Insight Driven Organization transformation leader

Optimizing business process in manufacturing and sales and distribution network. Replacing non-value added steps with automated processes and information technology applications.

Manufacturing Director (Site Leader) responsible for all plant functions, including Safety, operations, financials, materials management, maintenance, QA, sanitation and CI. Accountable to provide high quality products just in time in a world class food manufacturing facility.

Responsible for transforming food safety and quality assurance utilizing process improvement methodologies. Leveraging applied sciences team capability along with manufacturing best practices such as six sigma and TPM to define best internal practices and policies.

Master Black Belt for Mondelēz International chocolate facility (legacy Cadbury) supplying North America with over 160 sku’s, 12 manufacturing lines and approximately 400 unionized employees. Fluent in loss analysis to identify innovation and productivity opportunities to drive business growthTrained and mentored Black Belts and Green Belts in Lean and DMAIC methodology. Implemented Repetitive Flexible Schedule to reduce lead-time driving over $3MM annualized productivity Successfully completed Environmental end to end project (MBB) addressing key contributors to waste water contamination within the confectionary and snacks division. Project resulted in major capital project approval and implementation which reduced company environmental impact. This project did not have a financial justification, hence approval was gained through education of executives and employees on our environmental responsibilities and long term commitment. Conduct Loss Analysis to determine productivity projects and to track them using Hoshin plan. Coordinating efforts with all stakeholders throughout the business unit for a true End-to-End perspective. Teams include procurement, sales, internal manufacturing, external manufacturing, marketing, IT and customers.In 2012 completed over ten Black Belt projects resulting in productivity savings of over $3MM within the conversion sector.Coordinating efforts with category MBB’s and BB’s to replicate projects across the globe. Led the replication of a key quality project in three different manufacturing sites on three different continents. The project reduced consumer complaints and improved product quality. Supported Maintenance and Reliability Engineers to create an FMEA plan and to drive CBM and PM principles. Trained several Black Belt and Green Belt waves on Lean and DMAIC methodologies.

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Directly responsible for Project Management and Technical Engineering for all capital projects related to Cadbury Dairy Milk manufacturing. Primarily focused on process equipment design and integration with high-speed packaging lines. Designed new packaging formats for the top grossing sku’s, introduced a new packaging format to reduce corrugate usage by 30% while increasing product stability. Eliminated secondary packaging to reduce fixed and variable cost. Key responsibilities include: scoping business needs, sourcing the best engineered solution, conducting trials and experiments, writing project approval document and managing installation and commissioning of projects. Successfully installed a world-class crumb based chocolate manufacturing plant to supply over 70% of the chocolate manufactured. Capital projects with return on investment in less than 2 years. Project scope included Ingredient suppliers to consumer (End to End). The project required changes in ingredient type and specification along with new chocolate manufacturing technology all to produce a safer manufacturing plant to manufacture better tasting product at a lower cost. Utilized internal and external engineering resources around the globe to design and to install highly efficient and accurate chocolate making facility. Consulted with NFPA and Ontario Fire authorities and professionals to utilized the latest in powder exposition prevention systems. Installed a self-contained explosion system with minimum need for operator intervention and maintenance. Utilized DFSS methodology to build a capable system that is able to exceed world-class chocolate manufacturing specifications. Weight accuracy of all ingredients (liquid & powder) in excess of 2.0 Cpm.

Engineering Manager and Senior design Engineer for material handling solutions in the packaging industry. Focus in food manufacturing and high-speed packing systems. Managing over 5 professional engineers and over 30 machinist and assemblers.