A transformational leader, Eric Gilles excels at turning around underperforming manufacturing, engineering and maintenance operations. Whether challenged to drive profit, performance or revenue growth, he consistently leads sweeping change to enhance efficiencies, yield, quality, equipment uptime and product development initiatives. A collaborator at heart, he’s quick to bridge gaps, build high-caliber teams and foster cross-company cooperation in pursuit of corporate objectives.LEADERSHIP SNAPSHOT:Manufacturing Executive with track record of delivering profitable financial and performance outcomes, driving operational excellence in competitive mid-cap, Global 500 and Fortune 1000 turnaround settings within the food and beverage industries. Decisive Leader who draws upon business, operational, financial, technical and problem-solving skills to turn challenges into opportunities; quick to course correct, swiftly assesses operations, defines priorities, outlines plans and leads execution to steer organizations through change and ambiguity.Process Champion adept at leading large-scale reshaping initiatives across multiple sites, differentiating companies through superiority in quality and service. Collaborator & Team Builder who builds dynamic team cultures, creating a shared vision across levels and functions; maximizes utilization of a company’s most critical resource, its employees, while embracing tools, methodologies and product development expertise to achieve goals.VALUE CREATION & IMPACT:- Led Lean/TPM transformation of 1K-employee, 24/7 manufacturing operation as key executive in reversing loss to record-breaking net profit in 3 years; simultaneously partnered with product development, supply chain and sales teams to expedite growth, resulting in 6 new key strategic business accounts.− Improved yield 8%, site cost standard from 84% to 101%, fill rate from 84% to 99%, equipment uptime from 65% to 83%, SQF from 90% to 96%, RFT 95% to 99% and equipment change over efficiencies from 61% to 103.8%.- Reshaped maintenance and engineering for facility as key player in growing profit 20% and revenue 25%; introduced TPM/Lean and CMMS principles as well as PM, BD, MTBF and MTTR KPIs; secured plant’s 1st Energy Star award.− Reduced equipment breakdowns 90%, increasing production efficiency 20%. Increased 89% SQF to 95%.- Launched facility’s 1st MRP system, optimizing manufacturing operations; assisted with new product launches, working with sales and key vendors (Starbucks, Costco, Safeway, Godiva and Walmart) to grow revenue.