Wasiu Ashiru
Lawrenceville,GA
Summary
Forward-thinking operational-excellence Consultant, with over 13 years of manufacturing and consulting experience. With excellent reputation optimizing plant revenue and reducing the cost of sales, executed improvement projects with a high rate of return, and championed change management across multiple manufacturing organizations.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Consultant - Operational Excellence
Ernst & Young LLP
05.2017 - Current
- Functioned as a PMO for a multi-million dollar Manufacturing operational-execellence project across United States and Canada.
- Increased Plant capacity utilization by >30% through implementation of Total Productive Manufacturing strategy for plant asset management.
- Led multi-plant kaizen blitz for waste reduction, rapid changeover, value stream mapping, rate optimization, line balancing and achieved over 5 million dollars reduction in Cost of Sales for a client.
- Established and improved Manufacturing KPI's (OEE, MTBF, Unplanned Downtime, and Quality) through data modelling, kaizen blitz, and process improvement leading to 15% OEE improvement across multiple plants.
- Indentified, qualified, and implemented multiple Capex projects with above 12 million dollar net present value for multiple clients.
- Developed and implemented Covid-19 Manufacturing resilience strategy across muliple plants in the United States and Canada.
Continuous Improvement Manager
Procter And Gamble
02.2013 - 05.2016
- Planned and executed TPM pillar activation, focusing on Leadership, Autonomous Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Work Process Improvement, Early Start-up and Focused Improvement.
- Implemented daily management system across multiple plants.
- Championed total employee involvement culture through Leadership. Coaching on-the-floor (Gemba) and plant-wide equipment ownership program thereby improving Plant OEE from 55% to 70%.
- Chartered Teams of Plant Manager, Operation Managers, Line Managers, Subject Matter Experts and Operators for process improvement kaizen-blitz to improve OEE from 55% to 70%.
Reliability Manager
Procter And Gamble
02.2009 - 02.2013
- Reduced maintenance cost by 23% and recurring breakdowns by 70% through execution of reliability centered maintenance, FMECA, and deployment of predictive maintenance tools (oil analysis, vibration analysis, thermal imaging, mechanical ultrasound)
- Led ERP (SAP) and MES (Proficy) implementation project and plant-wide governance
- Supervised daily operations, including employee performance, preventive maintenance and safety
- Created and implemented maintenance program to optimize operational efficiency and reduce downtime
- Established and documented protocols for preventive maintenance procedures, decreasing equipment issues and reducing downtime by 40%
Production Line Manager
Procter And Gamble
01.2008 - 02.2009
- Planned, coordinated, and assigned workforce which met Production Orders with Attainment >90% and OEE >88% FYTD, through effective collaboration with Maintenance and Warehouse organization
- Implemented productivity improvement (Machine Speed Increase & Man-power flow-to-work concept) through use Lean Six Sigma tools which delivered savings of $1.6MM within FY
- Managed capital funding requests of up to $5 million from project approval to project closeout
- Strengthened performance metrics tracking and analysis to enhance tactical and strategic company plans
- Minimized resource and time losses by addressing employee or production issue directly and implementing timely solutions
- Enhanced organizational efficiency by gathering business requirements and improving data models and reporting frameworks
- Prepared, calibrated and monitored production machinery to maintain optimal production levels and consistently achieve daily targets
- Directed day-to-day operations focused on attainment of key business metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives
Education
Masters of Business Administration -
Unversity of West Georgia
Carrollton, GA12.2020
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical Engineering
University of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa06.2016
Higher National Diploma - Electrical Engineering- 07/2006
The Polytechnic, Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria07.2006
Skills
- Change Management
- Project Management
- Servant Leadership
- A3 Thinking and Business Planning
Professional Certifications
Lean Six Sigma Master Blackbelt- 2020
International Six Sigma Institute.
SAP S4 HANA Manufacturing Training- 2020
SAP
Process Mining & Data Engineer- 2020
Celonis
Certified Reliability Leader (CRL)- 2017
Association of Asset Management Professional (AAMP)
Affiliations
Member, Association of Asset Management Professionals
Member, Association of Supply Chain Management
Accomplishments
Procter and Gamble Global CEO Award- A. G Lafley 2015
Timeline
Senior Consultant - Operational Excellence
Ernst & Young LLP
05.2017 - Current
Continuous Improvement Manager
Procter And Gamble
02.2013 - 05.2016
Reliability Manager
Procter And Gamble
02.2009 - 02.2013
Production Line Manager
Procter And Gamble
01.2008 - 02.2009
Masters of Business Administration -
Unversity of West Georgia
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical Engineering
University of South Africa
Higher National Diploma - Electrical Engineering- 07/2006
The Polytechnic, Ibadan
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