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Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States

Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States

• Oversee 150 + operational employees and 6 salary members spanning 5 different departments.• Responsible for creating change to improve overall Plant performance in Safety, Quality, and Productivity.• Responsible for managing approximately 4 million dollar M&E budget spanning several disciplines.• Present and discuss plant performance and strategic plan to O-I and MolsonCoors board members quarterly.• Leveraged my leadership and strategic experience to mentor operations team through 100 million dollar capital project.• Work with leaders to delivery cost savings initiatives year over year.• Deploy development plans for direct reports to create succession plan and garner employee ownership.• Leverage continuous improvement principles to improve plant culture

Windsor, Colorado

• Oversee 90 + operational employees and 8 salary members spanning 5 different departments.• Responsible for all facets that contribute to the plants over all EBIT. (Labor, M&E spending, product loss)• Lead direct reports in budgeting and forecasting to ensure KPI’s are meet• Work closely with plant Continuous Improvement Manager • Lead the entire team in Lean philosophies ( TPC, PDA, 5’s, Standard Work, Practical Problem Solving)• Drive Safety, Quality, and Productivity• Collaborate with other department managers to improve processes• Mentor and coach trainees and new supervisors

Windsor, Co

• Develop, initiate, and coordinate training efforts for Apprenticeship programs.• Manage and maintain approx. 1 million dollar combined budget for both departments.• Forecast and plan Mold spending needs to stay with in budgetary requirements of approx. 2.7 million dollars.• Work with vendors to develop and trial new equipment as well as continued efforts to monitor and maintain over all costs associated with M&E spending. • Utilize LSS background to collect and trend data for analysis for continued efficiency improvements.

Windsor, Co

Windosr, Co

Tracy, Ca

Tracy, Ca