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Peoria, Az, Us

Massillon, Oh, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Lead site inbound and outbound operation teams for a regional reverse logistics site, employing 2,600 associates, processing 20MM units annually.

Norwich, Vermont, Us

Reported to three Co-CEOS and Board. Led Quality, Regulatory, Safety, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Operations, Logistics and Commercialization for a $200MM enterprise. Strategically diagnosed and rapidly transformed existing supply-chain and operational capabilities, enabling the enterprise to competitively meet dynamic customer needs, reduce COGS and achieve & accelerate double-digit sales growth in declining sales categories. • Analyzed & re-engineered enterprise ERP architecture that eliminated operational deficiencies from prior ERP implementation. Developed and implemented dimensional upgrades to P&L COGs, MRP, Multi-site Production total delivered BOM COGs comparison and Allergen & GMO Production Scheduling visibility. • Managed a $100MM multi-site sourcing, co-manufacturing and logistics COGS P&L. Developed & implemented a multi-year continuous improvement roadmap and playbook that delivered year over year annual COGS savings of 2.5%.• Recruited, coached & elevated human and regulatory safety organizational capability within 30 days of joining organization, by gaining buy in from executive leadership team and board of directors.• Led commercialization and product innovation, decreasing baseline project lead time from 24 to 6 months, reformulated over 400 SKUs to non-GMO project verified certification in under 180 days.• Sponsored, coached and mentored a cross-functional team that delivered $400k in productivity savings by reformulating products to reduce cost and improve texture and taste attributes.• Restructured internal D2C manufacturing operations, established OEE KPIs and sponsored semi-annual kaizen events to increase asset utilization by 100% and eliminate $750M in annual COGS. Developed and executed a multi-year, multi-site, co-manufacturing and 3PL network optimization strategy that reduced organic flour COGS by 20% and grew sales volume by 100%.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Reported to Operations Director. Led manufacturing and HMM programs for the rapidly growing $2B Snacks Division and subsequently within the $2B Convenience and Food Service Division. Managed ingredient & packaging sourcing strategies, multi-site manufacturing networks and production capacity for multiple businesses.• Managed $750MM in manufacturing COGS and $5MM - $20MM in capital projects annually for internal and external co-manufacturing plants, producing baked bars, flour and dry mix blends.• Assembled & led a cross-functional team - consisting of Consumer Insights, R&D, Marketing, Procurement, Operations, Engineering, Logistics and Finance - to ideate and deliver $33MM in annual productivity (5.5% of COGS), delivering over $100MM of incremental profit during tenure.• Received Continuous Improvement Champion of the Year award from CEO for leading a $14MM capital project that avoided a $55MM capital outlay to increase Nature Valley bar capacity by 30%.• Increased network asset utilization by 300 basis points annually, while simultaneously implementing updated allergen and micro-validation multis-site operational practices to comply with FSMA.

Golden Valley, Mn, Us

Reported to Vice President of Manufacturing. Managed a 35 EE, multi-unit, 11,500 CWT/day flour mill and a 35 EE, multi-line 5,000 CWT/day dry mix blending plant, producing bagged and bulk products for National Account, Distributor and Wholesale sales channels. Accountable for annual budgeting, human & food safety, regulatory compliance, capital planning and project management, labor relations and commercialization.• Managed $9MM in manufacturing COGS and $500M - $2MM in capital projects annually. Developed and executed a $300M capital project to reflow an idle durum milling unit into a HRW milling unit, increasing daily thruput by 15% and extraction by 200 basis points.• Identified and championed a project, in collaboration with grain merchandizing, to source locally grown wheat during harvest – delivering $500M - $1MM in annual wheat blend savings, delivering $5MM.• Implemented TPM-based continuous improvement processes that delivered 3% - 5% in asset utilization improvement & 2.5% reductions to manufacturing COGS annually. Delivered & maintained a 200 basis point improvement to milling yields in 90 days by implementing TPM processes and tools for mill repairs.• Led labor relations, grievance process, and supplemental labor contract negotiations. • Led the successful phase-out of methyl bromide-based fumigation and the implementation of sulfuryl fluoride-based fumigation processes.• Appointed Milling Platform multi-site DACUM SME and Manufacturing, Quality + Information Systems (MQIS) internal auditor for five mills and one dry mix blending operation.

Golden Valley, Mn, Us

Led manufacturing, system engineering and international multi-site production planning for a multi-line, 220 EE frozen dough plant, producing breads and bagels for contracted national account customers. • Led post-Pillsbury acquisition supply chain ERP and preventative maintenance integration projects. • Appointed member of a pilot project team to evaluate the feasibility of purchasing and adopting P&G continuous improvement program. The program was purchased and rapidly adopted.• Successfully created & fostered a culture of positive employee relations post-union decertification that maintained a non-union work system through a partial plant closure and subsequently a complete closure.• Awarded trade secret for creating a novel approach to positive displacement bulk ingredient conveyance.• Developed and implemented a multi-year capital project roadmap strategy that identified and successfully eliminated the root causes of physical, chemical and microbiological food safety risks.• Developed & piloted proprietary horizontal ribbon mixer (mix to energy) industrial automation logic.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Led grain handling & milling operations for a 27,000 CWT multi-unit, 110 EE flour mill and dry mix blending plant.• Led the implementation of a 3-crew to 4-crew work system conversion to support a base-loaded production capacity increase to support bulk flour production for newly integrated Pillsbury dough plants.• Appointed project engineer and startup manager for a $1.5MM proprietary bran grinding system that increased baseline white wheat varietal yields by 300 basis points upon initial commissioning. • Appointed milling operations SME to lead strategy and scope for a $15MM multi-year mill modernization capital project. Developed and implemented all project success criteria for factory acceptance testing.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Front-line manager for puffed and flaked cereal production & packaging - producing retail, club and bulk products.• Appointed to lead the initial start-up and commissioning of a $35MM capital project to expand puff cereal production and packaging capacity – including dense phase conveyance and color sorting technologies.• Formally trained on all JIT TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) continuous improvement processes, appointed to lead the first Autonomous Maintenance (AM) team that achieved Phase 3 audit certification.• Identified and implemented a proprietary capital project that recovered $200K annually in CERTA waste.

Quincy, Ma, Us

Led grain handling, milling & maintenance operations or two 6,000 CWT mills and one 1,500 CWT WW mill.

Quincy, Ma, Us

Reported to Vice President Milling Technology, accountable for on-site supervision of $17MM Greenfield facility construction, PLC program development, equipment installation & commissioning of a 6,000 CWT mill.

Quincy, Ma, Us

Reported to Vice President of Milling Operations, operated grain handling and milling operations for a 15,000 CWT mill, a 1,500 CWT rye mill and a 1,500 CWT WW mill. Developed & implemented a technical training curriculum

Executive Mba, Business Administration

Milling Science And Management