Mike Fisher

Vice President, Strategic Business Integration & Continuous Improvement | Whole Foods Market @ Amazon

About

Lean Six Sigma Enterprise Capability Lead - responsible for program architecture, strategy and execution. As a Business Process Improvement professional, I have excelled in both the art and the science of Operational Excellence. Leveraging a grounded roots in operations, I have achieved an exceptional track record of validated results that have consistently exceeded expectations. This continued success in delivering in complex matrixed environments comes from several core principles I value:  Never lose sight of the big picture by ensuring that the energies of resources are consistently aligned to delivering on enterprise level priorities.  Attacking process improvement opportunities from an End to End perspective firmly grounded in the Customer’s point of view.  Breaking down barriers of progress by modeling the behaviors and execution personally. -Keeping my hands very dirty in the work. In addition to execution skills, I have also acquired an expertise in Program-level development and architecture. From operating as a Black Belt, a Master BlackBelt, and then Program Leadership in three Fortune 100 companies, I have lived and now architect around the critical components that make a capability successful. I have a keen understanding of how to gain traction and add immediate value through the skills of enterprise transformation. I have achieved success at the enterprise level by relentlessly filtering for “value-add”, business responsiveness, and business alignment. At this juncture in my career, my goals are to continue to leverage my experience and ability to deliver results to organizations interested in achieving “breakthrough” levels of process excellence. Specialties: Certified LSS BB Certified LSS MBB

Country

United States

City

Allentown

Industry

Retail

Skill

Leadership Development, Six Sigma master blackbelt, Lean Transformation, Prosci, Lean Six Sigma, Minitab, Analytical Skills, Problem Solving, Attention to Detail, Presentation Skills, Process Improvement, Training, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Coaching, Six Sigma, Retail, Inventory Management, Leadership, Strategy, Business Process Improvement

Experience

Vice President, Strategic Business Integration & Continuous Improvement | Whole Foods Market

Amazon

2020-4 - Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

North American Fulfillment Center Operations

Sr ACES Sensei NAFC AMAZON

Amazon

2012-10 - 2020-4 · 7 yrs 7 mos

North American Fulfillment Center Operations

Continuous Improvement and Standard Work arm of ACES - Amazon Customer Excellence Systems. North American Fulfillment Centers

Vice President, Strategic Business Integration & Continuous Improvement | Whole Foods Market

Whole Foods Market

2020-4 - Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

Amazon Aquisition

Executive Business Integration Strategist- WFM- Operational Excellence Lead

Whole Foods Market

2019-7 - 2020-4 · 10 mos

Sr. Director LSS - Enterprise Capability Lead

Best Buy

2006-12 - 2012-10 · 5 yrs 11 mos

Enterprise Lead for Lean Six Sigma Capability. Responsible for Strategy, orchestration, and execution of enterprise business initiatives leveraging LSS.

Senior Director

Best Buy

2006-1 - 2012-10 · 6 yrs 10 mos

of Enterprise Lean Six Sigma Capability RESPONSIBILITY: Global responsibility for LSS Strategy, Deployment and Execution with operations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, China, and Europe. Full program architecture, design, and integration responsibilities Knowledge transfer and LSS education design and delivery Discipline governance, certification requirements, HR architecture Manage multi-million dollar payroll and operations budget Alignment, prioritization, and routing of Enterprise objectives Orchestration, assignment, and execution of LSS driven work streams. Global Center of Expertise Lead for Enterprise Operational Excellence ACHIEVEMENTS: > $800M in validated Cost Savings (Type I/II) Program to date (6yrs) Installation of Cross-functional Business Process Management structure Enterprise Dashboarding and End to End macro process improvement 5 consecutive years of >2000% capability ROI

Director Business Process Improvement- Lean Six Sigma

The Home Depot

2002-1 - 2006-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

MBB / Director of Business Process Improvement; Master Black Belt RESPONSIBILITY: Functional responsibility for LSS Strategy, Deployment and Execution with operations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, China. Program architecture, design, and integration responsibilities for Enterprise Knowledge transfer and LSS education design and delivery Discipline governance, certification requirements, HR architecture Directed BPI initiatives for Merchandising, Marketing, Finance, HR and Advertising functions Alignment, prioritization, and routing of Functional objectives Orchestration, assignment, and execution of LSS driven work streams. ACHIEVEMENTS: Generated validated project “cost out” savings of >$250M Executed >200 Lean Six Sigma Projects from inception to full deployment Co-Architected and deployed enterprise LSS Program First Home Depot Certified Master Blackbelt REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS: Directly to SVP Business Process Improvement Direct Reports include 4 MBBS and team of 8 centralized BBs; dotted line responsibility to decentralized Belt Community.

LSS Black Belt

The Home Depot

2001-1 - 2002-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Six Sigma Black Belt All LSS initiatives for the New England Division Reported Directly to Division President Executed 12 projects yielding total validated savings > $50M First wave of certified LSS Blackbelts

SOAR Captain

The Home Depot

2000-1 - 2001-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Directed Strategic, Operating and Resource Planning for the New England Division Reported directly to the Division President

Regional Human Resource Manager

The Home Depot

1997-1 - 2000-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Hiring, Terminations, EEOC claims, Performance Mgt, Associate Relations, etc Reported Directly to VP of Human Resources Direct Reports included 12 District Human Resource Managers