Justin Tai Email & Phone Number

Eatontown, NJ, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Responsible for all aspects of a 250k sq ft medical cannabis grow and manufacturing facility with 350 direct and indirect reports and a 50k sq ft grow facility with 35 employees including production, safety.
• Implemented first centerline program for the company on pre-roll machine improving efficiency by 20%
• Implemented finance and inventory routines aimed at ensuring accurate month end and quarterly financial reporting in compliance with SOX regulations
• Implemented site safety committee to drive site OSHA compliance and reduce site safety risks through monthly risk assessments and follow up mitigation actions
• Reduced Distribution Order Discrepancies by 93% from 2023 to 2024 through order picking SOP creation
• Maintained site cGMP compliance with a score of 99 on annual audit

Vevey, CH

• Owned Coffee Department results including performance, cost, maintenance, quality, and staffing with 9 salaried direct reports and 55 indirect union employees with a $200M cost of production budget
• Decreased coffee material usage variance by $1M YOY from 2021 to 2022 through green bean yield optimization
• Decreased foreign material rework downgrade costs by $900k from 2022 to 2023 through FMEA and GSTD methodologies
• Established TPM training structure based on the 70-20-10 model increasing operator competency by 15%
• Successfully negotiated Effects Bargaining with Teamsters Union saving 5% against budget (~$150,000)

Vevey, CH

- Manage 6 supervisor direct reports and 113 indirect reports for the packaging, aseptic filling, and UHT processing departments of a $650mm budget facility- Establish, track, and action against daily, weekly, and monthly KPIs driving performance for the factory- Create and manage a strategic portfolio of process improvement projects to increase and.

Vevey, CH

-Travel to factories around the world and manage the identification and execution of portfolio of improvement projects aligned with factory and business needs.-Manage a team of 10-15 direct reports with a total of 25-30 projects-Work with internal and external senior stakeholders in order to align project objectives with business requirements-Work with.

Vevey, CH

-Travel to factories for 5 months at a time in different countries leading and coaching improvement projects.-Utilize improvement methodologies such as DMAIC, SMED, and Centerlining in order to improve line efficiency and reduce material losses.-Provide training on improvement methodologies as well as implementation of standard routines to sustain both.

Vevey, CH

Production Supervisor – Mt. Sterling, KY - Responsible for coaching and development of 60 non-union employees - Report on KPIs during daily cross functional meetings in order to enlist and offer support - Use KPIs to drive continuous improvement by creating and updating SOPs and OPLs for three production lines on a weekly basis - Created spreadsheet that.

Vevey, CH

- Develop, manage, and track completion and effectiveness of Training program for the Freehold NUSA Beverage facility- Coordinate and perform internal audits to ensure compliance to various internationally accepted standards including ISO 14001, OSHAS 18000, ISO 22000, and FSSC 22000- Participate on Prerequisite Program team to conduct various PRP.

Lake Buena Vista, Florida, US

Collect and analyze data for various projects dealing with queue length, space efficiency, and inventory supply

Vevey, CH

Created and implemented LOTO procedure determination and documentation system for the Liquid Processing department at the Nestle Beverages factory in Anderson, IN