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Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Union facilityManage 25 employees 24/7 operation producing many types of corn syrupHelp oversee two production lines working with evaporators, ejectors, condenser and enzyme mixing tanksFurnace system for regenerating carbon for product qualityTwo loadout systems for trucks and railcar

Brea, Ca, Us

Daily operations within the lab making samples for customersSet specifications for sauces Visited customer to help trouble shoot and solve issues to improve the customer operationOn boarded new customer into Ventura Foods by matching target holders sauces for approvalsCommercialization lead for all McDonalds sauces being produced in Fort Worth TexasProcess management review of formulas before producing the sauces in the manufacturing facility

Manage and oversee all activities within the pilot plantProduce new formulas for production and testing in the pilot plantBuilt supplier relationships brought in new equipment for testing*June 2016, Cargill sold the dressings business to Ventura Foods. Started the process of helping Cargill transfer the formulas to Ventura Foods Production Facilities.Began the process of traveling to Ventura Foods in Chambersburg's and Fort Worth Texas to help transition the businessOn Boarded all McDonalds Sauces to Ventura Foods so Ventura Foods could start regular productionTrained the product development team on how to produce the McDonalds SaucesWent through all training and expectation of McDonalds to help ensure the product would pass the three levels of approval

Doubled the capacity of the processing department from 75m to 150mIncreased first pass quality from 60% to 91% using data and supporting team functionsImproved CIP efficiencies by 50% in time using lean principles and visual factorsReduced shrink percentage from ingredients to formula by 5%Responsible for production level 1 responsibilities in addition to those listed belowTotal control of three cost centers totaling 500K + budget for reliability, supplies and overall spend10 mixing system and 3 inline systems producing 150m pounds of dressing and sauces annuallyLead a group of 4 leads and 2 production supervisorsLiaison between product development and production during commercialization process including approval through supervision of product trails for customer reviewLead process team through implantation of SAP starting with data collection, testing and trainingCollaborate with integrators to develop programming needs for automation of batching system, safe guards, trending capabilities Leading role out of new international business Tier 1 customer volume by 12 million annually Lean manufacturing implementation involving 5S, visual factorLine OEE increases from 40% to 70% OEE increases using data and lean tools

Commercialized formulas from bench to plant up to 1000 gallonsTurned samples in the lab making them on the bench top Customer visit to help solve problems with making dressing Trouble shoot formulas that plant is having issues withInvolved in multiple matching projects from all range of dressing and sauces

-coach and direct 50 stake holders in a 24/7 food safe manufacturing facility of 3 lead man-New product implementation from concept of full production while working closely with product and development division-17 years of manufacturing experience in sauce, dressing and emulsions-Budgeting and variance reporting, payroll using Kronos-Facilitate evaluations and employees development-Reactive/preventative/predictive maintenance using maximo and SAP-Innovation through new production line implementation, capital project planning/coordinating-lean manufacturing: 5S and visual Factory-Safety Champion: creating, training, and implementing Standard operating procedures, BBS program- Oversee cleaning/sanitation of 4 CIP (clean in place) systems, including 130 CIP circuits- Collaborate with Integrators to develop programming needs for automatic batching, CIPing, safe gaurds and trending capabilities