Dipl.-Ing. Carmen Beernaert

Business transformation trusted advisor for global international companies with focus on senior leadership advice and coaching on Lean transformation & Lean attitudes & behaviours for both senior leadership & middle management. Within Kaizen Institute responsible for global account management, thought leadership around Leadership 4.0 and people development

Business transformation trusted advisor for global international companies with focus on senior leadership advice and coaching on Lean transformation & Lean attitudes & behaviours for both senior leadership & middle management

Operational Transformation lead for EMEA, involving : - Customer relationship manager - Quality Director - Lead thought leadership development around reaching sustainable performance improvement In parallel, I was responsible to set-up, develop & lead the Russian operational excellence practice where I e.g. supported a Lean IT transformation programme in one of the biggest Russian banks. Later on, I led the operational excellence team in the Netherlands & Belgium.

As practice development lead I was responsible for the start-up of the new Accenture P&IP practice in Germany, Austria & Switzerland including : - Business development & customer relationship development focused on resources industry and financial services, - Setting up P&IP marketing campaigns towards the external market, - Team set-up, development and follow-up. In parallel I lead global transformation programmes in the pharmaceutical industry.

- Developed and lead the upstream business improvement initiatives at a global oil and gas company - Supported several global pharmaceutical companies with their global continuous improvement deployment consisting of the definition of the strategic transformation objectives, business case development and the support ofdeployment of the initiative , taking into account performance and change management aspects which resulted in multi-million productivity results.

Initiated Lean initiative in 15 plants across the globe resulting in inventory reduction and cost-out. E.g. In Lean pilot plant increased output by 30%, reduced production lead time by 80%, improved FPY by 12%pts and reduced space by 40% being trained by the Toyota Production System consultancy Shingijitsu. Created a Lean roadmap to leverage and accelerate Lean results. Received several GE Management Awards for excellent results.

Project leader for planning & implementation of manufacturing, replenishment, sourcing, quality and SAP processes for newly designed industrial product using Design for Six Sigma methodology. I also designed a production transfer process, which guaranteed superior service & product quality after transfer. This process was validated through multiple successful production transfers.

Material Science