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Latta, Sc, Us

Florence, South Carolina Area

Florence, Sc

Site Head of Operational Excellence responsible for leading and fostering a continuous improvement culture through the implementation of lean manufacturing and Thermo Fisher Scientific's Practical Process Improvement (PPI) Business System, including the implementation of Tiered Daily Management, Gemba Walks, and Standard Work.Additional responsibilities include:- Incorporating Quality Engineering and Lean Six Sigma methodologies to increase efficiencies and improve systems while tracking all improvements as a function of cost. - Training site colleagues on Lean and PPI principles by coaching/mentoring and leading/facilitating training classes.- Leading the Root Cause Analysis program to improve daily work processes, minimize deviations, and productivity leakages.- Managing and overseeing all improvement initiatives such as cross-functional kaizens and mini-transformations.- Serving as a member of the Site Leadership Team (SLT) responsible for ensuring necessary changes are being made to foster an action-biased culture of continuous improvement.

Chester, South Carolina

- Incorporate Lean Six Sigma methodologies to increase efficiencies, process capabilities, solve design and manufacturing problems, and track all improvements as a function of cost savings.- Manage all food safety and quality systems at the plant level- Train and supervise personnel on all food safety and quality systems to ensure compliance with HACCP, internal procedures, customer requirements, and third party auditing guidelines.- Serve as HACCP Coordinator to improve the production and quality systems that eliminate risks and potential hazards to the health of the consumers- Perform and analyze capability studies to ensure repeatability and consistency of all manufacturing processes relative to the customer requirements in terms of specification limits of each product parameter.

Florence, South Carolina Area

Computer repair and web design company that serviced the Greater Pee Dee Region with friendly, honest, and cost efficient services.

Florence, South Carolina Area

- Performed research, conducted experiments and provided technical data analysis encompassing diverse areas of chemistry for contracted projects- Managed and directed quality projects for over 25+ pharmaceutical companies and performed activities such as NDA/ANDA (CMC section) Preparations and Reviews, Auditing, Method Validation, Calibrations, Workflow Analysis and Efficiency Enhancement- Investigated and conducted root cause analysis of customer complaints, OOS investigations and troubleshooting of manufacturing and packaging deviations as well as execution of method validations- Advanced quality documentation and enforced corrective actions with regard to industry, compendia, customer, and regulatory requirements

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemistry, 3.5

Activities and Societies: Awarded the Meritorious Senior Chemistry Major Award given by the American Institute of Chemists Foundation, Inc.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba