Commissioned a proprietary area within the facility which converts beer into gluten free alcoholic base used for flavored alcoholic beverages.

• Coordinate the activities of multiple departments within a 1.3 million sq. ft. co-packaging facility which ultimately produces finished liquids (beer, alcoholic beverages, energy drinks, hard ciders, teas and vitamin supplements) for bottling, canning or kegging.• Oversee the functionality of a proprietary area within the facility which converts beer into gluten free alcoholic base used for flavored alcoholic beverages.• Monitor quality and food safety standards, including GMP/sanitation and HACCP, to help achieve expected levels of product quality and safety for each department.• Consult with brand managers about the qualification processes associated with their liquids.• Project work includes upgrades to existing liquid polishing system (increased throughput by 40%by adding another carbon column to the existing process); automating chemical dosing system (which reduced operator exposure and facilitated more control of chemical flow used during cleaning/regeneration procedures) and adding a prefilter system and plumbing to the previous cider filtration process.• Maintain and report ingredient inventory (M2K) to provide production scheduler with most updated information for ordering purposes.• Hire, develop and advise supervisors and team leaders on personnel matters to motivate operators and drive productivity with emphasis on food safety, quality and efficiency.• Work with the program engineers to adjust cleaning cycle times on various tanks to reduce the time required to have tanks ready to refill or batch into by 50%.• Write and approve Standard Operating Procedures used during the batching process which is generated from raw materials to finished liquids.• Create and adjust work flows (operator and batching schedules) to accommodate the needs of our internal customers.• Schedule and adjust bulk deliveries of base liquids that are used in the batch process.

• A key contributor in the startup of a fully automated high-speed packaging facility which consist of robot palletization, horizontal and vertical cartoners, casepackers, boil in bag and Kraft bag fillers and supersacking (up to 1200 lbs) capabilities.• Schedule supervisor, operator and contract support to meet the needs of production.• Train new supervisors on the functionality and process flow of the department as well asnavigating through the Wonderware PCS used at the facility.• Coordinate activities with quality, processing, supplies and scheduling to achieve a goal of 70%plus (current plan) for each of my department's nine packaging lines.• Ensure packaging lines are operating in accordance with FDA guidelines, Good ManufacturingPractices and HACCP/SQF program guidelines.• Participated as a facilitator in creating and executing faster changeovers using the Kaizen LeanStandards-from an average of 17 minutes to a standard of 5 minutes or less.• Assist the Safety Manager with Lockout/Tagout specific and alternate procedures as needed forall the department as well as trained authorized employees on the policy and responsibilities ofthe program.• Report and follow up on plant wide issues concerning safety as a co-chair of the safety team.• Completed Job Safety Analysis for the department and revise them as needed.

• Managed a 24/7 biodiesel production plant with the capacity to process 50 million gallons of product a year.• Communicated forecasts and process parameters to supervisors for weekly production requirements.• Developed and implemented plans to efficiently use materials, labor and equipment to meet weekly production targets.W. LaPrece Washington_2 • Wrote standard operating procedures for control room and tank farm operations.• Scheduled and followed up on safety training for personnel in the plant.• Worked with plant manager on handling environmental concerns around the facility.• Aided plant manager in streamlining quality assurance sampling protocol and reportingprocedures.• Hired new employees and completed 85% of “Quality at the Source” cross-training for the operators into the lab.• Performed R&D work which demonstrated an alternative method of processing low quality material increasing the yield from 84% to 90%.

Directed and coordinated the activities of a shift comprised of 10-12 union employees, quality assurance laboratory techs and maintenance/electricians with the objective of converting raw materials into finished quality products to meet weekly production schedules while staying below our area’s $30 million budget target.