Jeff Johnson, Partner
Expertise
- Trifecta Expertise: Coaching, Training, and Consulting
- Executive Coach
- Strategic Planning
- Product development
- Engineering
- Global Strategic Sourcing & International Procurement
- Procurement Process Design & Implementation
- Supplier Diversity Consultants
- Post-Merger Integration
- Change Management
- Project management
- Training and development
- New venture
- Operations Excellence
- Maintenance - TPM
- Manufacturing
- Ergonomics
Education and Certification
- MBA –Northwestern University Kellogg School
- BSME – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Mechanical Engineering)
- Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt- Accenture/PepsiCo
- Lean Management System- The Murli Group
Representative Projects/Experience
- Over 25 years in senior leadership positions at major management consulting firms and corporations including AT Kearney, BP, Henkel, KraftHeinz, PepsiCo and USG Corp.
- Coached hundreds of front-line leaders to C-suite executives in transforming companies
- Led 3 procurement categories that saved $20M or 12% at Fortune 1000 manufacturer on strategic sourcing project. Identified 45 new suppliers while consolidating supply base by 75%
- Standardized Request for Proposals process for three capital expense levels of construction project management at largest energy provider in Northern Illinois. Improved quality, cost and timeliness of bidding and contract awarding process by creating standard, automated proposal template. Reduced errors 25%. Led engagements in 7 industries in US, Canada, Mexico, UK, and Spain
- Developed supplier diversity at Fortune 100 food company including supplier Lean Six Sigma training for mutual cost savings
- Established Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for natural gas liquids company saving $25M
- Managed $100M in engineering projects for petroleum refining and distribution companies
- Achieved up to $3M in hard savings annually from daily performance improvement by workers closest to work, driven by 1,500 completed improvements during transformation to Lean Management System.
- Facilitated $2M in hard savings in personally led projects or endeavors led by coached Lean Six Sigma belts
- Fostered $17M in hard savings across three candy plants, flour mill, and world’s largest bakery over two years.
- Trained 0ver 2,000 operators, Green Belts, Black Belts, and Executives in problem solving from 5 Why, A3, and Kaizen to DMAIC and Lean Management System
- Established Strategy Deployment through Visual Process Performance meetings conducted daily, weekly, and monthly for department, plant manager, vice president, and senior vice president of operations. Deployed at 65 operations departments at 16 manufacturing facilities in the first four years