Mark Nardiello Email & Phone Number

Thanks for visiting my profile. Conversations welcome! Email: MarkANardiello@gmail.com Mobile: 714-448-8476Building and growing a food products business takes great products, distribution across broad market segments and manufacturing quality, timely delivery, profitable price points and continuous innovation.Innovation is critical in many areas to not only address evolving consumer tastes, but manufacturing and distribution capability to be competitive on quality, cost and delivery.From recipes and ingredients to smart application of automation and robotics and most importantly a committed team, continuously learning and improving processes and performance. And to have fun doing it!Putting these ideas into practice:Multi-Site Manufacturing – Directing operations for 5 production sites with 1,055 associates, 23 production lines, 581 SKUs and a combined plant COGS of $230M.New Houston Cheesecake Facility – Led the greenfield development of a 192,000 sq. ft. $47M facility; designed and build compatible with “ready to eat” manufacturing standards; introduced overall efficiencies that saved $11.2M in direct costs, overhead and distribution costs by combining and closing 2 outdated facilities.New Product Development (NPD) – In close collaboration with QA and R&D developed new products and capabilities for brand line extensions to address national private label customer requests from concept to production including Kroger, Costco, Trader Joe’s, Safeway and Publix.OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCEMulti-site ManufacturingP&L ManagementContinuous Improvement & LeanProgram Mgmt. & Cost ControlSupply Chain & Vendor RelationsQuality & Food SafetySTRATEGIC PLANNING & EXECUTIONAcquisition IntegrationFactory Design & ConstructionCapacity Planning & ExpansionAutomation, Robotics ImplementationNew & Existing Product DevelopmentLEADERSHIPChange ManagementTeam Building, Coaching & MentoringSuccession PlanningWorkforce EngagementOngoing Training Programs

Listed skills include Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing, Food Industry, Supply Chain Management, and 1 others.

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