Robert H. Mitchell

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

01/2007 - Present    Global Quality & Int'l LSS Deployment Manager, 3M Lean Six Sigma Operations

09/2006 - 12/2006    Global Quality Project Manager, 3M Corporate Quality Services

05/2004 - 08/2006    Quality Manager, 3M Office Supplies Division (Post-it® brand products)

01/2002 – 04/2004    Quality Manager, 3M Corporate Quality Services

01/2001 – 12/2001    DMAIC Global Deployment Manager, 3M Six Sigma Operations

01/1999 – 12/2000    Quality Manager, 3M Personal Care & Related Products Division

07/1996 - 12/1996    Quality Senior Specialist, 3M Personal Care & Related Products Division

01/1996 - 06/1996    Quality Specialist & Technical Project Leader, 3M Hutchinson Site

10/1992 - 12/1995    Technical Supervisor, 3M Hutchinson Site

06/1991 - 09/1992    Statistical Consultant and ISO Management Rep, 3M Hutchinson Site

04/1989 - 05/1991    Senior Process Engineer, 3M Hutchinson Consumer & Office Goods Mfg

06/1986 - 04/1989    Senior Quality Engineer, 3M Hutchinson Consumer & Office Goods Mfg

10/1983 - 05/1986    Advanced Quality Engineer, 3M Automotive Specialties Division

04/1981 - 09/1983    Quality Assurance Engineer, 3M Printing Products Division

 

SKILL AREAS:                Leadership and Change Agent consulting
                                    Lean Manufacturing & Lean office
                                    Six Sigma (DMAIC and DFSS)
                                    PDCA
                                    7-Step Problem Solving Method
                                    Statistical Thinking
                                    Statistical Techniques and Data Analysis
                                    7 Management & Planning Tools
                                    Systems Thinking
                                    3-Chart SPC (within and between subgroup)
                                    Product Release via Process Variables methodology
                                    Risk Assessment and Prioritization
                                    Project Management
                                    8D Corrective Action Process
                                    Change Management tools and techniques
                                    Constraint Management
                                    Business Process Re-Design
                                    Baldrige Award Examiner          
                                    Quality Management Systems
                                                ISO 9000:1994
                                                ISO 9001:2008
                                                ISO 13485:1996
                                                ISO TS-16949:2009
                                    Manufacturing experience:
                                                Injection Molding
                                                High-speed Automated Converting
                                                PSA Coating, Drying
                                    New Product Introduction & Commercialization process

 

EDUCATION:           University of Minnesota-Morris, Morris, MN  56267.

 

PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS:          Fellow, American Society for Quality
                                Director, MN Section 1203 of ASQ
                                Past Chair, ASQ Statistics Division (STAT)
                                Certified Quality Manager, ASQ
                                Certified Quality Engineer, ASQ
                                Examiner, MN State Quality Award (Baldrige criteria)
                                Member, MN Council for Quality (MC4Q)
                                Member, Goal/QPC
                                Planning Committee, 3M Statistical Practitioners Forum
                                Chair, 3M Corporate Quality Council Lean Six Sigma Committee
                                Member, 3M Corporate Quality Council “Future of Quality” Committee
                                Member, 3M Corporate Quality Council Leadership Committee

 

Publications:               "Process Capability Indices", ASQ Statistics Division Newsletter, Vol 18 No 1 (Winter 1998)
                                    "Cpk Plots - an application of Individual Charts", ASQ Statistics Division Newsletter, Vol 18 No 2 (Spring 1999)