ROBERT W. BRENNAN

Experienced Continuous Improvement Leader and Operations Leader specializing in Lean Six Sigma. Motivated to identify process improvement opportunities, enhance visual management, and establish robust solutions through Lean Six Sigma strategies. Focus on problem-solving, goal achievement, promoting employee engagement, and establishing cross-functional teams. Celebrate maximizing individual, team, and organizational potential by reworking processes, rewarding practices, challenging teams through collaboration, and executing change management. Seeking collaborative career opportunities driven by a purposeful mission, contributing value through ideas and goal achievement while developing professionally through stimulating projects, challenging tasks, and lifelong learning.

• Leadership
• Investing time and energy proactively to be productive and achieve desired results
• Facilitating team building and cross training to improve operational efficiency
• Initiating dialogue and promoting communication to foster collaboration
• Reduced frequency of injuries from 2 bi-monthly to 1 every three months through RCA, guided feedback, and coaching.
• Communication
• Connecting with professionals at all organizational levels to foster collaboration
• Engaging in active listening to understand viewpoints from multiple and diverse audiences
• Initiating dialogue and promoting communication to promote teamwork
• Lead a Lean Six Sigma retention project to streamline training processes within warehouse operations and ensure new hire success rate with key stakeholders
• Independent & Team Player
• Planning, implementing, and evaluating tasks and projects with efficiency and effectiveness
• Inspiring ideas, communication, and innovation by sharing resources, tools, and best practices
• Participating in lifelong learning to facilitate continuous quality improvement and growth
• Improved production capacity by 25% as a result of maximizing inventory process flows
• Collaborative Relationships
• Developing positive relationships with clients and stakeholders to achieve outcomes
• Engaging with strategic and community partners for the WIN WIN
• Meeting and exceeding quality standards with a focus on productivity and results
• Reduced damaged product cost per case from 6.1 cents to 2.5 cents
• Project & Organizational Change Management
• Planning, designing, supervising, and managing cross-functional projects
• Leading, implementing, and evaluating tasks and projects with efficiency and effectiveness
• Managing multiple priorities with precision and composure
• Yielded a 35% production increase and $70K annual savings within an employee-driven project

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
• US Foods
• October 2020