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Massillon, Oh, Us

Alliance, Ohio, Us

Massillon, Oh, Us

Sr. Operations Manager (09/2023—Present)Led a team of 2 Operations Managers with 500+ direct reports and People Scheduling Coordinator. Responsible for delivering the plant’s Operating Plan Commitment back to the business. Led day-to-day direction and priority setting for the plant as well as long term master planning. Led and implemented development and performance plans for all salaried people leaders within the operations team. Led and drove labor and production line efficiency optimization. Worked collaboratively with Safety, Quality, and Maintenance to prioritize and execute weekly maintenance and sanitation plans. Worked collaboratively with Human Resource Partners to improve employee engagement, development, and training. -Increased OEE from 65% to 71% through Q1 of FY24-Led network in labor savings by delivering $500k+ to budget through Q1 of FY24-Optimized Production Schedules by eliminating starts/stops within a 2-week locked production schedule, adding 4+ hours of production time to 8 production lines. -Led Production Forecast systems to ensure raw materials, production schedules, labor resources, and changeover cadences align with plant goals and budgeted commitments.

Massillon, Oh, Us

Operations Manager (09/2021—09/2023)Led a team of 3 Assistant Operations Managers, 8 Supervisors, 12 Production Coordinators, Crewing Coordinator, and 500+ team members. Responsible for 24/7 delivery of plant KPI’s. Delivered a 2.3MM pound per week throughput budget for 8 salty snack production lines. Responsible for and delivered positive labor gains against budget. Responsible for training, coaching, retaining, and developing salaried team members through yearly Personal Development Plans. Developed and delivered on a $400k Production Supply budget.-Increased Total Throughput per Labor Hour by 25% from 160 pounds per labor hour to 200+. -Led a Network Wide Pilot Project for Labor to streamline current practices to the rest of the business network. (13 production facilities) Helped standardize labor models, headcount reductions, and crewing tools across 3 other pilot plants.-Reduced TRIR by 62% YOY from 3.4 to 1.28.-Increased Plant Production Efficiency by 5% YOY from 77% to 82%. -Improved Labor Gains from $3.45MM unfavorable for FY22 to $475k favorable through Q2 of FY23. -SQF Score of 99 for FY22.

Massillon, Oh, Us

Responsible for driving line improvement initiatives through TPM as the DO Pillar Leader. Led a team of 2 supervisors and 4 hourly SME’s (subject matter experts) responsible for developing and managing manufacturing systems to increase productivity and quality while identifying cost cutting measures, minimizing losses, and executing continuous process/line improvement, reliability, and sustainability measures across 8 salty snack production lines. -Reduced Unplanned Downtime across priority assets from 25% to 19%.-Decreased Total Waste for 2 priority salty snack lines from 9% to 5%.-Streamlined Product Wheel to reduce single machine changeovers by 25%.

Massillon, Oh, Us

Led a cross functional technical team in charge of line improvements for 4 priority salty snack production lines. Collaborated on the installation, start up, and commissioning of a brand new salty snack line. Stood up, led, and executed steps 1-3 of Daily Operations as part of the Total Productive Maintenance implementation within the salty snack plant. Trained and qualified skilled team members on TPM, and created capability building documents, SOPs, and initiatives within the focus areas to align with TPM standards. Responsible for coaching, leading, and utilizing DDS (Daily direction setting) systems through shift supervision across 4 salty snack production lines to drive focus to deliverable results. Reduced Unplanned Downtime across priority assets from 21% to 15% in FY2020. Increased total throughput by 300 pounds per hour across 3 priority salty snack lines in FY2020. Decreased total waste for 3 priority salty snack lines from 6.8% to 5.8% in FY2020. Increased MUV savings across 4 raw material top losses to +240k.

Massillon, Oh, Us

Led a team of 8 salaried supervisors across multiple night shifts to drive daily execution results for an 8 production line and 500 team member salty snack facility. Drove results through supervisor personal development plans, direction setting through DDS/CI systems, and cross departmental teamwork with Supply Chain, Human Resources, Quality Assurance, and Continuous Improvement. Responsible for all direction setting and decision making during the night time shifts of the facility to align with company goals and culture.

Massillon, Oh, Us

Night shift operations supervisor responsible for the daily results of 4 salty snack production lines. Executed daily results through performance reviews, goal setting, and expectation setting with skilled team members. Responsible for delivery of overall throughput, reduction of waste and Unplanned Downtime, and driving MUV gains.

Massillon, Oh, Us

Led a team of 32 quality control technicians for an 8 production line salty snack facility. Responsible for the execution of analytical and sensory testing for all lines. Execution of yearly AIB/SQF audit preparation and audit completion. Drove CPMU below target by working in collaboration with operations line improvement teams' quarterly improvement plans, and driving culture change in the facility surrounding food safety and quality. Developed, created, and implemented SOPs to drive and execute Food Safety change within the facility. Created and implemented numerous training programs and documents to assist in capability building within the QA department.

North Canton, Ohio, Us

Responsible for analytical and sensory testing for numerous confection production lines. Member of the SQF preparation and audit execution team. Led numerous projects surrounding food safety/quality, recall practices, and improvements to food safe warehousing practices.