Miles Fostar Email & Phone Number

United States

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Heads the Global Engineering organization across the enterprise; oversees governance and execution of the Capital portfolio, leads Project Management, Process Engineering, Packaging Engineering and Asset Reliability, focusing on manufacturing site transformation, operational efficiency, people safety and quality/food safety.

Fenton, Missouri, Us

Headed the Engineering organization across the enterprise; manages development and execution of the Capital portfolio, leads Project and Asset Reliability teams focusing on site transformation, operational efficiency, safety and quality, across 12 manufacturing sites in North America

Naas, Ie

Provides leadership to oversee execution of a portfolio of $130 million annual capital spend, across 51 manufacturing sites, focusing on site transformation, capacity, quality and safetyHeads the regional Asset Care team driving Reliability Centered Maintenance, enabling the evolution from reactive to planned and predictive maintenance, maximizing equipment uptime, reducing asset lifecycle cost and securing world class safety at manufacturing sitesLeads the evolution of Early Management (EM) and Planned Maintenance (PM) pillars, following TPM methodology, driving continuous improvement and asset reliabilityHeads Facilities Management team responsible for operation and maintenance of the North America Headquarters and Pilot Plant, and providing leadership and support to facilities and infrastructure maintenance at manufacturing sitesLeads the execution of engineering evaluations during Due Diligence of potential acquisition targets, including factories, technology and new products

Racine, Wi, Us

Headed the global engineering team enabling capacity expansion and commercialization of new products, including project management, front end engineering of processing, packaging, utilities for a $200 million annual capital budgetDrove standards, knowledge transfer and capability development for Global and Regional Engineering Centers of Excellence (COE) and Project Management Offices (PMO)Led the evolution and global deployment of TPM Early Management and Planned Maintenance methodology for continuous improvement in project implementation, equipment start-up and reliability systems; senior member of the Global Lean Leadership teamDirected a business process transformation program to deploy a global Management of Change process to assess and mitigate risks of changes to manufacturing systems and reliability Member of the Global Product Supply Strategy team, responsible for Engineering thought leadership, strategic planning and implementation of strategic choicesAchieved a vertical start-up (85% OEE within 30 days) of high speed packaging systems in 80% of capital projects globally, versus <10% previously

Ch-1009 Pully/Lausanne, Switzerland, Ch

Director, Installation Services, Sweden - Responsible for the 100 million euro global capital equipment installation business - Headed development, deployment, and management of the global product portfolio of value added Service products - Led a global team supporting the installation and start-up of 850 contracts annually - Implemented TPM methodology for Early Management - Achieved a 30% reduction in start-up time, a 60% improvement in customer satisfaction scores and a significant improvement in the business resultDirector, Certified Performance, Italy - Directed development and global commercialization of a model to certify and guarantee the performance of packaging equipment during installation and start-up - Achieved 94% contract coverage globally, reduced start-up costs and improved customer satisfactionDirector, Supply Chain Market Support, Italy - Managed a global sales support and supply chain integration team for packaging equipment - Responsible for equipment sales order management, capacity planning and logistics - Achieved a 15% improvement in delivery accuracy, and a 15% reduction in CO2 emissionsDirector, Equipment Project Management, Sweden - Directed redesign and deployment of global processes for project management, engineering, installation and start-up of packaging lines - Successfully trained and transferred knowledge to 1200 managers globally Director, Engineering, USA - Led pre-sales support and business development, project engineering and execution of customized capital equipment contracts for dairy, beverage and foods clients in North America Senior Project Manager, USA - Managed design, installation and startup of packaging & processing equipment contracts

Chicago, Il, Us

Manager, Plant Engineering & Maintenance, Reidsville, NC, USA - Led plant engineering and maintenance at an aluminum container manufacturing facility - Successfully implemented a 40 million USD technology upgrade and capital expansion Capital Equipment Project Management, Milwaukee, WI, USA - Managed delivery, installation and start-up of beer packaging & processing systems

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Executive Program

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemical Engineering