Riga, Latvia
20+ years driving operational excellence — from production floor to Global Business Services leadership. My career bridges two worlds that rarely meet: 16 years in manufacturing operations (Plant Manager, Industrial Performance Leader at Schneider Electric / Lexel Fabrika) and strategic GBS & CI leadership (GBS Director at allnex, 250+ employees across multiple countries). This combination means I don't just design improvement frameworks — I know how to implement them where it actually matters. Core expertise: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt · GBS Strategy & Maturity (Hackett Group) · Hoshin Kanri · DMAIC · Visual Management · Process Mining · RPA · R2R / O2C / S2P · AI integration in operations · Industry 4.0 Selected results: → Significant working capital return and cost reduction — LSS Black Belt project (Solvay, EMEA & NA, 8-person cross-functional team) → Built GBS CI function from zero → Business Efficiency Champion 2019 (selected from 60+ organizations) → Led 250+ FTE GBS center at allnex — cross-functional, multi-country operational excellence transformation Currently: Board Member, Business Efficiency Association (BEA) — shaping Latvia's CI community and driving AI-powered mentoring initiative in Lean/TOC/Six Sigma. CI Trainer at KIC — delivering Lean and process excellence programs to Latvian organizations. Co-author of 2 Latvian-language Lean methodology books. Open to: Director / Senior Director roles in Operational Excellence, Continuous Improvement, GBS, or COO positions — open to relocation across Europe.
Member of the Board of Business Efficiency Association (BEA) — Latvia's leading professional network promoting Lean, Six Sigma, TOC, and operational excellence practices across private and public sector organizations. Board responsibilities: → Strategic direction and governance of BEA activities → Industry partnerships and stakeholder engagement → Driving BEA AI MENTORS initiative — AI-powered mentoring system delivering Lean/TOC/Six Sigma guidance in Latvian language → Representing BEA in Business Efficiency Forum and national CI community events
support of BEA members in LEAN implementation: several LEAN workshops (processes assessment, soution approach, KAIZEN BLITZ)
Continuous improvement trainer of Service Productivity Management course: https://www.kic.lv/lv/pakalpojumu-vadisana
Executed OPEX assessment, developed the operational strategy, and launched it in 2023. Successfully driving TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) and 5S standardization across the new shop floor to maximize equipment availability. Developing and mentoring the team in advanced project management capabilities.
- GBS Leadership Team and functional management coordination - New strategy and objectives development and implementation in close collaboration with key stakeholders and functional management - Support of a second GBS centre set up in Malaysia
- GBS Continuous Improvement strategy and roadmap development - CI training program development and deployment - Support in Lean Six Sigma YB training material development - Efficiency methodology development - Coordination of automation initiatives: RPA and process mining
Driving - Continuous Improvement: trainings, project couching, CI network development, strategy deployment, support on KPI/OPI & visual management board & communication, CI capability assessment; - ISO: sustain information security (ISO 27001:2013) & quality management (ISO 9001:2015) standards; run internal audits, support external audits, facilitate quality network - Business Continuity: crisis management, disaster recovery plans, business impact analyse
Six Sigma Black Belt Project: Overdue improvement in Global Business Unit Operational Excellence strategy and roadmap development Driving of SBS process performance improvement Operational Excellence methodologies implementation to SBS teams Contribution to Process design and KPI’s Operational Excellence project management