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Georgia, United States

Business and Operations Consulting. Focused on Manufacturing Improvement

Rome Ga

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Greater Atlanta Area

Greater Atlanta Area

Regional director of operations overseeing two of the largest sites in the global CSM portfolio. Combined output in excess of 300 million pounds of product a year, $55 million budget and a workforce in excess of 400 people.Rebuilt both management teams and improved performance I all areas, safety, quality, cost and output. Led a number of major capital projects including the shutdown and relocation of one of the sites into one of the Atlanta facilities.

Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

General manger of two facilities in the Bradford area producing high volume ready to eat products. Oversee and manage the day to day operation including H&S, logistics, warehouse, quality, Maintenance and Production. Rebuilt management team and led brownfield project to amalgamate both facilities into one and increase output by over 25%. Project delivers in a seven month timeline with NO affect to customer service and a 98% retention of staff. Turned Bradford from one of the worst performing sites within the business to become one of the leading sites in terms of safety, quality and cost.

Wirral, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Operations manager in charge of the management of two of the main McVities brands. Penguin and Jaffa cakes. Experience of biscuit baking and high speed packing utilizing Flow-wrappers.

Wednesbury, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Led the site to the DWT trophy for the best performing site within the division. Implemented 5s across the facility as well as leading a complete overhaul of the maintenance process. Constantly one of the best performing sites in terms of cost and output.

Hull, E Riding Of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Barton-Upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Production analyst for all daily/weekly production data. Generating daily weekly management reports and leading all production improvement projects.

Installed, ran and maintained one of the Sites ERCA form fill seal yoghurt machines. These machines produced up-to 2 million pots of yoghurt a day. Completed all maintenance on machine as lead of a self managing cell of three team members.

Gresford, Wrexham, United Kingdom

Worked across various departments fulfilling various roles within the company. Very involved in the companies continuous improvement culture representing the UK in the 1996 quality circle awards held in Japan. Led various cost reduction and process improvement projects across the facility.