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Managed and supported collectively bargained employees to achieve operational efficiency goals in the manufacture of soups and sides at the Independence facility. Focused on process consistency and customer driven outcomes.• Lead teams of up to 15 mechanics and building technicians in a zero down time environment automated environment.• Drive change and process improvement through root cause analysis and implantation of action items based on that event evaluation process.• Work in concert with production to provide maximize impactful application of maintenance and repair activities as well as utilize GEMBA walks to identify issues at the operator level to eliminate unplanned downtime events

Focused in technical services employee metrics and presort services supply chain to provide actionable data outputs utilizing tools in Power BI, Tableau and SQL. Oversaw employee data, supply chain, report generation and automation analytics.Selected Accomplishments• Created and developed Power Automate flows utilizing database outputs focusing on reductions in stale and orphaned user records• Built and administered training programs and materials for the success and growth of the end user and technical group surrounding software implementation, SOP’s compliance and hardware best practices.• Leveraged advanced Excel forms and models to provide outputs for demand creations and decentralized spare part distribution.

Led 6 operating centers’ technical services teams with 30+ direct reports to provide support to operations. Drove success through inventory control and enhanced employee data collection. Built and fostered team-based relationships that drove goals attainment across all functional business pillars.• Increased employee data productions utilizing our CMMS/EAM program to better understand the impacts of maintenance actions on the performance of capital assets.• Piloted and implementation organizational inventory control processes • Manage and create budgetary guides goals for 6 operating centers maintenance and facility teams.• Created high employee engagement environment through mentoring, collaboration and impactful conflict resolution.• Drove employee growth using active feedback, individualized training and development planning.• Engaged for the creation unified metrics, dashboard and associated required report generation for technical group, creating a simplified output with more logical and actionable metrics and KPIs.

Engaged with supply chain, organizational leadership, and other cross-functional teams to develop controls, metrics, and KPIs to drive changes employee outputs and supply chain obsolescence.• Piloted project for successful implementation of tenant database migration from physical server to cloud, eliminating obsolete software packages.• Developed and facilitated training at the executive level and site level for EAM program in conjunction with migration project, allowing for successful deployment and adoption of new cloud environment.• Engaged as liaison between 3rd-party migration vendors, primary vendors, and internal stake holders to ensure all relevant and necessary functional milestones were communicated and achieved prior to launch or project completion utilizing written communication and visual presentations.• Worked as R5 systems administrator for the InforEAM (HxGNEAM) program and related databases.

Spearheaded onsite team of technicians and mechanics in the reduction of measurable and unmeasurable downtime on industrial equipment and ancillary systems. Performed physical maintenance and troubleshooting on electromechanical machines and systems. Worked as functional lead for negotiation of vendor contracts and contractual maintenance for operational facility.• Provided leadership and developed plans for successful capital asset relocation projects for multiple locations, resulting in successful and on-time delivery of simple and complex projects and providing a greater understanding of the larger business goals and mechanics.• Involved as a team member or lead in the projects revolving around facility relocations and build out, Six Sigma, QMS, and asset install and decommissioning, ensuring proper controls and SOPs were established and followed to create consistent and reliable outcomes.• Worked as SME on OEM proprietary software and hardware systems for maintenance and troubleshoot methods to further grow the knowledge base of your local, regional and global employees • Trained, developed, and provided feedback to maintenance employees on best practices and basic skillsets, which drove operational and technical goal attainment.