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Olman Ramos

Heredia

Summary

Results-oriented professional with 7 years of experience in continuous improvement and lean development, driving over $17 million in hard savings through innovative initiatives at sites worldwide. Expertise in optimizing operations across all organizational levels by strategically deploying high-performance teams. Proficient in Power BI and data analysis, leveraging data-driven insights to foster continuous improvement. As a specialist in Kaizen and Lean Six Sigma methodologies, I promote a culture of continuous enhancement. My skill set includes coaching, waste elimination, and improving production efficiency and quality.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Business Excellence Manager

Viant Medical S.A
02.2024 - Current
  • Championed organizational change initiatives, advocating for business case and driving adoption across teams.
  • Provided managerial and technical leadership to project teams, mentoring members on continuous improvement and project management.
  • Facilitated workshops and communications to support Business Excellence implementation, including collaboration with global operations.
  • Developed and administered training and certification programs related to Business Excellence initiatives.
  • Engaged in external training to stay current with best practices in Business Excellence.
  • Collaborated with department managers to set and achieve goals aligned with Business Excellence initiatives, implementing strategies to foster a continuous improvement culture.
  • Leveraged Lean and Six Sigma principles to guide continuous improvement efforts.
  • Monitored and reported progress of Business Excellence initiatives to senior management, conducting assessments to identify opportunities for enhancement.
  • Led Value Improvement Program, managing project deck focused on operational value enhancement.
  • Identified improvement opportunities in existing product lines and processes, working closely with customers and plant staff to optimize quality, service, and cost.
  • Reviewed existing policies and procedures, recommending updates to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

Sr. Business Excellence Lead/Superintendent

Viant Medical S.A
02.2020 - Current
  • Seeking continuous improvement in all levels through lean six sigma methodologies, focused on waste elimination and KPI accomplishment on hard YTD savings on different sites around the world ($1,082M on 2019, $2,430M on 2020, $1,810M on 2021, $2,929M on 2022)
  • Roadmap and strategy department development which can be utilized in quarterly forecasting, annual planning and multi-year strategic planning processes
  • Ensure robust and standardized Lean six sigma, 6s, problem solving, techniques are being used across different sites on a corporate level, develop program strategic lunching for all different levels in the organization involving culture growth
  • Develop and launch programs based on a strategic approach for all different levels in the organization involving culture growth Managing Industrial Eng Department for the deployment of lean six sigma initiatives, capacity analysis for legacy lines and NPI, and cost saving projects in order to achieve monthly and yearly goals
  • Engage leaders of key levels, focus areas and site leadership to seek cost saving projects in order to achieve monthly and yearly goals on the overall business and site journey through excellence
  • Leading and deployment of global and corporate Operational Excellence initiatives, support sites around the world to develop a strong, results-driven teams and tools focus on key improvement programs

Business Excellence Engineer

Viant Medical S.A
02.2019 - 02.2020
  • Discerning when and how to use Lean Manufacturing techniques: 6S, waste identification and elimination, value stream mapping, Kaizen, error proofing, one piece flow, set-up time reduction, Kanban, balanced workflow Lean six sigma
  • Execute and monitor the implementation of continuous improvement projects focus on cost reduction and hard savings
  • Support engineering and technical needs of the campus and customers (strategic and tactical, such as value improvement projects, new process/equipment, etc.)
  • Align all departments to seek cost saving projects in order to achieve monthly and yearly goals
  • Lead the trainings promoting the lean methodologies across the site with activities
  • Lead trainings promoting the lean methodologies across the site increasing the right cultural behaviors to drive results

Lean Six Sigma Specialized Supervisor

Cargill/SAUBER S.A
08.2017 - 02.2020

Implement Lean Six Sigma methodology to process control and optimization, based on data driven decisions achieved 80% reduction on operational cost

  • Manage and execute new improvement project budget to increase overall process efficiency

Implement and train employees on 5S methodology to ensure ordered, standardized and clean space for collaborators and visitors

  • Supervise routine tasks, guaranteeing control and traceability of the inputs as well as quality KPI that had to be fulfilled according to national regulations using Cp an CpK, and control charts
  • Oversaw daily operations of the department, ensuring smooth workflow and timely completion of tasks.

Education

MSc. - Medical Device Engineering

Instituto Tecnológico De Costa Rica
Costa Rica
01.2020

Bachelor's degree - Industrial Chemistry

Universidad Nacional
Costa Rica
01.2016

Skills

  • Power Apps
  • Data management & analysis
  • Strategic thinking
  • Project management
  • Team leadership
  • Power BI
  • Innovation
  • Self-motivated
  • Committed to quality
  • Effective Teams Builder
  • Customer Focus

Certification

  • MSc Online Microsoft Power Platform for Controlling, 23, Power Platform University
  • Black Belt, 20, BMO 360
  • Data Analysis using Power Query, Power Pivot & DAX, Power BI, SQL, 20
  • Scrum Master and Product Owner, 23, Certiprof
  • Power BI & SQL Basic training for data science, 20, Cámara de Industrias
  • Minitab Quality Trainer, 20, Minitab
  • Green Belt, 18, BM0360
  • Specialized supervisor in Lean Six Sigma, 17, Cámara de Industrias
  • Yellow Belt, 17, BM0360

Languages

English
Advanced
C1

Projects

OpEx/Industrial Eng department creation and consolidation

More than $13M worth of hard savings in 5 years 

Data analyst division created

5 new products launched based in "Born Lean" methodology

3D Printer lab Viant Medical foundation

Timeline

Business Excellence Manager

Viant Medical S.A
02.2024 - Current

Sr. Business Excellence Lead/Superintendent

Viant Medical S.A
02.2020 - Current

Business Excellence Engineer

Viant Medical S.A
02.2019 - 02.2020

Lean Six Sigma Specialized Supervisor

Cargill/SAUBER S.A
08.2017 - 02.2020

MSc. - Medical Device Engineering

Instituto Tecnológico De Costa Rica

Bachelor's degree - Industrial Chemistry

Universidad Nacional
Olman Ramos