John Corry Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, MO, US

Greater St. Louis

United States

United States

Greater St. Louis Area

• Responsible for evaluation of new products and processes to support the Innovations pipeline
• Partnering with Logistics to identify drive reduction in Logistics and Industrial costs through changes in footprint planning at the 18 North American Zone Breweries
• Accountable for accurate costing of new and cross-brewed products
• Owner of Brewing Capacity modeling and capacity debottlenecking for the Zone

Greater St. Louis Area

• Primary business representative on $14MM project to replace legacy manual scheduling systems at US Breweries with advanced scheduling and planning systems
• Representing business aspects of project to North American Zone VP’s of Supply, Logistics, and IT
• Responsible for ensuring that project fulfills goals of transforming planning and scheduling process across Logistics and Brewing departments
• Led software developers in creation of advanced linear model to produce optimized production plans for some of the most complex breweries in the world
• Delivered improved planning business process resulting in more consistent results and 6% reduction in working capital for the two breweries installed
• Project implementation put on hold due to CAPEX funding reductions

Greater St. Louis Area

• Manager of North American Zone Brewing Technical Team: Managed team of brewing specialists in supporting 18 US and Canadian breweries’ improvements in safety, brewing quality and cost efficiency
• Zone owner of the Total Extract Loss raw material usage efficiency KPI, reducing losses by 22% with a savings of over $15MM per year
• Member of Zone Taste Panel ensuring consistent beer sensory for Global Budweiser and all North American production
• Led transformation of team roles to enhance value to breweries by focusing on supporting solutions needed and best practice identification and cross-seeding
• Brewing Lead for Optech initiative driving process ownership to the plant floor using six sigma methodology (KPI analysis, process mapping, RACI, enhanced SOPs and checklists)
• Led team of Brewmasters to develop Project Compass, a roadmap for the future role of the brewer

Greater St. Louis Area

• Responsible for all aspects of the Filtration and Releasing department consisting of 5 managers, 2 process engineers, and 50 brewers to deliver the highest quality beer in the most efficient manner possible
• Maintained a Zero Safety Incident environment by driving ownership of safe behaviors to the plant floor
• Accountable for delivering financial reporting and LE’s for brewing department to General Manager
• Led a cross-functional Improvement Task Force utilizing the PDCA process that resolved the cause of a quality issue that plagued the brewery for over 10 years resulting in the installation of a reverse osmosis water.
• Initiated the Finishing Department Optimization Workshop, a brewer led effort to optimize their workgroup output while improving delivery of SLA’s to other departments
• Developed a low capital FlexDraft solution to allow for increasing the number of brands that the brewery could accept and thereby reducing the network logistics cost

Greater St. Louis Area

• 24/7 Accountability for all production and maintenance execution in the Chips/Finishing group
• Ownership of training and development for four supervisors and 50 brewers
• Tactical and strategic optimization of production schedule with Logistics and Operations department
• Led development of Chip Planner Tool to automate scheduling of work assignments

• Experience as Area Manager in both the Can (5 lines) and Bottle (4 lines) areas, managing all aspects of operation including safety, quality, material loss, throughput, maintenance, and personnel development.
• Created new concept for 6th Floor Optimization, delivering the same $5.8 MM savings while reducing scope from $18.4 to $5.5 MM
• Led effort to optimize bottle line conversion cycles, resulting in a 15% reduction in conversion time
• Successfully introduced both 22oz production and cold glue labeling to L34 through an Improvement Task Force
• Reduced CO2 usage on three bottle lines by 20% without increase in dissolved O2
• Executed data driven speed increase 3 packaging lines from 2000 cpm to 2200 cpm

Greater St. Louis Area

• Project lead for $20.5 MM Can Line Modernization at Newark Brewery
• Responsible for full project life cycle including scoping, funding, design and implementation

Lexington, Kentucky Area

• Owner of product design and process specifications for inkjet cartridge product lines produced at five manufacturing sites in four countries. Lead international teams developing design and process modifications to.

Mba, Operations And Supply Chain Management

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering