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Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

St Paul, Mn, Us

- Managed a complex set of marketing, strategy, and business development projects across multiple divisions. Projects required collaboration and communication with cross-functional teams in order to consistently complete the work with a high degree of stakeholder satisfaction.- Researched, generated, and analyzed go-to-market process maps within a priority healthcare portfolio that identified $10M in near-term growth opportunities, as well as creating a documented process for future mapping activities.- Developed a new channel education program for a core set of portfolios that was readily and enthusiastically implemented by the division. Created a novel framework for future content development and an implementation roadmap that focused on the needs of the channel partners, based on direct voice-of-customer research.- Collaborated with technical and marketing teams across the company to identify the highest potential market opportunities for an emerging digital technology. Recommendations secured additional investment, helped generate defensible IP, and promoted additional collaboration between divisions to support commercialization.- Presented project results to company leadership, including members of the corporate operating committee, leading to immediate action being taken on key recommendations.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

-Led a project to transition a product line between two manufacturing facilities. This involved managing teams across R&D, scheduling, operations, and capital engineering. When complete, the project will save $2.4 million as well as unlocking 10 million pounds of production capacity.-Automation of KPI tracking across 5 distinct production areas, including the development of visual management tools to make use of the data collected.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

-Executed a high-priority project to support the transformation of a newly acquired business. The project was completed at an unfamiliar facility from design through installation in under 6 months.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

-Utilized the Lean Six-Sigma methodologies to complete a Green Belt project, saving over $175k in packaging losses annually by optimizing machine parameters and standardizing operating procedures.-Championed continuous improvement activities within the department and across the site, increasing utilization of critical equipment by 5%-15% and generating over $2 million in increased volumes annually.-Led the operational excellence transformation within the department by becoming a certified trainer to develop and deliver trainings at all levels of the plant organization.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

-Managed a team of 11 direct reports with diverse backgrounds through multiple major changes in plant operations, growing production by 40% while maintaining high engagement amongst employees.-Designed and trialed a novel system to reduce solvent losses by 20%, leading to its adoption across the division.-Co-led the co-op/intern onboarding program for one of the largest facilities in the division, raising new-hire engagement and retention, and leading to other sites building out similar programs.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

-Developed protocol to convert the ethanol plant from continuous to semi-batch in support of plant priorities.-Investigated process incidents within the facility and discovered the root causes. These findings were then presented to regional leadership and other facilities to educate them on how to prevent similar incidents in the future.

Duluth, Minnesota, Us

Colombes Cedex, Fr

-Led the investigation into unexpected deterioration of critical process equipment and delivered recommendations to corporate engineering on how to correct the issue.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Strategy

Bachelor Of Science, Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemistry

High School Diploma