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Client Name: Ainsworth EngineeredIndustry: Forest Products – Plywood Manufacturing (OSB – Oriented Strand Board)Scope of Business: North AmericaClient Size: Number of Employees: 400 Annual Revenue: $ 250 MSoftware: SAP, Legacy Human Services Software, SmartSheet, ExcelProject: Focused three months project to assess maintenance woes of newly ramped up, formerly “mothballed” manufacturing site.Description: Project manager for an Operational Assessment for a large Forest Products company. Client was seeking to sell their manufacturing operation located in northern Alberta, Canada. Reviewed historical data to understand the significant maintenance issues. Identified root cause of maintenance problems. Recommended improvement plan adhering to standard restart procedures. Plant sold at a price that met the client’s financial goals.Client Name: Quest NutritionIndustry: CPG – Food Manufacturing & DistributionScope of Business: United StatesClient Size: Number of Employees: 200 Annual Revenue: $40 M Software: SAP, Legacy Financial Software, SmartSheet, MS VisioProject: Focused three months Operational Assessment & Minimization of Landed Cost of Primary Product LineDescription: Led stream on project to analyze and improve manufacturing & distribution operations and negotiate a better price for a key input, for a PE portfolio company, a fast-growing CPG Company. Developed As-Is and To-Be Process Maps to optimize footprint. Reviewed current and historical data to understand current capacity, yield, and efficiency. Conducted quantitative analyses. By increasing batch sizes, streamlining pick and pack operation, and renegotiating the price for protein, we were able to reduce the unit price by over 50%, saving the company over $15M in year one.Client Name: Quest NutritionIndustry: CPG – Food Manufacturing & DistributionScope of Business: United StatesClient Size: Number of Employees: 200 (50) Annual Revenue: $50 MSoftware: SAP, Legacy Financial Software, SmartSheet, Excel (for SC Network Optimization)Project: Focused four months Ramp Down of Manufacturing & Distribution while simultaneously ramping up Co-Man Production and Third-party Logistics OutsourcingDescription: My colleague and I oversaw ramp down of manufacturing and distribution operations while simultaneously ramping up Co-Man & 3PL operations for a seamless customer experience. Conducted a Supply Chain Network Optimization to identify optimal site locations to serve customer centers of gravity. An additional 50% per unit cost savings and significant improvement in EBITDA was achieved.