John Szoke

John Szoke, Lean Deployment Executive

Having joined LeanCor in 2010, John brings 15 years of hands-on supply chain experience to his role as a Lean Deployment Executive. In his current position, John works with organizations on end to end consulting projects to understand and advance their supply chains, using the lean supply chain principles to identify waste in processes and develop sustainable improvements. John has held various roles in logistics operations management in repetitive manufacturing environments and is an experienced lean trainer.

At LeanCor, John has been responsible for leading comprehensive lean supply chain transformations for various complex organizations -- from Fortune 500 companies through small regional manufacturers. He uses an interactive approach to understand and resolve current state adverse conditions while developing future state roadmaps to guide organizations through the next several years of collaborative lean supply chain execution.

John holds a Logistics Management degree from Central Michigan University, a Six Sigma Green Belt certification, and a Lean Supply Chain Professional Certificate from the Georgia Tech Supply Chain and Logistics Institute. He is a certified Project Manage Professional (PMP), and in the course of his career at LeanCor has accumulated over 4,500 hours leading and executing multiple projects in various disciplines within the supply chain.