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Palm Harbor, Fl, Us

Palm Harbor, Fl, Us

Purchase, New York, Us

Quality leader for a site that consists of 1,100 employees across 285 acres consisting of Fruit Processing, Multiple Blending areas, Tea extraction and Brewing, Aseptic Tank Storage, 19 packing lines with 3 Aseptic Fillers, and Distribution Center. Also, oversaw our micro, analytical, and general labs and had onsite USDA and Florida Department of Agriculture inspectors. Responsible for growing and developing 9 salaried supervisors and 22 Technicians. Also, subject matter expert for troubleshooting Aseptic contamination events.

Purchase, New York, Us

Production and warehouse responsibilities in a 4 line CSD plant which included 2 water lines. With 10 direct reports and an annual case volume of 34M per year with a yearly P&L of 24M. Implemented both an AM Pillar team for the site lead by a front line employee, Site steering committee made up of both leadership and frontline subject matter experts and introduced the concept of servant leadership.

Purchase, New York, Us

Responsible for all packaging maintenance aspects across 5 lines (2 of which were aseptic fillers) in a Mega Plant with an annual maintenance spend of 12 million dollars. Responsible for leading and developing 4 salaried direct reports and over 80 union employees. Also, was the site's PM pillar leader.

Purchase, New York, Us

Responsible for business transformation from Cartons to Aseptic PET on 12oz and 89oz formats. Introduced and developed 3 salaried start-up leaders to utilize Early Management tools to flawless integrate the new lines into the operation. Developed the recommissioning and rebuild plan for a Aseptic Filler that was dormant for 2 years. Additional responsibilities include FI Pillar Owner for the site.

Purchase, New York, Us

Lead both tactical and strategic functions for a nine line packaging operation producing 52 million cases per year with an annual budget of 22 million dollar. Responsible for leading and developing 6 salaried employees and 115 union employees. Implemented Natural Work teams (employee lead teaming) for the department across 9 packaging lines and the development of key metrics and scorecarding.

Purchase, New York, Us

This position had duel responsibilities. First, leader for site wide Autonomous Maintenance pillar was able to develop AM strategy to drive results from 18.2% to 10.4% across 17 PKG lines. Second, responsible for driving continuous improvement efforts within the packaging organization with specific focus 89oz Flip Top Closure. Lead cross functional team across the supply chain that consisted of Procurement, R&D, engineering, equipment OEM and both bottle and closure suppliers.

Purchase, New York, Us

Primary focus is continuous improvement efforts on both Packaging and Processing equipment, which includes performance improvements, cost reduction, and system implementation. Additional duties also include start-up leader for a high speed aseptic filling line utilizing EM tools. Developed training and maintenance plans, hired 42 Operator Mechanics, ensured AM and PM integration at Factory Acceptance tests and completed Aseptic Bio validation

Purchase, New York, Us

Supervised daily operations of five packaging lines and five process systems, consisting of 36 union employees. Responsible for departmental quality systems, Autonomous Maintenance implementation, Focused Improvement leadership and 5s execution.

Purchase, New York, Us

Supervised employees and daily operations of a world class Research and Development Pilot Plant. Responsible for experiment scheduling, raw and finished product quality, chairing the departmental safety committee, directing equipment installations, contractor management, capital project executions, packaging equipment set-up and validations.

Purchase, New York, Us

Developed, organized, and executed numerous research initiatives within the Pilot Plant. Responsible for leading Pilot Plant testing and coordinated multidisciplinary teams to ensure successful execution of experiments.