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Bert MertensBert Mertens

Career

  • 1988 - 1995: head of employee services SFD
  • 1996 - 2000: Payroll Service Leader Benelux General Electric
  • 2000 - 2002: Black Belt GE Corporate West, North and Eastern Europe
  • 2002 - 2004: Country Transition Leader GE Corporate
  • 2004 - 2006: Black belt Employee Services Honeywell
  • 2006 - 2010: Quality Manager Essent Belgium
  • 2010 - ...: Founder and General Manager Statproc

Major Projects / Results

  • Six Sigma deployment General Electric
  • Six Sigma deployment Honeywell
  • Lean Six Sigma deployment Essent Belgium
  • Six Sigma deployment Cisco
  • FMEA deployment AME
  • Results
    • > 1000's of benefits (directly involved), benefits range from 100K€ to over 600K€ per project.
    • > 250 people trained in > LSS programs
    • boardroom level (how to lead)
    • Project champions &owners (how to manage)
    • Black Belts &Green Belts (how to execute)
  • > 300 projects coached

Competence

  • Boardroom consulting
    • Performance Management
    • Lean Six Sigma
    • process optimization
    • Business Process management
  • Design and Implementation of improvement programs
  • Development of Lean Six Sigma training curriculums
  • Lead Trainer of Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Green Belt training &lead coach
  • Quality Management systems including ISO 9000;
  • Program Management

Applied Methods / Tools

  • Core Six Sigma DMAIC methodology (Minitab)
  • Core Six Sigma DFSS (DMADV/DMEDI) methodology
  • Core Lean methodology
  • Design of Experiments (DOE)
  • Change Management (including CAP)
  • Process Management &Statistical process control
  • Program management tools &templates
  • Business Process Management

Languages

  • Dutch
  • French

Education

  • 1983 - 1985: Teachers Training College
  • 1998: Certified Greenbelt
  • 2001: Certified Black Belt
  • 1996 - 2010: various programs including Advanced tools and variance based thinking; Communication and influencing skills, Change Acceleration Processes, FMEA &QFD, Presentation skills