With broad experience spanning two decades, Sumeet Kumar has been leading individuals and organizations through business and cultural transformation. He has a proven track record for stimulating organic business growth, increasing revenues and profits, and decreasing overhead.
Organizational excellence through strategy planning and execution, innovation, continuous quality improvement, and project management has been the focus of his partnerships with boards as well as leadership and executive teams in the automotive, food, chemical, paper, textile, education, social housing, and healthcare industries. Sumeet has expertise in optimizing systems and processes, along with improving and developing integrated quality, risk, safety, and management system frameworks that complement departmental and enterprise-wide policies.
A mechanical engineer with an MBA, he has held a number of titles that speak to his expertise in strategic systemic change, including vice president and business head, chief strategy officer, director of transformation, and quality deployment leader, among others. A certified project management professional, a Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma, and a Master Black Belt in Innovation, he is an expert motivator who brings an infectious enthusiasm to every change initiative. In Canada, he is one of only three consultants trained to conduct the organizational culture assessment instrument (OCAI).
Sumeet’s professional reputation and passion for driving positive culture change by integrating best practices and principles of Malcolm Baldrige, Shingo, Accreditation, ISO, GMP, Six Sigma, TQM, TPM, WCM, and Lean quality management into daily operations has made him a sought-after speaker at national and international forums. In 2015, he founded KFI Management Consulting (www.kumarfriends.com), which provides advisory services to clients in the areas of designing and implementing Lean management system frameworks, strategy planning and execution, and building capacity in organizations to support operational and cultural transformation.
An adventurous soul and dedicated family man, he loves to travel. He enjoys swimming and a vigorous game of badminton. He can be reached at [email protected].