Fred Levko

Past

• Manager, Operations Excellence at Emerson Process Management
• Operations Executive at Siegel-Robert, Inc.
• Manager Electrical Design at Cooper Bussmann

• Manager Advance Design at ITW

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Education

• Emerson Corporate Training
• Ford Motor Lean Institute
• DePaul University

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Industry

Automotive

Fred Levko’s Summary

As an engineer with a MBA who has been awarded eleven patents, I train people to solve problems and, then, get involved to improve their work and make money.

Recently, at Emerson, I developed eight people as lean managers at international sites, achieved $2 million in annual savings at four domestic plants, and executed a strategic policy for a Lean Operating System.

I continue my systematic approach for problem solving on the shop floor or front office that organizes people to manages change, shares knowledge, and develop 'best practices'. I believe this will benefit many industries where resources are scarce, desire improved customer satisfaction, and attain lowest cost.

MANUFACTURING/PROJECT ENGINEER & OPERATIONS ACHIEVMENTS

Accomplished engineer for project, design and manufacturing of electrical and electromechanical consumer/industrial products. Diligent problem solver for product development issues or manufacturing processes. Leads teams and manages projects for profitable outcomes and continuous improvement. Lean practitioner and business operations resource with strong domestic and international operations management experience available to implement and sustain large and medium sized global operations in various industries.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Design molded plastic parts, metal components, and assembly fixtures/workstaions for production processes
• Create innovative solutions for patentable product patents and shop floor process
• Develop operations strategies leading to lean shop floor systems and reporting metrics
• Facilitate Kaizen events for front office administration project teams and shop floor staff
• Conduct personnel training to share knowledge and lead Toyota Production System (TPS), Lean 101, 5S, Visual Factory, Standard Work, Value Stream Mapping, TPM, Pull Systems (Kanban) , Policy Deployment (Hoshin Kanri), Error-Proofing (Poke Yoke), Balanced Scorecard, and Problem Solving

Fred Levko’s Specialties:

Lean Implementation and Assessment, SPC, Six Sigma-DMAIC, MS Apps: PowerPoint, Access, Word, Excel, Project

Fred Levko’s Experience

• Manager, Operations Excellence

  Emerson Process Management

  (Public Company; EMR; Industrial Automation industry)

  January 2006 — June 2009 (3 years 6 months)

  Implemented Global Lean Vision System. Reported to Executive Vice President of Operations.
  • Developed and deployed strategic policy to consolidate multiple sites in North America, Europe, and Asia into a coherent Lean System
  • Monitored performance key metrics to direct efforts for restoration and improvement of process performance on the shopfloor and front office
  • Lead kaizen teams to reduce leadtime from order to cash and new-hire fulfillment
  • Conducted training sessions on Lean fundementals and Value Stream Mapping
  • Coordinate Lean initiatives for supplier improvement in the value chain to reduce leadtime
  • Developed Global team of lean coordinators to promote local site projects

• Operations Executive

  Siegel-Robert, Inc.

  (Automotive industry)

  April 1992 — December 2006 (14 years 9 months)

  •Led a team that documented and applied a systematic Lean implementation process that was uniformly deployed at all production facilities to assess implementation progress, training requirements, and cultural development for plant shop floor, front office administrative functions, and senior leadership assessment.
  •Collaborated with facilities senior leadership to execute a Lean implementation program and monitored progress via monthly assessments that clearly laid a path to attain ‘must-do, no-fail’ dates for performance.
  •Developed balanced scorecard methods that reported monthly performance to restore deficient performance metrics and define incentive compensation.
  •Implemented Lean programs at twelve domestic sites and four Asian sites with consultation, Kaizen participation, and development of site specific applications.
  •Turned around bottom-line $10 million lose to $20 million gain via scrap reductions, increased inventory turns, and Lean initiative applications.

• Manager Electrical Design

  Cooper Bussmann

  (Public Company; CBE; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  February 1986 — March 1991 (5 years 2 months)

  Responsible for electrical fuse protection product line. Lead five professional staff with a $300,000 annual operating budget, accounting for $110 million in annual division sales. Reported to Vice President, Engineering.
  • Developed new electrical fuse products, which Increased annual revenues by $10 million
  • Achieved annual $250,000 cost reductions with design engineering activities at remote manufacturing plants
  • Installed a CAD system and reduced annual tool rework cost $50,000.
  • Implemented training program to on-board new hired.
  • Awarded five patents on fuse designs

• Manager Advance Design

  ITW

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ITW; Automotive industry)

  1980 — 1986 (6 years )

Additional Information

Fred Levko’s Groups:

•    Lean Six Sigma
•    Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) Experts
•    Superfactory
•    Global Lean & Six Sigma Network
•    Lean/Continuous Improvement/Toyota Production System Networking & Career Opportunity Group
•    LinkedWorking St. Louis
•    Oakland University Alumni Association
•    Operational Excellence
•    Kaizen Trainer
•    Lean Six Sigma Jobs