Kris Van Nieuwenhove

Sr. OpEx / QMS Consultant and Partner of Pauwels Consulting

Brussels Metropolitan Area

About

Experience: • More than 20 years operational experience in leading, training and coaching of co-workers (production or projects) • Various Six Sigma Green and Black Belt projects (technical and transactional processes) • Various Industrial Engineering tools like: OEE, 5S, SMED, VSM, KPI's, SQDC, PDCA, ... • Lean methodology experience (TIMWOOD reduction/elimination) in transactional processes • Facilitating Root Cause investigations (Quality and Safety problems) • Human Error Reduction • Transversal Project Management • VBA for Excel, Power BI, Minitab, powerpoint Specialties: • Industrial Engineering / Operational Excellence / Continuous Improvement • Coaching of Yellow and Green Belts • Cultural Change Management (Kotter, PPI (HU),...) • Visual Management and Communication • Facilitating or leading Kaizen events (lean/5S) • ISO9001 implementation and audits

Experience

  • Pauwels Consulting (11 yrs 4 mos)
    • Excellence Lead - Qualiphar
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

      The Qualiphar Exellence Team is a multiple skilled team of 4 persons, active in supporting the Operations, Safety and QA/QC departments by: • RCA-investigations with six sigma YB/GB-methodology • Identification and realisation of CC- and CAPA-actions • Gemba Walks • Internal Audits • Management of QMS-documentation and linked trainingplans • Mentoring/coaching (soft skills) • Communication improvements via visual management • Creation of production efficiency follow-up dashboards and -tools driving CI

    • QMS consultant
      Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 6 mos

      • Build and Implement ISO9001-compliant QMS • Lead and/or facilitate internal ISO9001 QMS-audits at various clients • Coach / lead CI-projects related to QMS-audit observations (internal / external) • ad interim Quality Management Clients: * Compaktuna - a division of Holcim * ESAIC * Ekopak * Aliaxis Belgium

    • Operational Excellence Program Development, coaching & mentoring - Pauwels Consulting HQ
      Apr 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 3 mos

      • Development of different 1h during webinars on LSS-tools like 5S, VSM, RCA, Usage of Graphs, Brainstorming, FMEA,... • Development of Yellow Belt Hybrid Training Program for small and large groups. • Deliver (individual) training and/or excel-support to other colleague-consultants. This training goes from advanced functions over pivot tables and -charts to end with VBA-macro's and power query • Coaching and mentorship of different junior colleagues on project- and/or soft-skills

  • Senior AOS - OpEx Engineer at Aleris
    Nov 2013 - Feb 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Deliver assistance to the Cast House Process Technologist by searching and resolving the daily production troubles in the aluminum EMC-casting process (EMC = Electro Magnetic Casting) by using the DMAIC approach. • Developed and maintained (daily) an EMC process parameter data base to predict the best cast conditions for the different alloys to minimize bad-starting-up-of-castings and safety risks for the operators. • Developed and maintained Excel control charts for the EMC cooling water process as a “watch-dog” for the water-treatment department. • Performed weekly, together with the First Line Leadership, a safety gemba walk

  • Catalent Pharma Solutions (Brussels Area, Belgium)
    • Six Sigma Black Belt
      May 2011 - Nov 2013 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      As a member of the Central Operational Excellence Team, I am responsible for: • Facilitating Lean and Kaizen projects • Yield improvement (SMED and AWO) • VSM and Flow optimization • co-developing of the site OpEx-strategy • Progressive 5S roll-out and support • Visual Management (SQDC-boards,...) • Change Management • Coaching of candidate Green Belts • Leading Green or Black Belt projects • Support or facilitate other departments during root cause investigations at other departments, suppliers or clients

    • QC Physical - Chemical Lab Manager
      Oct 2012 - Mar 2013 · 6 mos

      Temporary assignment: stabilise the operations of the Chemical QC lab and inventorise a list of (missing) processes to improve.

  • Continuous Improvement Engineer at Mondi Packaging
    Jun 2010 - Apr 2011 · 11 mos

    Main responsibilities: • Re-implimenting the 5S program (roles and responsibilites, Kaizens, audits, KPI’s) • Facilitate SMED and AWO exercises • Introduction and training of six-sigma yellow belt methodology and tools. • Coaching of candidate Yellow Belts • Introduction of the shopfloor and middle management into the methodology of the Practicing Perfection Institute to avoid/eliminate accidents and risks towards Human Error.

  • Pfizer (Puurs - Belgium)
    • Production Engineer
      Sep 2006 - Jun 2010 · 3 yrs 10 mos

      Main responsibilities: • Green Belt projects in technical environment (Formulation, Filling, Inspection, Documentation). • Lean Black Belt project in administrative and transactional environment (reducing leadtime for SOP updates and optimization of documentation flow) • Black Belt project: Optimization of the material flow and support of the complete aseptic manufacturing facility. • Coordination of a new documentsystem in 7 production departments • OEE implementation and follow-up • Coordination of VHP-decontamination of the aseptic production area after shutdowns • Member of the Audit Task Force • Member of the System team Deviations

    • Production supervisor
      Jul 2001 - Aug 2006 · 5 yrs 2 mos

      Main responsibilities: • Leading and coaching 8 operators. I worked in a 3-shift production schedule. • Ensure that SOP’s are followed, up-to-date or created when necessary. • Co-responsible for the agenda of the Focus Operational Team (multi-departmental team that revised the weekly operations/problems/technical issues) • Defining and follow up of KPI’s. • Efficiency reporting on DOR-meeting by mean of OEE- and FTT-measurements • Contact-person for the QA/QC department • Review of production batch records and advice changes on master batch records • Back-up for scheduler • Optimizing the production process • Central contact-person for other departments as there are: maintenance, process automation, cost accounting and plant performance (industrial engineering). I was often consulted by these departments when the department manager was absent.