Michael Knotts Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, NC, US

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Execution of supply chain improvement and network optimization initiatives in collaboration with private equity clients and their portfolio companies, helping them achieve their growth targets. My project work spans a variety of areas, including network optimization, sales inventory and operations planning (SIOP), warehouse optimization, and facility.

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

• Responsible for developing a multi-department reliability strategy to increase site shipping throughput and ensure a high level of service to our sales partners
• Direct management of 20+ engineers and mechanics with responsibility to $130M of automated warehousing and shipping equipment
• Responsible for the site's annual warehouse capital spend and project execution

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

• Cross functional department leader within the Charlotte site, responsible for daily production planning and site financial controls
• Led the raw material procurement team through COVID related supply chain constraints to a record year of 132M pounds produced
• Directly managed the manufacturing site’s $69M annual operating budget to reduce cost per pound produced
• Developed the site’s staffing strategy through the largest growth period in Frito-Lay history providing the team with 300+ team members at all levels
• Tailored the implementation of the company’s national growth plan at the site level to guide the team to a #1 company ranking through 2022
• Facilitated the development of site productivity initiatives and achieved YOY financial targets

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

• Developed six team supervisors to manage 60+ warehouse team members in a fast-paced 24/7 environment
• Achieved the highest shipping throughput in site history by removing shipping bottlenecks through product flow analysis utilizing the site’s inventory control system
• Implemented $1M in shipping projects resulting in sustained throughput increases
• Safely implemented a fleet upgrade of 26 electric stand-up forklifts from propane powered sit-down forklifts to increase productivity and reduce carbon footprint

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Implemented two shipping throughput projects totaling $600K in annual revenue improvements
• Managed $2.2M of pallet storage racking installation projects
• Installed and optimized PepsiCo pilot ecommerce shipping system as site project lead
• Achieved 58% YOY improvement in warehouse equipment faults as site point
• Managed department parts/labor budgets and led weekly alignment meetings
• Collaborated with HQ engineering to implement preventative maintenance best practices

Charlotte, North Carolina

• Developed and led a team of +40 direct and +10 in-direct employees to deliver short and long-term business results
• Implemented process changes to achieve Food Safety Modernization Act compliance
• Managed a Quality Food Systems Control program to deliver quality product to a variety of consumers
• Worked on a systems analysis team to identify and improve process bottlenecks
• Directed daily/weekly team meetings to review key performance metrics and develop action plans for improvement

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Anderson, South Carolina

• Designed and co-launched eight modular manufacturing lines utilizing AutoCAD for optimal layout design
• Developed work instructions, error-proofing instructions and poka-yoke designs
• Introduced and improved lean production methods such as: SMED, Kanban, total productive maintenance and 5S
• Led process improvement projects to reduce takt time, scrap dollars per fuel tank and line inefficiency
• Implemented forklift-free safety initiative plant wide