Erik Lindstrom

Experience

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  Preformed Line Products

  Jun 1987 - Apr 2016

  Continuous Improvement Leader, Program Manager, Sr Manufacturing Engineer, Sr Industrial Engineer

  Select accomplishments include the following:• Directed a complete transformation of manufacturing processes that had been in place for over 40 years that resulted in savings of $400,000 per year by implementing two major Continuous Improvement concepts that tripled productivity.• Managed transfer of manufacturing machinery and processes from one facility in New Mexico to a new facility in North Carolina. This included designing the factory layout, developing process documentation, and training new employees.• Reduced setup time from 81 to 9 minutes on a major manufacturing process that had been in place since 1982. This provided 3,600 additional hours of production capacity at minimal cost. Show less

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  Howden North America

  Jul 2016 - May 2017

  Continuous Improvement Facilitator

  • Directed and planned a comprehensive six-month-long 5S program to organize two entire factories prior to meeting with major shareholders• Developed major KPI metrics to drive improvements to the business and created display boards used in daily Gemba walks to keep employees focused on these critical indicators • Conducted complete reorganization of entire warehouse to reduce inventory, eliminate obsolete materials, and improve warehouse efficiency for a total of $250,000 reduction in inventory• Managed all continuous improvement activities for two Northeast Ohio facilities Show less

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  Pyramid Consulting International

  Jul 2017 - now

  Senior Consultant

  • Developed an innovative project management system for a client with a $1.2 billion annual project budget by interviewing hundreds of stakeholders to identify current processes and opportunities and subsequently developed new methods to resolve those issues• Created documentation of new processes to establish them as Best Practices, paving the way for further future improvements• Organized and executed quarterly review sessions with senior managers to review all proposed new processes in detail, answer questions, and capture and address open issues• Established an internal skills / tools assessment for all company employees to both identify future training needs and to enable the company to match talents with specific client needs Show less