Lamont Feske Email & Phone Number

West Chester, Oh, Us

• Responsible for all 24/7 – 365 plant operations – commodity receiving to finished material production with safety as a #1 priority• Ownership of managing and reporting KPI data for plant performance, budget results, employee retention and production quality to company ownership• Lead and mentor management team members in process management, employee coaching and training, managing priorities and results• Project team management for $14 M spend for the install of 1 new production process and 2 process upgrades resulting in greater efficiency, throughput and quality• Responsible for annual Capital Expense projects and managing to established budgets• Realized annual Safe Quality Foods (SQF) audit results of consistent 90+% with a high mark of 98%• Direct oversight of regulatory reporting for hazardous waste, drinking water sampling, waste water discharge, boiler NOX emissions and CERS hazardous materials• Develop maintenance CMMS p.m. system, process SOP documentation, employee qualification documentation and employee performance evaluations

Yuba City, Ca, Us

As the Senior Director of Manufacturing Operations at Sunsweet Growers, Inc., I guided production teams in the completion and expansion of the company’s manufacturing operations. I established methods of tracking operations performance, and utilized the gathered metrics information to develop strategies that lead to record manufacturing levels. One of my main responsibilities was overseeing a team of over 400 management and production staff members across multiple departments focused on monitoring staff performance metrics, and providing staff with performance review/improvement opportunities.I am proud of my accomplishments including implementing strategic operations enhancements that led to the first fiscal year close with production metrics meeting company standards across all product lines, as well as managing relationships with company business partners to coordinate the packaging of products from industry-leading businesses including Lipton Tea, Gatorade, and Pepsi. Our team was also recognized by Pepsi with the Co-Packer of the Year and Strategic Partner awards for providing exceptional service, and raising production levels to help partners expand their business.

Yuba City, Ca, Us

As the Director of Shipping, Receiving, and Natural Condition, I was responsible for supervising facility operations for the company, organizing internal work space and workflow for production processes. I promoted company change by catalyzing plans within the organization to implement changes that led to improvements in company operations and staff performance.Several of my notable accomplishments included coordinating daily operations of the company while providing guidance and management support for department-specific projects that improved the performance of company operations. I also initiated organizational changes to improve company’s annual inventory processes to achieve less than .0001% variance by developing daily procedures to verify existing controls, as well as being part of the team to manage union contract negotiations for the company.

Yuba City, Ca, Us

• Responsible for the production and packaging of multi-shift dried fruit lines.• Oversaw installation of new processing equipment, as well as start-up and full production. Successful at exceeding the planned start-up matrix “curve”, always resulting in early full, quality production.• Work closely with H.R. re-writing the union personnel attendence policy, reducing the amount of personnel call-ins.• Developed the process of line maintenance ownership to the production supervisors, shortening the response time for needed planned and unplanned maintenance.

Yuba City, Ca, Us

• Responsible for shift production and packaging of assigned dried fruit lines.• Packaging lines included multiple stand-up pouch, plastic and paper canister, bulk case, lay-down bag and square carton.• Ensured quality standards are met using line self-checks, reviewing with quality personnel assigned and communicating with assigned line personnel.• Held shift meetings with line personnel and line leaders, reviewing standards, expectations, assignments and any possible issues to address.

Yuba City, Ca, Us

• Primary responsible for the repair and maintenance of Sunweet’s prune pitter department, including 29 sunsweet pitters, 16 Ashlock pitters and 1 Elliott pitter.• Improved pitter reliability by analyzing and changing the frequency of Sunsweet pitter rebuild program.• Created the first repair/adjustment manual for Sunsweet’s proprietary pitting equipment.• Developed improved communication processes between the processing and packaging departments by changing the supervisor’s line-check procedures, realizing less interruption in processing.