Private Equity (https://www.arborpic.com/): Reporting to the CEO. Recruited to globally direct all Operations including S&OP, R&D, manufacturing, maintenance, engineering, logistics, distribution, warehousing, health & safety, quality, planning, strategic procurement, customer service, and supply chain.Founded in 1990, Fontaine Santé continues its commitment in offering people a variety of high-end products that are tasty, fresh and nutritious while being the health reference in the ready-to-eat market. 4 plants, approx. 700 staff in Canada and the USA.For Garden Fresh Gourmet, click on: https://www.gardenfreshgourmet.com/about/our-story

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Responsibilities:• Serving global manufacturing companies by creating digital value chains across manufacturing processes, in the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, biopharmaceutical, and food industries;• Responsible for the delivery of tools and services for manufacturing and laboratory operations;• Responsible for managing a consulting team in the implementation of SCaaS, Cybersecurity, ESG, GenAI, and continuous improvement in a GMP environment.

The company has ceased operations.Capcium will become the CDMO of choice for the Pharmaceutical, Over-the-Counter, and Health & Wellness industries through its commitment to providing sustainable value to our domestic and international customer-base, at our best-in-class cGMP facility. With a keen focus on developing new product offerings to meet our customer’s ever-evolving needs, Capcium is poised to become an open-minded and seamless extension to its business partners ensuring high-quality service, delivering novel technologies & distribution formats with pharmaceutical precision.Main Responsibilities:Ensures that the mission, vision and values are communicated throughout the organization and that the means of communication resonate at all levels and in all directions, to promote productivity, morale and the achievement of Company's objectives.Inspires and leads strategic planning, submits it to the CEO, and oversees its execution.Ensures that effective communication is maintained with the CEO as well as with the Executive Management team so that they are informed of all relevant information that may have a material effect on the Company, its resources, its capital and its employees.Recruits, develops, and retains competent and productive management teams, ensures that they achieve, particularly through training, the highest levels of excellence and maintains constructive and transparent relationships with these teams. Directs all the Company's operations and maintains and develops the drivers of excellence, in particular operational efficiency, continuous improvement, the overall service offering, the positioning of the Company resulting from initiatives such as the development of new products and services.Creates the structure and processes necessary to manage the current activities of the organization and its planned growth, including facility reconfigurations and potential expansion.

Leaders in the design and manufacturing of innovative sampling and sales tools for the wall covering, flooring, window treatments, textiles, trimmings, leather, upholstery, apparel, automotive and marine industries. Click on: https://vimeo.com/525672342 Formulate and implement succession plan mandated by the co-owners to support of hiring of BD, Sales and Marketing Director, Director of Finance, and a Plant Director. Deliver effective multi-site plant supervision in Montreal, QC with 150 unionized members within area of 80,000 ft2 and in Tijuana, MX comprised of 85 members across 110,000 ft2. Undertake sole responsibility for M&A of an industry competitor. • Enabled successful expansion of existing and new product offerings into new geographic areas, and related industries during uncertain circumstances due to Covid-19.• Expedited 15% YoY sales improvement and grew EBITDA by 4-times.• Identified requirements and roll out a new ERP system to drive organizational efficiency.

Since 1987, Expresco Foods has been committed to creating top quality, artisanal and convenient grilled protein meal and snack solutions. Expresco’s innovative and entrepreneurial spirit has guided the development of fully cooked grilled protein products, frozen and fresh for foodservice, retail and deli across North America. Click on: https://www.premiumbrandsholdings.com/ Oversaw company’s first voluntary product recall due to Listeria monocytogenes by developing a cross-functional Ensemble Team in a war room setting within one week of employment. Revamped the sanitation team leadership, workflow, nightshift work atmosphere, and timeliness. Segregated QA and QC functions such as permitting QA to focus on HACCP, GMP, SQF, and multiple marketable accreditations together with successful audits’ completions, including Costco and Albertsons; allowed QC specialists to be involved in the 50,000 ft2 plant side-by-side with production, ensuring better GMP compliance. Played a pivotal role in selection and implementation of www.redzone.com productivity software to efficiently control equipment availability. • Out-sourced www.exprescoprosticks.com manufacturing to www.concordpremiummeats.com , a PBH partnering company which led to maximize margins from -30% to +11% and forecasted to grow up to +16% upon same-site packaging. • Introduced the position of Engineering Director and supported direct report in a 20,000 ft2, superintending on-time $10M plant expansion while sourcing materials, equipment, choice of new technologies, product, and people flow within CFIA requirements.• Leveraged feasibility project management tool to assure on-time new product launches and organized workload for the R&D team.

Pharmetics is an OTC and nutrition contract manufacturer specializing in the retail brand market.Integrated 80 new staff in Good Manufacturing Practices (“GMP”) at two sites (Laval, QC & Burlington, ON). Identified root-cause based S&OP management reporting documents empowering Pharmetics to be recognized as a profitable standalone entity. Utilized limited available capital to add equipment upgrades as well as concluded inventory accuracy procedures which led to reduce the waste. Managed all unionized (240 employees) operations matters. • Optimized plant on-time output to attain 95% service levels via agile work (supply chain 4.0) environment.

