Andreas Verykokos, Black Belt Production Project Engineer

Andreas Verykokos

Black Belt Production Project Engineer

Avery Dennison

Location
Oman - Muscat
Education
Master's degree, Strategy&Organisation
Experience
11 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 9 Months

Black Belt Production Project Engineer at Avery Dennison
  • France
  • My current job since October 2013

Packaging Line Upgrade Project:
• Increased the capacity of the existing packaging line by 10%.
• Created and implemented a reliability system that helped reduce the average weekly downtime of the used machinery by 70%.
• Coordinated the supplier selection for the project and participated in the payment negotiations.
• Performed analysis and defined specifications of the new equipment with regards to units/hour, safety, quality, losses and manpower needed to operate the machinery.
• Reduced costs to ensure a return on investment in less than 2 years for a budget of 500K€.
• Worked on the planning of the installation and did the analysis of the consequences in production (impact on service, quality, productivity etc)

Quality and Customer Care Project Engineer at Avery Dennison
  • Luxembourg
  • August 2012 to October 2013

Customer Claims Processing Time Reduction Project:
• Reduced the Corrective Action Reports issuance lead-time by 35% for all the plants and distribution centres in Europe.
• Reduced the Customer Material Returns lead-time by 20%.
• Participated in the negotiations between the product returns transport team and their subcontractors.
• Supported the centralisation of Customer Care Centre in the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
• Created a workload management system to ensure the on time processing of claims.

Education

Master's degree, Strategy&Organisation
  • at EDHEC Business School
  • June 2012

Master in Management + MSc in Strategy & Organisation Consultancy, Dean's list distinction, TOP 5% of all the students, Intenship as Corporate Relations Department Affiliate working with Microsoft Dynamics software

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at University of Thessaly
  • September 2009

Specialisation in Production Management&Industrial Administration

Specialties & Skills

Industrial Engineering
Packaging
Manufacturing
Cost Savings
Six Sigma
Six Sigma BLACK BELT
CLAIM HANDLING
Productivity
Losses Reduction
MINITAB
Executive Reporting

Languages

English
Expert
French
Expert
Greek
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Six Sigma Black Belt (Training)
Training Institute:
Avery Dennison
Transformation Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Capgemini Consulting
DDI Leadership Training (Training)
Training Institute:
DDI

Hobbies

  • Case Study Competitions
    Winner of the Capgemini Consulting Cup on Transformation Management. Leader of team of 8 students within 15 teams of total 140 students. Final presentation in front of Vice President of Capgemini Digital Transformation in their Headquarters in Paris. Semifinals in the case study competition of Boston Consulting Group Consulting, presenting a case study in their head offices in Paris as well
  • Music (Guitar and Drums)
    Several Concerts in France and in Greece
  • Mentoring
    Mentor for incoming international students at EDHEC Business School in France