving KPIs identified through management reviews
- In 2021, reduced the cumulative cost of goods sold >$26M through value capture initiatives
- Designed and supervised global KPI tracking, delivery, and visibility of 20+ dashboards in PowerBI tracking safety, quality, service, cost reduction, and people
Operational Excellence Manager
Viant Medical
Grand Rapids, USA
06.2019 - 12.2020
- Responsible leading and successfully implementing a multi-site organizational transformation
- Spearheaded the transformation by empowering '500+ problem solvers', incorporating the full facility as one team
- Implemented a multi-year improvement plan through an impact vs effort approach
- Targeted and led 70+ associates to exceed the plans completion time and optimized plant efficiency improving service and cost
- Designed a SMED training and priority program that reduced change over from >60 minutes to
- Improved customer satisfaction by eliminating a significant bottleneck performing at 22% OEE to >70% OEE in 5-months
Quality Assurance Risk Manager
Viant Medical
Grand Rapids, USA
03.2018 - 05.2019
- Led and supervised a proactive approach to quality by implementing a first-time-quality program
- Transformed the quality program through a proactive quality system improving RFT and reducing complaints 60% in 12-months
Quality System Manager
Viant Medical
Grand Rapids, USA
05.2016 - 03.2018
- Successfully led ISO site audits and FDA inspections as a subject matter expert and site management representative
- Supervised the document control, customer complaint, audit program, and training team
- Worked directly with a team of 12+ support members to ensure the quality system was current and compliant
- Launched an electronic quality system incorporating non-conformances, CAPA, and change control within Master Control
Quality Engineer
Perrigo Company
Allegan, USA
12.2014 - 05.2016
- Actively responded and provided immediate remediation and corrective actions for pharmaceutical quality events in tablet mix, granulation, compression, coating, and final packaging
- Applied Lean Six Sigma tools to improve the deviation and CAPA program
- Oversaw and collaborated a joint partnership with Ferrara Candy Co and Perrigo on the launch of gummy vitamins
- Managed 15 quality associates on daily quality activities such as responding to quality events, communicating remediation activities, and coaching them on documenting deviations
- Indirectly managed 20 Continuous Improvement Engineers on root cause analysis, CAPA, and scoping quality events in tablet mix, compression, coating, and packaging
Quality Assurance Supervisor
Perrigo Company
Allegan, USA
12.2012 - 12.2014
- Managed a team of 12 quality associates supporting pharmaceutical tablet manufacturing
Quality Control Laboratory Trainer
Perrigo Company
Allegan, USA
09.2010 - 12.2012
- Received certification through Perrigo by completing a LSSGB certification and mentoring 20 additional candidates for certification
Quality Control Laboratory Technician
Perrigo Company
Allegan, USA
01.2006 - 01.2010
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration -
Davenport University
Grand Rapids, MIAssociates in Science -
Grand Rapids Community College
Skills
- Lean Six Sigma Mentor
- Strategic Growth
- Team Productivity
- 5S methodology
- Operations management
- Quality management systems
- Kaizen events
- Customer focus
- Visual management
- Business process reengineering
- Theory of constraints
- Total productive maintenance
Certification
- Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Perrigo, Allegan, MI
- Certified Quality Auditor (ASQ), Grand Rapids, MI
- Leading Organizational Transformations, McKinsey and Company
Timeline
Continuous Improvement Manager & Regional PMO
Reckitt
01.2024 - Current
Continuous Improvement Manager
Reckitt
02.2022 - 01.2024
Global Director Operational Excellence
Viant Medical
12.2020 - 02.2022
Operational Excellence Manager
Viant Medical
06.2019 - 12.2020
Quality Assurance Risk Manager
Viant Medical
03.2018 - 05.2019
Quality System Manager
Viant Medical
05.2016 - 03.2018
Quality Engineer
Perrigo Company
12.2014 - 05.2016
Quality Assurance Supervisor
Perrigo Company
12.2012 - 12.2014
Quality Control Laboratory Trainer
Perrigo Company
09.2010 - 12.2012
Quality Control Laboratory Technician
Perrigo Company
01.2006 - 01.2010
Associates in Science -
Grand Rapids Community College
Bachelor of Business Administration -
Davenport University
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