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Stafford Heights, Qld, Au

Mount Cotton, Queensland, Australia

Responsible and accountable for the overall operations of production at Golden Cockerel and Toowoomba Poultry that includes all operations activities including maintenance and engineering to achieve optimum service to both internal and external stakeholders.

Minto, New South Wales, Australia

Leading the sourcing unit to deliver profitable growth and engaging the team in all areas of safety, quality, cost, delivery, and productivity. Lead total site team of 240 employees producing ice cream on 7 production lines and 2 mix/fruit processing plants.Started up 2 new technology lines and 1 mix/fruit processing plant over 12 months in a transition project to consolidate sites.Successfully collaborated with the Union and site employees on new Enterprise Agreement in… Show more Leading the sourcing unit to deliver profitable growth and engaging the team in all areas of safety, quality, cost, delivery, and productivity. Lead total site team of 240 employees producing ice cream on 7 production lines and 2 mix/fruit processing plants.Started up 2 new technology lines and 1 mix/fruit processing plant over 12 months in a transition project to consolidate sites.Successfully collaborated with the Union and site employees on new Enterprise Agreement in 2021.Managing annual factory operating budget of $50M to deliver volume needed to support business growth plan. Show less

Toowoomba, Australia

Leading the people of the sourcing unit with a growing brand and team in all areas of safety, quality, cost, delivery, and productivity. Lead total site team of 93 employees producing ice cream on 3 production lines, a mix/fruit plant and mango fruit processing.Successfully delivered a new Enterprise Agreement in 2019.Executed a great People Care Plan while we transitioned production from Toowoomba to Minto.Delivered over 1000 bps of efficiency improvement during last year of… Show more Leading the people of the sourcing unit with a growing brand and team in all areas of safety, quality, cost, delivery, and productivity. Lead total site team of 93 employees producing ice cream on 3 production lines, a mix/fruit plant and mango fruit processing.Successfully delivered a new Enterprise Agreement in 2019.Executed a great People Care Plan while we transitioned production from Toowoomba to Minto.Delivered over 1000 bps of efficiency improvement during last year of production. Show less

North America

The Category Technology Project Manager serves as the North America technical lead for assigned product technologies and assures best practices are applied throughout the NA network to meet strategic goals of both the business teams and Supply Chain. The primary role of the Technology Manager is to support the innovation process as the technical leader, defining technical capabilities and constraints used in the product and process design to ensure targets are met for both marketing and supply… Show more The Category Technology Project Manager serves as the North America technical lead for assigned product technologies and assures best practices are applied throughout the NA network to meet strategic goals of both the business teams and Supply Chain. The primary role of the Technology Manager is to support the innovation process as the technical leader, defining technical capabilities and constraints used in the product and process design to ensure targets are met for both marketing and supply chain. The Technology Manager oversees the installation and initial production of developed projects to support a successful product launch. Show less

Covington, Tn

Responsible for delivering operational KPIs – Safety, Quality, OEE, Waste, Conversion Cost while building and leading a work team of 4 Supervisors and over 160 employees new to ice cream. Critical involvement in starting up 4 new production lines over 2.5 years. Leader in safety for Manufacturing – over 600 days no recordables in department. 55% improvement in OEE (1900 bps) from 2012 to 2013. 48% improvement in Waste (1100 bps) from 2012 to 2013.

Covington, Tn

Responsible for leading TPM (Continuous Improvement) ways of working in the factory just starting to produce ice cream. Included working with pillar leaders to develop pillars while helping develop skills in TPM. Led the maintenance department including labor, spare parts and preventative maintenance with 5 Supervisors. Leading in the startup of 14 ice cream lines in 18 months with 700 people new to ice cream.

Clearwater, Fl

Responsible for TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) kick off and building new continuous improvement culture in the factory. Learned the 8 pillars in depth and led in the start of each pillar while partnering with the pillar leaders as we progressed. Led the maintenance team including labor, spare parts, preventative maintenance and project installations. Site OEE increase from 74.9% (2009) to 78.8% (2011)

Clearwater, Fl

Responsible for delivering operational KPIs – Safety, Quality, OEE, Waste, Conversion Cost across 8 production lines involving 7 Supervisors and 175 employees. Included mix/batching room responsibilities and managing the maintenance activities related to production. Cream savings of over $500K annually through better supplier negotiations and tighter usage/spec control. Kept direct labor and OT% within plan, below 10%. Savings of $1M through elimination of non-value added activities resulting… Show more Responsible for delivering operational KPIs – Safety, Quality, OEE, Waste, Conversion Cost across 8 production lines involving 7 Supervisors and 175 employees. Included mix/batching room responsibilities and managing the maintenance activities related to production. Cream savings of over $500K annually through better supplier negotiations and tighter usage/spec control. Kept direct labor and OT% within plan, below 10%. Savings of $1M through elimination of non-value added activities resulting in reducing 18 FT positions over 3 years through attrition. Achieved 432 days without a site safety incident. Show less

Clearwater, Fl

Responsible for scheduling/planning of all production materials and delivering mix on time in full to meet production schedules. Controlled spending in department ahead of plan through detailed labor scheduling. <6 hours downtime due to out of supplies in 2005. Mix room planning which improved mix room material variance target by 20%.

Clearwater, Fl

Responsible for all inbound and outbound scheduling as well as direct labor scheduling. Labor scheduling of 18 Logistics employees while meeting OT% target and labor spending. Scheduled all inbound materials and outbound finished product with 100% accuracy on DC delivery.