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Irvine, Ca, Us

Oak Brook, Illinois, Us

• Developed training curriculum and implemented production line worker training on sanitation processes and procedures. Result: Reduced sanitation costs by $100,000 and downtime by 15%.• Led redesign of plant-wide production process to tighten weight controls and minimize product weight overages. Result: Saved $1,000,000 in product loss in first year.• Led production team in product launch 10 different products internal and external customers. Including correct product mix, sampling, consistency, and training to meet customer specifications. Result: Facilitated new sales of $10,000,000. • Collaborated with engineering team to automate production line. Result: Reduced man hours by 10%.• Developed central scaling room. Result: Projected to reduce costs by $1,000,000.• Worked with Sanitation/Quality team to develop cleaning procedures. Result: Complied with corporate policies and reduced potential quality problems.• Drove implementation of safety focus in plant. Result: Improved Safety OIR from 5.8 to 3.1 with corresponding cost savings of $1,800,000. • Led Continuous Improvement work streams developing standards to improve overall efficiencies and reliability of production lines. Result: Achieved first pass quality improvement and saved $1,600,000 in one year. • Ensured HACCP, GMP and Safety programs were followed. • Managed our contracted security company for the facility.

Oak Brook, Illinois, Us

Responsible for sanitation in 1 million square foot, 500 employee plant and for mixing and bake functions. Led staff of 12. • Collaborated with other facilities to develop corporate sanitation training procedures. Result: Established standards for all facilities and enabled consistent training. • Negotiated pricing on cleaning supplies with multiple vendors. Result: Obtain favorable terms and met cost saving goals of $50,000 annually.• Partnered with quality team to develop swabbing policies for facility. Result: Improved quality, reduced waste, and generated cost savings of over $1,000,000 annually. • Drove daily product mixing operations to meet mixing and product specifications. Result: Reduced product change over downtime, ensured compliance with customer standards.• Automated production lines in collaboration with engineering staff. Result: Increased production by 30%. • Developing sanitation policies and procedures for the plant and related training for 500 employees. Result: Ensured sanitary and safe production conditions. • Managed the vending service in the plant breakroom. • Managed and negotiated the contract with the company cleaning service for the office and restroom. • Managed lawn service for our facility.

Chicago, Il, Us

Held developmental leadership roles responsible for sanitation, warehouse and production functions in 500,000 square foot unionized facility with 500 employees. Led teams of 30 to 80 employees. • Scheduled deliveries and trucks to be loaded and shipped.• Creating and implemented cleaning processes and procedures. Result: Achieved SQF Level 3 with excellent rating, increased efficiency of changeovers and produced annual cost savings of $250,000. • Trained all production employees on cleaning procedures eliminating a third party cleaning service. Result: Delivered annual cost savings of $100,000.• Oversaw customer audits, including SQF Level 3. Result: Met customer requirements with no identified audit exceptions.

• Held production line positions including Oven Operator, Carton Operator, Stacker, Wrapper Feeder, and Quality Inspector.