Hands-on operational consulting in hospital and consumer products settings.Cost rationalization mandates requested by the President and CEO at the JGH (www.jgh.ca) a 637-bed McGill University teaching hospital in Montreal, QC.o Completed outsourcing recommendation to assist in Transformational Change for Laundry Department while proposing monetizing & moving of assets (e.g. equipment $700K-$1M).o Analyzed and recommend Stockless Program to result in annual logistics cost reduction of $337K while considering warehouse space management.o Implemented Government funded SARDM and e-Pharmacy projects, with one-time cash flow benefits of $575,000.00, and pharmacy procurement savings of $400,000.00.Plant divestiture mandate requested by the co-Presidents at Jarvis Street Pharma, the largest pharmaceutical contract manufacturer in Ft. Erie, ON.o Reviewed existing operations and processes to determine adequacy in relation to optimum production levels, resulting in a line-fill rate of 98%.Warehouse Management System implementation mandate requested by the President and Owner at H&H Wholesale (www.hhwholesale.com) in Detroit, MI, a premier supplier of brand name diabetes supplies and provider of cost effective alternative purchasing options for chain and independent pharmacies. Other clients: www.locemia.com, www.amgmedical.com, www.nucarerx.com, www.purebrands.com, etc.

Gas‐phase chemical filtration media and integrated air handling systems used to reduce the odor and corrosion potential in commercial, institutional, sewage treatment and industrial environments. Heating, cooling, dehumidification, filtration and energy recovery solutions for commercial, residential and industrial applications.Turn-around mandate requested by the Chairperson with the goal of a spin-off from the formerly $75M public, now $25M family-owned, parent company.• Restructured world-wide agent network a 50% improvement.• Boosted previous year sales by 40% through implementation of effective strategies.Stabilized product quality and revised labor agreement at unionized plant. Brought in 3 new distribution partners for Quebec, Canada and the USA.Implemented a financial culture and instilled accountability via regular team meetings and action plans. Engineers, draftsmen, chemical media department and assemblers embraced change resulting in higher employee satisfaction levels.

Industrial bakery, wholesaler and distributor of frozen baked goods in Laval, Quebec.Secured finances, founded the HACCP - GFSI ready artisanal bakery/plant and set up cold-chain distribution networks throughout Canada and the United States.Developed necessary and appropriate operational, functional and productive measures & references into operational quality key performance indicators (KPIs).Prepared and monitored operational budgets and expenses devising actions and measures to correct unwarranted deviations from approved financial objectives.Ensured new product launches were achieved on time; click on: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV6RxYEy2lU&feature=youtu.be).Built QA/QC processes & procedures resulting in the successful completion of several regulatory audits conducted by 3rd party providers on behalf of national retailers.

Paladin Labs Inc., headquartered in Montreal, QC, is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring or in-licensing innovative pharmaceutical products. Endo International plc (Nasdaq: ENDP; TSX: ENL), acquired Paladin Labs Inc. in a stock and cash transaction valued at over $2.9 billion.Developed & executed restructuring strategy and guided BioEnvelop plant to a leading position among peers.Established and implemented plans, programs and created opportunities to develop all plant personnel to their full potential and monitored their development to ensure that every employee was fully qualified for their current responsibilities and properly prepared to assume evolving company needs in the future, resulting in a close to 100% retention rate.Researched and evaluated new technologies to increase productivity and adapt procurementprocesses to current and new customer needs.Reviewed, monitored and modified practices, procedures and methods to eliminate waste and reduce the cost of the destruction of goods to the minimal level possible.

Founded in 1983, it is the largest pharmaceutical employer in Montreal, QC, with 1,300 employees and $700M in Sales of generic drugs in a wide range of therapeutic categories in more than 60 countries.• Consolidated corporate sourcing efforts which resulted in annual savings of $9M.• Headed $85M Cost of Goods budget for the operations division and enhanced inventory turns.• Planned and deployed cost reduction program and achieved $14M savings.• Enlarged world-wide manufacturing base to 46 partners for the organization.

Located in LaSalle, QC, the 60,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art plant manufactured & distributed beer. Conducted market research and set up sales, marketing and distribution networks throughout Canada, United States and overseas.Managed day-to-day operations, overseeing over 50 employees in different departments.• Fostered and fortified enduring relations with press and won 12+ international awards.• Launched an Apple Beer, starting a new consumer trend of fruit-based beers which accounted for 25% of sales.Co-ordinated meetings at the Microbrewery Association between owners of breweries of various sizes in order to initiate and implement policies for the industry, this resulted in Government support through proactive lobbying incentives.Realized steady, continuous million-dollar growth in local (e.g.: Launch of Hopps Brau and Provigo’s Hek Rousse beers) and export markets until Brasal’s successful sale in 1999.