Led a business unit of 800, with 5 direct reports, responsible for monitoring attainment of quality standards and cost targets in a manufacturing environment. This included managing a $350M annual budget. • Drove new product development (in low-cost arena), providing what-ifs on expansion ideas or product ideas.• Negotiated contracts with equipment vendors, maximizing spend while building long-term relationships.• Transitioned ownership of 2 facilities from Pactiv to RCP, completing asset transfers on time, on budget, and in adherence with RCP policies. • Built cohesive culture; removed internal barriers, enabling employees to work on correct (necessary) actions and daily activities.• Served as IT Ambassador for the business unit, focused on compliance related to monthly IT training and protecting company information.

Hired to own supply and cost models for products, as well as identifying and implementing cost-reduction opportunities with production vendors while serving as the subject matter expert (SME) for specific product lines before being quickly promoted.

Led a team of 1100+, 7 direct reports, spread across 7 production facilities. This included responsibility for maintaining safety standards, developing leaders, and managing a $300M annual combined budget for the facilities.• Achieved back-to-back years with world-class safety results and TRIR below 0.5, using behavior-based techniques and driving adoption of culture.• Achieved British Retail Consortium (BRC) ratings of A or better, 2 of 3 years, due to rigorous programs, sustainable and audited processes, and increasing accountability.

Oversaw raw material inventories, monthly working capital budgets, and components of capital spend process. This included writing and executing projects, as well as forecasting.• Led $40M capital project that was completed on time and on budget, while attaining expected quality outcomes and improving network supply.• Initiated new capital scorecard for 8 value stream units, decreasing work in progress, enhancing reliability of spend forecast, and enabling on-time project closeouts.

Responsible for driving cost reduction and waste decreases within key product value stream across 10 facilities. This included supervising packaging engineers and processing product change requests.

Provided leadership for value stream in terms of production, safety, and customer satisfaction goals, supervising team of over 130 in 2 departments. Schedule and monitor production, implement best practices and continuous improvement strategies, and complete reports on critical production outcomes. Hired, trained, coached, and evaluated team members. Developed and introduced safety awareness programs, leading all investigations into safety issues.Supervised team of over 90 in production activities, with full decision-making authority for all functions (processes, labor, strategies) within the unit. Scheduled and tracked production, monitored costs, championed best practices, and participated in continuous improvement initiatives. Hired, trained, mentored, and provided feedback to employees on performance, with an emphasis on constructive feedback. Created and rolled out key safety programs.

As Sales/Operations Capacity Planner, created and implemented division monthly sales and operations plans for Foodservice, Supermarket, Processor, and Consumer businesses. Developed and published weekly tracking report and AOP to provide goals for the upcoming year.

As Master/Material Planner, supported various business groups through involvement with new products and programs. Managed ordering/forecasting, developed weekly production plans, built planning systems, hit monthly casefill targets, and worked with customer service to address and resolve issues.