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Toronto, ON, CA

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Belleville, Ontario, Canada

Drove the development of a high-performing organization of 200+ employees focused on safety, quality, and rapid cycle innovation by implementing robust daily management systems, empowering team leaders, driving a culture of accountability while still delivering record breaking cost savingsOptimized the Business Unit supply chain sequencing process to.

Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany

Led all internal quality audits and supported the development of remediation plans across 3 product innovation sites and 4 contractor sites in Germany and Egypt though line-level coaching on best practices in manufacturing quality systems resulting in 0 critical observations recorded by external auditorsLed the development, implementation, monitoring and.

Budapest, Hungary

Created an organization of 60 technicians and 8 managers to start-up two new production lines with no existing technical capability in the country by implementing safety, quality, and operational excellence programs Exceeded cost savings targets in one year through accurate forecasting and budget management including material utilization optimization.

Belleville, Ontario, Canada

Led an organization of 22 managers and technicians responsible for seamless start-ups of all new technology or innovation at the plant by ensuring the team is trained on global start-up management tools, continuously driving improvement projects of our systems to reduce effort and enable focus on technical masteryInstalled 4 palletizers and 4 case packers.

Belleville, Ontario

Qualified a team of 24 technicians in autonomous maintenance step 4 training through daily coaching driving out equipment losses and defects impacting reliability results by 3% across all shiftsDeveloped mastery in the cartoner, the highest loss area of the process, to be able to lead a cross-functional team of technicians and managers in designing.

Belleville, Ontario

Analyzed count and chassis changeover losses and redesigned the changeover sequence applying rapid changeover techniques such as 5S to reduce changeover times from 2 hours to 1.2 hours going-to-goingConducted work process improvement on sanitization procedures for export production reducing downtime by 50% from 12 hours to 6 hours through microbial.

Toronto, Canada Area

Managed the logistics of the Tide Pods launch in Canada by running weekly meetings with the supply chain, understanding customer demand and accurately forecasting launch and pipeline volumes, resulting in 100% fillLed the CDN transition to a centralized planning center in the US by leading cross-functional meetings to identify issues and drive improvements.