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Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Leads 500 employee gum and mints manufacturing site. Reversed prior year $6M negative variance to $1.8M positive variance YTD. World class Safety and Quality performance. Improved customer service levels by 50%.

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Led 4 departments to deliver safety, quality, and scheduling conformance manufacturing targets NOTEWORTHY RESULTS: Improved training program to support increased hiring. Union negotiations for the 2022 contract. Onboarding and training new operations planning staff

Hershey, PA

• Deliver manufacturing efficiencies for plant facilities by implementing continuous improvement processes to optimize manufacturing.
• Develop and manage all aspects of manufacturing operations for 3 finished goods lines.
• Back up support for the Syrup and Kisses business unit leaderNOTEWORTHY RESULTS: Hired and trained supervisors; delivers safety, quality, and cost targets. In 2020, delivered paste cost savings $1MM, commissioned new.

Hershey, PA

• Led daily management systems for operations to identify opportunities and lead root cause analysis.
• Led project ideation sessions for each business unit and directed two Industrial Engineers through savings evaluations and project development.
• Studied, measured, and analyzed operational cost metrics for improvement.NOTEWORTHY RESULTS: Developed and delivered 2015 Capital Plan and 2015 – 2017 Continuous Improvement Plan to reduce plant costs by $2MM.
• Studied, measured and analyzed operational cost metrics for improvement.
• Mentored Green Belt candidates and provided training to plant staff. NOTEWORTHY RESULTS: Tasked with delivering $4M in plant cost savings. The $7M, three-year target was delivered in two-years. Implementation model.

Hershey, PA

Lowville, NY

Kraft Foods’ Lowville Plant is the largest manufacturing plant in the world for Cream Cheese. It is one of 2 Kraft facilities for the Philadelphia brand. Introduced capability analysis to R&D/Quality to set achievable standards for new and existing products, Created plant process standardization and training program to reduce process variation; used.

Erie, Pennsylvania Area

A Corporate position reporting to the Beverage plastics business supporting 3 beverage closures plants (PA, MS, and AK). Acted as liaison between the closures division’s largest customer, Rexam and Pepsi plants, and provided technical support to improve customer satisfaction in quality and service. Standardized improvement activities, supported customer.

Erie, Pennsylvania Area

Responsible for Cost, Quality and Safety, and Plant P & L within this compression molding facility of 150 people, ($70MM in sales) that manufactured and distributed plastic closures to Coke, Pepsi, Nestlé, and others. Led cross-functional team to transfer machines and expand capability to successfully meet 2 major product launches and maintain.

Toledo, Ohio Area

Supervised 3 full time Black Belts assigned projects within individual plants. Worked with plant continuous improvement managers to develop and maintain their Lean 6 Sigma programs. Oversaw Lean Training (Value Stream mapping, SMED, 5S, TPM). (Projects delivered over $1MM/year in savings.)

Toledo, Ohio Area

One of four divisional positions to begin the O-I Lean/6-Sigma Program reporting to the Director Global Product Development & Deployment Champion. Conducted Green Belt training and mentored Green Belts to certification. (Reduced scrap generation in Rocky Mount plant from 45% to 17% for a savings of $750,000 per year)

Master'S Degree, Industrial Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Engineering/Industrial Management