lorena silva

* Responsible for creating and managing Six Sigma Project Pipeline * Provide coaching for LSS belts (Green and Black belts, kaizen leaders) * Apply Value Stream Mapping to eliminate waste, evaluate production bottlenecks and develop action plans to improve productivity. Set and monitor performance goals * Plan, deploy, and lead continuous improvement initiatives to produce significant cost savings though productivity, quality, waste reduction improvements, and improving business processes * Develop reports to keep critical stakeholders apprised of project status, results, and accountability * Develop governance documents, tracking tools to support project success.

* Responsible for conducting 15 kaizen events which resulted in productivity and quality improvements and waste reduction, reducing materials consumption * Conduct initiatives to reduce costs working with operators resulting in yearly savings of $ 200000 * Design, train and implement the 5S in Brazil, Costa Rica and Minnesota facilities to improve plant organization. Perform audits to ensure sustainment * Document and Audit Standard Work throughout the plant thus maintaining process control * Productivity improvement in a manual assembly line applying line balancing tools and lean standard work to reduce workstations and maximize the productivity rate (increased the productivity in 20%) * Implement Visual Management and one point lesson boards that provided production transparency and reduced scraps by 35% (yield improvement).

* Support teams in the application of Six Sigma tools to solve business problems and develop increased competency using the Black Belt knowledge * 2005: Trainee Engineer * 2010: Six Sigma Manager * Supply technical support to improve production rate, first quality production and reduce waste * Responsible for implementing and conduct experiments involving additives, modifiers to develop new products or improve the process performance * Develop a six sigma black belt project to reduce caustic soda consumption resulting in yearly savings of $ 1,2 MM * Develop a green belt project to reduce scraps in paper production due defects, increasing quality by 3% * Lead and manage a portifolio of Six Sigma engagements in order to stablish a continuous improvement culture * Facilitate training for Black and Green Belt resources on improvement tools and methodologies.

* Responsible for developing projects to minimize cost and improve performance results in Forest operation: productivity and cost analysis of Harvester and Forwarder operation, optmize Harvester fuel consumption * Process mapping to identify opportunities: logistics optmization of the production chain in silvicultural operation (herbicides, pesticides, people, water, machines) * Reduce costs in fuel handling, transportation and diesel storage to support operations * Daily management implementation * Develop a pipeline of continuous improvement initiatives aligned with the Company Objectives.

Activities and Societies: Tecnologia de Celulose e Papel