Vice President Operations - Central
Richmond, British Columbia, Ca
• Led operations, with P&L responsibility for 2 facilities producing approximately 750,000 admt/y pulp, heavily focused on safety, organizational development, and building out cross-functional communication leading to improved performance• Coached and developed Facility General Managers to becoming proactive vs reactive, which optimized performance and created organizational efficienciesAdditional Roles with Paper Excellence Canada:CIO • Directed daily operations of IT team, leading the team through recovery, reorganizing to improve effectiveness, implementing a managed front edge firewall, and reporting to Global office on sensitive and confidential topics • Built out the Cyber Security team concept and started implementation of the Critical Security Controls (CIS-20) to quantify and control enterprise risks VICE PRESIDENT – ENGINEERING & OPTIMIZATION • Managed strategic initiatives during organizational change, including capital budget management, project management, organizational development, during unprecedented business impacts due to COVID pandemic• Implemented an automated OEE, KPI/Score cards, and new processes, resulting standardizing internal benchmarking, staff engagement, and ability to quick analyze performance and develop strategic recommendationsCHAIRMAN’S OFFICE – HEAD OF MILL OPTIMIZATION • Analyzed and devised strategies throughout all enterprise facilities for opportunities to improve enterprise-wide bottom-line and capital planning• Developed capital effectiveness assessment model that was implemented enterprise-wide