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Coshocton, Ohio, United States

Coshocton, Ohio, United States

• Applied Lean manufacturing principles, reducing process inefficiencies and costs.
• Developed a new product development (stage-gate) program, accelerating time-to-market while maintaining ISO9001 and FSSC22000 compliance.

West Fargo, North Dakota, United States

• Improved operational efficiencies at three facilities using Lean methodologies and Value Stream Mapping.
• Transitioned Lean Visual management to remote tools during COVID-19.

Fargo, North Dakota

• Led cross-departmental projects, achieving 10% cost savings on $75M annual COGS.
• Revamped purchasing program logic, driving 80% and 150% growth in international and marketplace business units.

Fargo, North Dakota

• Engineered automated reports for executive management, enhancing supply chain metric visibility.
• Analyzed EOQs and proposed safety stock set points for 1,800 SKUs based on sales, lead times, and batch size optimization.

Fargo, North Dakota

• Lean Facilitator | Swanson Health Products, Fargo, ND, Jan 2018 - Apr 2018
• Led Kaizen events and Value Stream Mapping, identifying and implementing process improvements.
• Developed and led the Lean Visual Management out of stock reduction process, increasing service levels from 97% to 98.5% for Swanson Brand products.
• Developed a Visual Management process, increasing service levels for Swanson Brand products.

Fargo, North Dakota

• Managed process engineering projects developed project scopes, timelines, and budgets.
• Led project meetings and tracked action items.

Perham MN

• Updated facility AutoCAD drawings after large plant process line upgrades.
• Documented and validated CIP (clean in place) systems in accordance with cGMP, FDA, and USDA compliance standards.

Norwood Young America

• Filled in on ~80% of jobs along the production line to aide with full-time employees taking vacation during the summer.
• Ran the COP (clean out of place) system during night shift sanitation in compliance with cGMP, FDA, and USDA standards.

Norwood Young America, MN

• Filled in on ~80% of jobs along the production line to aide with full-time employees taking vacation during the summer.
• Ran the COP (clean out of place) system during night shift sanitation in compliance with cGMP, FDA, and USDA standards.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor’S Degree, Industrial Engineering And Managment