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Cleveland, Oh, Us

Solon, Ohio, United States

Solon, Ohio, United States

Solon, Ohio, United States

• Leading team of 5 MPS and distribution planners for the Meals & Sweet Earth businesses (75+ MM CS) in day-to-day activities, strategic initiatives, and individual development• Leading team through implementation of new planning system, development and adaptation of tools and processes, increase in breadth of role responsibilities, and an organizational restructure

Solon, Ohio, United States

• Identified and communicated supply risks, options, and recommendations for Meals ($2.1B NPS), Pizza ($1.9B NPS), and Sweet Earth ($75MM NPS) leadership teams during and beyond the COVID-19 supply chain crisis• Coached 8 MPS planners covering 8 manufacturing facilities (112+MM CS) in day-to-day activities and individual development• Recipient of Meals “Golden Plate Award” in recognition for exemplifying Nestle’s 4 Ways of Winning

Solon, Ohio

• Owned Master Production Scheduling for 2 manufacturing facilities (15MM, 26MM CS) and 3 brands ($670+MM NPS) as well as Demand Planning for 2 brands ($670+MM NPS) within the Meals businesses in support of supply chain KPIs (Customer Order Fulfillment, Waste, Working Capital)• System owner for team’s Master Production Scheduling Optimizer (MPSO), leading input accuracy improvement initiative

Solon, Ohio

Responsibilities included supporting 8 manufacturing facilities over 5 Nestle divisions with TPM implementation, focused specifically on the activities of the Autonomous Maintenance pillar. Factories vary in phase of implementation from preparing to launch TPM on a pilot line to TPM launched on over 50% of the factory.

Springville, Ut

• Supervised production line of 42 associates• Led team through launch of TPM and successful completion of Autonomous Maintenance (AM) Methodology Steps 1 and 2• Redesigned shift structure, reducing unplanned stops and enabling increased operator development

Anderson, In

- Conducted a DMAIC on Line 2 Sleevers in packaging that reduced unplanned downtime (excepting breakdowns) by 45% by creating standard procedures with robust visual controls and implementing targeted cleaning and inspection activities.- Streamlining quality process checks in injection molding area (reducing characteristics checked from 18 to 5) and designing oversight process/routine to improve adherence to quality standards to prevent quality holds and equipment downtime.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Followed DMAIC methodology to reduce the overall lead time of the process that connects potential clients with at-home skilled nursing and physical therapy services and to improve retention of potential clients. Some process improvements included:- Changing the online referral form from a e-mail generation to an electronic record and database that follows the potential client through the process- Increasing the utilization of the online referral form for another category of Potential Clients- Generating algorithms and operational definitions to standardize evaluation of Potential Clients between nurses & therapists- Adjust process flow to more quickly identify uninterested or ineligible Potential Clients

Jacksonville, Il

Internship dedicated to several identified projects, which included:- Converting manufacturing standard documents to new format and incorporating labor costing component to improve budget accuracy- Streamlining community involvement from 20+ non-profit organizations to 3 aligned with overall Nestle USA direction; Documented policy defining roles and timelines to improve consistency- Redesigning Embargo Area to reduce product contamination risk- Participating in DMAIC project focused on insolubility consumer complaints, including complaint data stratification and designing an experiment to determine significant factors

Columbus, Ohio Area

- Created Standard Operating Procedures and power flow diagrams for Data Center Operations training and reference- Identified and documented inconsistencies in current-state emergency response controls between local data centers; standard was chosen and adopted for planned data center modifications- Supported testing of new software features in HP Quality Center to identify defects in new software roll-out

Erlanger, Ky

- Created and utilized HazMat Audit tool for manufacturing facilities to increase consistency and effectiveness of audits - Utilized Toyota Business Practice (TBP) Problem-Solving to identify root causes of incomplete/incorrect trailer inspections & and rolled out an improved trailer inspection form

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Industrial And Systems Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi (Co-Initiation Chair), Alpha Pi Mu (Treasurer, Engineers' Council Representative), Ohio State Honors.