Wally Wilson

Wally Wilson

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Working to improve maintenance and supply chain performance to reduce equipment downtime and spare parts investment with best practice processes and procedures.

  • Education

    • Eastern Illinois University

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      Master of Science Chemical Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Independent Field Study, published Admitted to the University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School Phd Doctoral studies

    • Eastern Illinois University

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      Bachelor of Science Chemical Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Eastern Illinois University Panther Baseball

  • Experience

    • Quebecor World, Evans Georgia

      Nov 2000 - Feb 2004
      General Manager

      Direct plant wide manufacturing, maintenance, and administration activities to ensure operational efficiency of equipment and production schedules. Chaired the 2003 project to revise and standardize the purchase of gravure ink and fine paper for the production process. Result was a $3.2 annual cost savings. Responsible for the financial and production reporting at the Augusta, Georgia plant.

    • North American Home Products

      Feb 2004 - Feb 2005
      Principal Client Relations Consultant

      Process re-engineering of finished goods supply system to 18 distribution centers nationwide for the Sears Corporation. Implemented a pull system to resupply retail and area distribution centers to ensure product inventory levels. Coordinated sales forecasts, production, and shipping schedules to re-engineer the current process to achieve the projected goals.

    • Prosci

      Jan 2005 - Feb 2020
      Senior Reliability Consultant
    • Life Cycle Engineering

      Feb 2005 - Feb 2020
      Senior Reliability Consultant & Project Manager, Life Cycle Engineering, Inc.

      The Reliability Consulting Group (RCG) is a division of Life Cycle Engineering. As a project manager and senior reliability consultant with RCG I provide project leadership and coaching for client teams at the corporate and plant level. As a project manager and change management advocate I am responsible to ensure the business improvement goals are achieved and Key Performance metrics are in place to monitor and sustain performance levels. As a senior reliability consultant my focus is to provide training, coaching, implementation and execution of reliability best practices in engineering, work management, operator care, loss elimination and MRO supply chain management to reduce waste and sustain the operational improvements. My leadership experience in manufacturing and maintenance at the plant and corporate levels allows me the ability to provide solutions that improve performance and support the needed behavior change in employee performance. Show less

    • Wally Wilson Consulting (WWC)

      Feb 2020 - now
      Operations & Maintenance Management Consultant, Contract and 1099 Consulting

      Professional OverviewMr. Wilson has a broad range of consulting experience with both domestic and international clients. Wally uses his experience to train and lead client project teams to implement best practice business processes, policies and procedures in Safety, Operations, and Maintenance and Supply Chain Management projects. Wally establishes long-term relationships with his clients, and many of those clients have become advocate clients that attest to his ability to work with both the board room and shop floor employees. Wally holds a Lean Black Belt certification and other professional certifications with the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) and the Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP). Wally has over 35 years of leadership experience with three Fortune 500 corporations. He applies his knowledge of Lean Six Sigma methodology to reduce non-value added activities within the overall business operation. Wally is certified in Prosci’s Change Management Methodology and is a veteran of the US Navy. Wally holds both a Bachelors and Master of Science degree from Eastern Illinois University. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Prosci Change Management Certification

      Prosci-Life Cycle Engineering, Inc.
    • Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional

      Society of Maintenance and Reliabiity Professionals
      Sept 2010
    • Certified Production and Inventory Management

      APICS
      Sept 2003
    • Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)

      APICS
      Mar 2018
    • Prosci Change Management Professional

      Prosci
      Feb 2008