Yehan Edirisinghe
St Ives ,UK
Summary
Transformation leader specialising in operating model optimisation and Lean enterprise deployment, leveraging VES, DBS, and BPS to drive strategy execution. Proven in continuous improvement, operational excellence, and Lean Six Sigma, with strong change leadership and senior stakeholder engagement. Adept at translating complex business needs into actionable requirements and driving data-led performance management.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Lean Business System Leader Innovation
Linx Printing Technologies (Veralto Corporation)
Cambridge, UK
07.2024 - 01.2026
- Lead Lean Business system (VES) transformation within innovation at Linx, across new product development, improving velocity, quality and cross-functional alignment.
- Partner with R&D and Product teams and the SLT to streamline governance, strengthen decision-making and embed data-driven project controls.
- Shape long-term innovation product roadmap, fostering standardisation, coaching teams and improving development flow across the business.
- Improve transparency of performance metrics, enabling leaders to identify bottlenecks and accelerate strategic projects.
- Owns the Linx Kaizen funnel, roadmap, and sustainment, ensuring a disciplined pipeline of high-impact Kaizen events that deliver consistent, measurable business results. Annually supports and leads Shingijutsu USA Kaizen events, the pioneers of the Toyota Production System to tackle the organisation's most complex and critical business challenges.
Business Improvement Specialist
Boeing Defence UK
Middle Wallop & Wattisham, UK
08.2023 - 07.2024
- Delivered +13 Lean and CI projects that improved availability, productivity and operational stability across engineering, supply chain and maintenance.
- Led safety, quality and operational excellence improvements within the Apache Helicopter programme, contributing to reduction of over 260hrs in rework and delays.
- Strengthened cross-functional problem-solving through standard work, coaching and structured root-cause analysis.
- Supported long-term sustainment programme by developing standardised processes and performance insights.
Operations Leadership Program – Various Roles
Danaher Corporation (Pall | Cytiva - Life Sciences)
, UK
07.2021 - 07.2023
- Delivered £18M+ in value stream revenue and contributed to £50M output improvements through Lean-led operations management.
- Led 31 associates across two value streams, driving performance in Safety, Quality, Delivery, People and Productivity.
- Facilitated Kaizens and DBS events, implementing SMED, 5S, VSM, and standard work to reduce cycle time, defects and variability.
- Directed root-cause investigations and CAPA processes, improving customer experience and reducing defects per million.
- Led 5S/3P Shingijutsu Kaizen events with global teams, reducing variation and enabling significant throughput improvements.
- Delivered engineering improvements for new manufacturing equipment, supporting capability expansion and early-life stability.
Education
Master of Business Administration -
Imperial College London
London, UK 09.2025 -
MSc International Management -
King's College London
London, UK 09.2020 - 09.2021
BEng Aerospace Engineering (with Industry) -
University of Leicester
Leicester, UK 09.2016 - 07.2020
Skills
- Transformation & Operating Model Optimisation
- Lean Business Systems (VES, DBS, BPS)
- Strategy Deployment & Execution (Hoshin, OKRs)
- Continuous Improvement / OPEX / Lean Six Sigma
- Change Leadership & Senior Stakeholder Engagement
- Cross-Functional Leadership & Coaching
- Process Excellence, Standard Work & Flow Optimisation
- Data-Driven Decision-Making & Performance Management
Certification
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Shingijutsu Kaizen Facilitator, DBS Certified Practitioner
- Associate of King's College London
- IET and RAeS Member
Affiliations
- Gym
- Travelling
- DIY
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Master of Business Administration -
Imperial College London
09.2025 -
Lean Business System Leader Innovation
Linx Printing Technologies (Veralto Corporation)
07.2024 - 01.2026
Business Improvement Specialist
Boeing Defence UK
08.2023 - 07.2024
Operations Leadership Program – Various Roles
Danaher Corporation (Pall | Cytiva - Life Sciences)
07.2021 - 07.2023
MSc International Management -
King's College London
09.2020 - 09.2021
BEng Aerospace Engineering (with Industry) -
University of Leicester
09.2016 - 07.2020