Joris van Hooijdonk

Continuous Improvement Program Lead | Master Black Belt at Amgen

Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands

About

Enjoys working on difficult tasks which need creativity, persistence and dealing with resistance. All to improve process quality, speed and complexity and to realize change. See. Solve. Share. "Stay curious. Ask why. Learn always" Specialties: Continuous Improvement | Lean Six Sigma | Business performance | Change management | Coaching and mentoring | Performance dialogue | Problem solving | Process improvement | Kaizen | Agile | Strategy deployment | Root cause investigation | Project management | Storytelling | Mindmapping | Facilitating creative thinking sessions | Brainstorming

Experience

  • Amgen (8 yrs 10 mos)
    • Continuous Improvement Program Lead | Master Black Belt
      Aug 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

      Responsible for the Program to realize the culture and behaviors of Continuous Improvement within Operations at Amgen Breda. Continuous Improvement Program Lead | Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt | Coach & mentor | Problem solver | A3 thinker | Kaizen facilitator | Lean Six Sigma Trainer | Agile Scrum Master | Team member of Amgen's global initiative on CI - how to accelerate CI with the use of AI | Team lead for Amgen's global CI month 2026 "from insight to impact" | Author of Coach book on Continuous Improvement

    • Business Performance Sr Engineer | Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
      Sep 2017 - Jul 2022 · 4 yrs 11 mos

      Responsible for Continuous improvement, Lean transformation, Business performance and Strategy deployment at Amgen Breda. Lean Six Sigma Black Belt | Agile Scrum Master | Problem solver | A3 thinker | Kaizen facilitator | Yellow Belt trainer & mentor

  • MSD (8 yrs 7 mos)
    • Improvement engineer | Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
      May 2016 - Sep 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Responsible for the development and realization of improvements for Manufacturing. Develop integrated Manufacturing and Supply Chain solutions to improve efficiency. Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt | Mentor on driving change | Project & change manager | Facilitator of root-cause investigation (RCA), problem solving, risk analysis, brainstorming and Kaizen | Process engineer | Team player | Lean Six Sigma trainer/instructor (>180 trainees).

    • Planner buyer | Production planning manager
      Jan 2015 - Jun 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Responsible for the entire end-to-end planning process to guarantee timely availability of products and contributing to IPT profit plan. Develop integrated supply chain solutions and responsible for the coordination of new product introductions, transfers and introduction on new markets. Team manager | Lean Six Sigma Black Belt | Mentor | Instructor.

    • Process engineer | Project manager
      Mar 2009 - Feb 2015 · 6 yrs

      Accomplished project manager, certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and process engineer with extensive experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Proven track record in driving improvement initiatives using Lean Six Sigma methodologies, leading equipment investment and qualification projects, and performing root cause investigations, problem solving, quality by design, and process validation. Skilled in change management, including Lean Six Sigma and Management Drives frameworks. Passionate about facilitating creative thinking sessions for process improvement, root cause analysis (RCA), problem solving, risk analysis, and Kaizen. Enthusiastic and experienced Lean Six Sigma instructor and trainer.

  • Process engineer at Schering Plough
    Nov 2007 - Mar 2009 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Process engineer at Organon
    Mar 2001 - Nov 2007 · 6 yrs 9 mos