Joe Krantz
Expert in Lean Manufacturing & Operations Management | Managing Director
Experience
Jan 2020 - Present
4 years 5 months Wittenburg, Germany
Senior Management Consultant (Freelance)
Proudfoot
- Leading the Maintenance workstream on an OPEX project for a major international player in the food industry
- Business Review in several plants in Germany and Poland
Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
2 years Kortrijk, Belgium
Senior Management Consultant (Freelance)
Proudfoot
- Leading the OPEX workstream for an international company in the flooring business
- Business Review for a major European player in the food industry
Jan 2019 - Dec 2020
2 years Belgium
Operational Excellence Manager ad interim
RPM International
- Leading expert for the implementation of the RPM Manufacturing System (Lean program) over 2 industrial sites in Europe
- In charge of all initiatives related to line efficiency (measured through OEE) and ZBY (Zero Based Yield)
Jan 2015 - Dec 2020
5 years Brussels, Belgium
Central Supply Chain Manager ad interim
SABCA
- Responsible for the reorganization of the entire supply chain (central and local functions)
- Analysis and improvement of supply chain process flows and ways of working (provisioning, planning, warehousing, internal logistics, customer support, shipping)
- Main contact for the acquisition and implementation of an APS system and an MES system and overall helping to develop a roadmap to Industry 4.0
- Project leader for VMI implementation
- Strategic project leader for the outsourcing of non-core activities
- Lean expert for the entire supply chain (including production, maintenance, engineering)
- Interface with Finance on product costing and supply chain efficiency
- Main point of contact for COO and CEO on overall improvement initiatives
Jan 2009 - Dec 2015
7 years Estaimpuis, Belgium
Operational Excellence Manager
McBride
- Lean leader for Western Continental Europe, multi-site responsibility (10 factories)
- Creating the vision for McBride's Operational Excellence program, management buy in, budget, rollout by creating the OPEX coach community and developing specific training programs
- Developing the concept of "lean boot camps", 80% of the population trained, from director level to shop floor
- Engaging everyone from the CEO to the operators in McBride's lean philosophy
- Establishing the link between finance and the operational realities of the shop floor by setting up the right indicators and implying the financial people in the monthly measurement of the realized savings
- Targets for OPEX savings outperformed year by year: over a 3 year period, target of 6 mio vs 8,5 mio realized
Jan 2004 - Dec 2009
5 years Zaventem, Belgium
Production Improvement Manager
ASCO Industries
- Leading expert in the Asco group on "Lean Manufacturing", TPS, TOC, QRM
- Transposition of "Best Practices" from one site to the other within the Asco group
- Reducing production lead times by 50% through implementing the "drum, buffer, rope" concept
- Direct reporting to the Director of Business Excellence (main shareholder) and to the COO
- Developing the business case on site specialization and their geographical implantations: logistical study, markets, subcontractors, investments, acquisitions, asset utilization, fiscal optimization
- Representative of the Asco group within the Boeing "Lean Activities Group" (LAG)
- Development and implementation of the "New Project Logistics" department: development of the concept, procedures, roles and responsibilities, interfaces, recruitment, job descriptions, management of the department, preparation of transfer after stabilization.
Jan 1998 - Dec 2005
8 years Waterloo, Belgium
Senior Project Manager
E.P.I. (European Performance Institute)
Projects accomplished: ASCO (Zaventem / Belgium, aeronautics), Michelin (La Roche sur Yon / France, production of tires), DSM (Strängnäs / Sweden, pharmaceuticals), Umicore (Paris / France, production of zinc), GateGourmet (London / United Kingdom, airline catering), ADP (Paris / France, management of Paris' airports), Herlitz (Berlin / Germany, stationary and office material), PWN (Velserbroek / The Netherlands, production and distribution of drinking water), LRP (Paris / France, catering), Atelia (Brussels / Belgium, insurance brokers)
Jan 1994 - Dec 1998
3 years Luxembourg
Attaché de Direction
Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat
Legal and litigation department
Jan 1992 - Dec 1995
3 years Luxembourg
Lawyer
UBS-Intrag (Services) S.A.
Subsidiary of Union Bank of Switzerland
Jan 1992 - Dec 1992
1 year Buenos Aires, Argentina
Legal advisor
SIGEBA S.A.
Summary
Building on an international career as a management consultant, as a senior manager and as a freelance interim manager, expert in lean manufacturing, supply chain and operations, with multi-site responsibility in aeronautics, FMCG and in chemicals, I am now available for a position that allows me to show my ability to create and share a mid-to long-term vision on the evolution of the growth and profitability of the company I will be working for.
My managerial and organizational competences as well as my coaching expertise, my critical and analytical mindset, my sense of practical solutions, my diplomatic and constructive attitude which allows me to communicate easily at all levels, from strategic to operational, are assets I want to bring to my new challenge.
Languages
Luxembourgish
Native
Dutch
Advanced
English
Advanced
French
Advanced
German
Advanced
...and 1 more
Education
Oct 1997 - Jun 1998
Université Catholique de Louvain
Bachelor · Business Administration · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Oct 1990 - Jun 1991
Université Catholique de Louvain
Master · Law · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Certifications & licenses
Certified Coach (Development Coaching)
Sheffield Hallam University
CPIM Certification
APICS
Six Sigma Green Belt
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