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Owns and leads the development process for generating long-range optimized Supply Chain plans and for delivering the OU annual plan. Supply Chain point for generation of HMM to meet annual and pipeline targets. Lead and coach constant evolution and maturation of S&OE, PEAK, RUN, IMPROVE and TRANSFORM within Pet. Support advancement of initiatives related.

Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

- Fruit SEMI Capacity Project - evaluated overall CCB capacity and rightsized SAP-APO and Capacity Models. Recommended SKUs to shift around in network to relieve capacity pinch at CCB and produce 60,000 CA more per month on allocation constrained platforms- Fruit CSP - maintained day to day activities for Fruit by the Foot and Gushers platforms in Snacks.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

• Worked on Old El Paso business managing day to day production needs, ongoing new product setup for product launches, service for all US Old El Paso products, PEAK processes (WDS, Supply Review, Inventory Review), and.
• Was part of a team that added 7 new External Supply Chain sites to meet broad consumer need due to COVID-19 along with increasing production at existing locations.
• As part of new location setup, added each new site to planning systems, determined products to run to optimize network and minimize cost, established production strategies and communication, and successfully started.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Lines 22/23 (Puff Pastry/Scones/Cinnamon Rolls) – July 2018 – June 2019 – Led line team and 23 direct reports and owned performance for the lines. Collaborated with Quality, Engineering, and R&D to trial and transition.
• Line 12 (Biscuits) – September 2017 – July 2018 – Led line team and 10 direct reports as well as owned performance for the line. Drove improvements in cleaning time via directed cleaning and maintenance consolidation.
• Line 1 (Refrigerated Baked Goods), May 2017 – September 2017 – Led line team and 12 direct reports as well as owned performance for the line. Successfully integrated new checkweigher that led to 12% reduction in waste.

Chanhassen, MN

• Project Engineer – Managed projects from scope to execution for energy saving plant lighting improvements, energy saving and maintenance freezer wall re-seaming, elevated work and fall protection and dough lift assist.
• Team Leader – Led a team of 10 production employees. Oversaw execution of team member daily tasks and hold team members accountable to drive productivity and ensure safety.
• Process Lead – Member of DDS (Total Production Maintenance) team on Line 12 (Biscuits) working with Maintenance Lead and Line Lead to work on daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly improvements to meet productivity.

Madison, Wisconsin

InterEgr 160 Student Assistant, Madison, WI Spring 2013 Assisted Professors John Murphy and Robert Gustafson using Moodle course website skills and effectively mentored and guided students through the design process and engineering disciplines.InterEgr 102 Student Assistant, Madison, Wisconsin Fall 2012Assisted Professor Matt Allen using Learn@UW skills or.

Chanhassen, Minnesota

• Evaluated and redesigned a high-use tool to make it more ergonomically friendly to reduce injury risk.
• Led trialing of a new water-based release agent to be used for hot breakfast items produced at the plant; recommended improvements for increasing reliability of release agent spray system.
• Formed and led project teams to execute line improvements including maintenance activities and a capital project that reduced downtime 8%.

Racine, Wisconsin

• Capital Project Manager for the introduction of a raw material to the site, which included a formula and production change. Autonomous Production Team member and coach and gained TPM experience.

Racine, Wisconsin

• Worked with mentor on startup of a newly modified production line, collected data and troubleshot problems. Wrote global piping and processing standard, which was the first of a collection of design standards and was.

Developed customer service and multitasking abilities serving patrons of the Jewish Community Center Swim Club, was named first ever employee of the week.

Piscataway, New Jersey

Utilized Surveymonkey results in conjunction with Excel to sort and organize data from online surveys taken by students. Graded and entered data from students of an ethics course, analyzed data to use for research purposes.

Driving Nanny; Gained responsibility and experience of taking care of an elementary school child by driving her to various activities.

B.S; Engineering Honors In Liberal Arts, Chemical Engineering; Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Member of ACS Member of Women In Science and Engineering Learning Community UW Culinary Club, Co-President, Fall.

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