MICHAEL BONINE

Engaged and flexible problem-solver with practical experience and knowledge within operations and with cross-functional leaders and teams within aerospace, food, healthcare, manufacturing, defense, logistics/supply chain, chemical, financial services, agriculture, publishing, pharmaceutical, automotive, mining, and oil & gas industries. My focus is on building capabilities and capacity, teaching-to-fish, and integrating an empowered operation framework of strategy and business excellence to forge successful relationships, partnerships, and sustainable results and value with key stakeholders and customers. Seasoned Managing Director with strong leadership skills and significant experience in strategic planning, team building, and financial management. Highly skilled at driving growth by leveraging resources, creating partnerships, and aligning operational processes to business objectives. Demonstrated success in developing effective strategies that significantly improve efficiency and bottom-line profit. Known for fostering innovation, managing risk effectively, and leading cross-functional teams to achieve organizational goals.

• Implemented Continuous Improvement initiatives across multiple sites, functions, and business units to drive KPI goals and improve EBITDA performance (safety, quality, reliability, risk reduction, delivery, productivity, and overall business excellence capability)
• Facilitate Kaizens to drive culture change, leadership development, operating model design, problem-solving, and customer value management.
• Lead and deployed best practice model for multiple international business divisions (Austria, Japan, Canada, UK, Hong Kong, Belgium, Netherlands, Asia, Venezuela, Mexico, United States, Mexico) generating $47M in cost savings.
• Generated direct materials & operational cost improvement with a gross average YOY annual value of $82.3M for five years, with an average 16:1 ROI by leveraging lean and six sigma methodologies to drive process efficiency improvements.
• Developed / implemented a strategic playbook based on the Shingo model and Hoshin planning to align leaders and ideal behaviors and perpetuate a deep process excellence culture. Implement Daily Management Systems and Standards to drive sustainability culture and $200M in productivity cost savings and $100M in cash flow.
• Design and develop eLearning, and classroom Lean and Six Sigma courses using sound instructional design techniques (Bloom Taxonomy/Strategic Designs)
• Planned, implemented, and maintained the attainment and improvement of ISO 9001/14001/13485 standards.
• Initiated, implemented, and taught continuous improvement training programs across multiple international companies and business functions (Kaizen, 5S, TPM, DMAIC, DFSS, SMED, SPC, VOC, Strategic Deployment, A3 Problem Solving, Poke Yoke, Waste reduction)
• Teach-to-Fish and governance philosophy to embed continuous improvement thinking linking strategy, processes, people, and KPIs across the Value Streams
• Simplified and implemented Operational & Daily /Management Systems to identify performance criteria, define process and performance capability, and conduct failure analysis investigation. Facilitate delivery of $10.7 million in savings, reduced inventory, cycle time, defects, changeover, and maintenance cost.
• Coached direct key continuous improvement initiative and led Lean and Black Belt training at West Point Military Academy, linking strategically important missions to successful field outcomes with engineering cadets.