Amanda Narine, Mba Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Member of the Senior Leadership team, reporting directly to the Manufacturing & Supply Site Head, with dotted line to Global Head of Manufacturing Excellence.• Leading both the Continuous Improvement team (SMS) and the Learning & Development team.Key accountabilities:• Developing and executing the performance excellence roadmap.• Identifying, in collaboration with senior leadership from manufacturing, quality and other enabling functions, opportunities to improve productivity, people capabilities, minimize losses and bring a higher level of operations control.• Annual Strategy Planning cycle ensuring alignment across all levels.• Ensuring appropriate performance measurement tools are implemented per corporate standards and/or site requirements.• Leads the Sanofi Manufacturing System (SMS) implementation in operations.• Responsible to lead and execute efforts to meet productivity and cost targets in alignment with global.• Sponsor of key strategic and/or site wide projects as required by the business.• Leads Performance Reporting: the site balanced score card, monthly reporting, site business reviews and performance KPIs.• Learning and Development: Provides leadership and direction for the Toronto Learning and Development team for long term training strategy that supports and contributes to overall strategy and objectives.• Collaborates with leaders at other Sanofi sites, Corporate Learning & Development, and the Human Resources organizations to align training strategies and digital solutions to continuously improve training effectiveness, standardize, and harmonize processes, design and develop network-wide competencies and capabilities.• Oversees cGMP, HSE and technical training to ensure the people at the site have the competencies and skills to meet strategic workforce needs. • Leads site training system and procedures in alignment with global systems and procedures to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies.

Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Identified continuous improvement opportunities, established commercial processes and developed strategy and plans, focused on marketing, business development and supply chain.• Established a customized Stage-Gate process to successfully manage the commercialization of new products from concept through to launch phase.• Led numerous projects that introduced new processes resulting in more effective and improved efficiencies related to Product Costing, Inventory Management, Marketing and Sales P&L, Packaging and Labelling, and Bill of Materials.• Performed international market opportunity analysis to inform global strategy with consideration for government regulations, cost of entry and growth opportunities.• Led, coached and mentored a highly motivated team of five to optimize team capacity and achieve objectives.• Collaborated with a range of stakeholders to assess environments, identify opportunities for process improvements, and strategizing solutions to complex problems.• Developed standardized documentation, including tools and templates, geared to promoting operating efficiencies.

Etobicoke, Ontario

Led a portfolio of strategic enterprise-wide projects to address the organization’s top priorities, and managed cross-functional teams to collaborate on executing change management and continuous improvement initiatives.- Developed, implemented and led the Commercial Planning Process, significantly improving alignment and communication between Sales, Marketing, Insights and Finance, resulting in effective execution of plans and budgeting and leading to favourable business outcomes.- Liaised with the Sales team to develop a Joint Business Planning process with key customers, solidifying strategic partnerships, promoting a consultative approach and resulting in mutual goal achievement. - Led zero-based budgeting initiative for Commercial team, leveraging financial acumen and a strong understanding of sales, marketing and finance, resulting in a 7% reduction in spend.- Spearheaded a strategic supply chain optimization project to develop and introduce an innovative and efficient hybrid distribution model that provided flexibility in distribution to address business needs. - Successfully led numerous projects encompassing the development of a 5-year corporate strategic plan, product portfolio management, integration of acquisition assets, and a sales and marketing ROI tool.

Mississauga

Managed a team of nine Black Belts (Project Managers and Change Management Specialists), supporting the organization in key strategic priorities and continuous improvement initiatives.- Deployed Six Sigma approach within commercial functions at all divisions, while collaborating with cross-functional executives to capitalize on improvement opportunities related to processes and priorities.- Developed and implemented standardized processes and policies geared to establishing and measuring key performance metrics that resulted in operating efficiencies and effectiveness. - Coached, mentored and championed professional development of direct reports responsible for executing cross-functional process improvement projects related to sales, marketing and finance.

Led the development, implementation and execution of the Customer Alignment Process (CAP), an integrative business planning approach across the organization. - Partnered with sales, marketing and manufacturing teams to implement an integrated approach to the strategic planning process, leading to improved collaboration, enhanced ability to identify opportunities, increased profitable revenue and goal achievement.- Engaged with cross-functional managers to lead the launch of the Customer Alignment Process across the organization, including the design and delivery of training workshops and introducing a new process for strategic key account plans to drive growth and foster customer partnerships.

Successfully led strategic and large-scale capital projects, achieving quality, time and budget goals, while leveraging effective problem-solving methodologies, change management strategies and critical thinking tools. Utilized Six Sigma techniques while collaborating with cross-functional teams to successfully deliver projects related to product launches, plant closures, and production line installations and transfers.

Etobicoke - North York

Managed the Frozen Bakery category and Olivieri product line within the foodservice sector, across Canada and the United States. Led strategic portfolio management, product development and product launch initiatives.

M.B.A, Marketing And Finance

B.A., Psychology

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