Daniel Bloomfield Email & Phone Number

Buffalo Grove, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

I am a people manager leading a team in various R&D projects; focused on strengthening our core brands and delivering greater product and process efficiencies within our business. Our team has been successful in achieving millions of dollars in savings that's reinvested back into future product development. We take a holistic approach at identifying opportunities; utilizing VSM and DTV techniques to constantly strive for potential improvements.

Chicago, Il, Us

Worked in R&D across several categories which included Snack Nuts, Coffee, Potatoes, and Refreshment Beverages. As a process development engineer, I worked closely with a cross functional team to efficiently and methodically build working solutions for producing several food products.

Chicago, Il, Us

Worked in various operational roles in our Nabisco Philadelphia Bakery; including our packaging and mixing departments. Focused on developing and creating efficiencies to meet production demands and lower operating costs. Utilized lean six sigma techniques and green belt training to achieve a more cohesive work environment.• Responsible for baking and mixing of various biscuit products for mass production (average size dough ~ 3000lbs):o Setup batch recipes for all products. Make running adjustments based on process attribute data.o Develop logistical expertise to maximize dough production efficiency and minimize labor costs.• Work with product development in an effort to institute new products for the bakery. Develop processes to mass produce pilot products. Examples include whole grain and low sodium Premium crackers, whole wheat Teddy Grahams, and low fat Oreo cookies.• Developed a system to better account for waste and loss. Took this information and cut losses by 15%. Instituted a program where employees were trained to troubleshoot issues on the floor before problems developed further along in the process. • Manage up to 15 employees who are responsible for mixing, sanitation, quality, maintenance, and raw material setup. • Trained as a Shop Floor Key User in SAP. Skilled with process order management, inventory control, Electronic Batch Systems, and other production related functions.

London, Greater London, Gb

Production Superintendent (Mar. 2001 - Jul. 2002)• Managed five Line Supervisors, as well as Impregnation and Batching Engineers.• Organized diverse departments for the purpose of enhancing their ability to work together more closely and efficiently. Major objectives were to maximize line attainment, decrease loss-to-yield, stabilize precious metal loadings, minimize process downtime, and limit production inventories. • Production schedules were revised to maximize plant efficiency and major objectives sited above were achieved to include:o Line attainment of 65 to 70 percent achieved which improved process downtime.o Loss to yield was reduced from 1 percent to 0.75 percent.o Process of precious metal loadings was consistent, as were production inventories with no significant increase.Process/Project Engineer (Feb. 1997 – Feb. 2001 and July 2002 – Dec. 2002)• Developed process parameters for production drying ovens to coordinate proper moisture removal from catalytic converters. Procedures were developed for oven balancing dependent on environmental conditions. • Engineered processing conditions for new coating process. This included dryers and pumps for washcoat (slurry material which is alumina based and contains other significant base/precious metals) flow. These new process improvements increased product output by 30 percent.• Successfully examined and enhanced the waste treatment process by analyzing current methods and company needs. This analysis resulted in an implementation of a more efficient, cost effective, and environmentally safe system. Cost savings resulting from this implementation equated to $ 10,000 annually.• Spent three months at our Mexico facility coordinating process improvements and technology transfers. Improvements led to an expansion of the facility.