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Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

• Implemented Safety Leadership improvement plan, reducing Safety Leadership Indicator scores from 22% to 5%.• Represented Texas region in corporate Kaizens to enhance efficiencies and reduce transportation costs.• Led 3 teams cross functionally to develop a multi-armed bandit platform for premium upsell and online jobs budget recommendation, resulting in a revenue increase of ~$36M annually.

Paris, Texas, United States

Reported to the CEO/President. Responsible for hiring, coaching and developing leaders for ~300 union employees producing baked, ready-to eat danishes and cinnamon rolls for national accounts. • Developed metrics and KPIs resulting in overall plant efficiency improvements of 13%.• Coached and provided training for staff members, leading to promotions and performance improvements.• Achieved a 96% rating Safe Quality Food (SQF) audit, receiving accolades for cleanliness and product quality.• Led key engineering projects, achieving $1.2M in savings and labor costs reductions of $400K.• Wrote and adjusted Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure standardization throughout the facility.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Implemented Lean principles to reduce labor costs and increase line efficiency, assisting in the installation of two processing lines.• Synchronized Sales Brokers and Supply Chain specialists, improving schedule attainment by 15%.• Proposed Lean initiatives to yield 18% throughput improvements and solve operational problems.

Shreveport, Louisiana Area

• Led team in developing KPIs and implementing Lean tools, resulting in 60% schedule improvement.• Created visual workplace systems, reducing scrap by 40% and labor costs by 33%.• Managed site expansion, infrastructure, and new equipment for startup facility.

Greater Memphis Area

• Managed supply and distribution channels to include rail, barge and trucking systems improving OTIF (On Time In Full) to 98%• Lead the Plant Leadership team in the development of internal KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) yielding 35% improvement in equipment uptime with minimal capital investment• Collaborated with VP of Procurement to achieve greater than $1M in cost savings and usage of substrates and raw materials• Partnered with VP of Sales to gain a 20% increase in volume while reducing customer concerns by 30%

Greenville, Texas

• Developed PM processes and improved mold shop practices to deliver and sustain an OEE of 92%• Updated key quality procedures to reduce downtime and improve RCA (Root Cause Analysis)• Implemented scrap management process resulting in monthly trends of higher than $100K• Successfully developed training for the existing Pay for Skill process to ensure bench strength and create progression among technicians. Partnered with the State of Texas to negotiate a training grant worth $500K.

Orange City, Ia

Reported to the President/CEO. Managed an operation responsible for >$250M in sales. Responsible for the production and distribution of Ready-To- Eat (RTE) retail food products nationwide, continuous improvement (5S, Kaizen, TPM, JIT), project and asset management (automation and contract negotiation) and labor. Managed 10 salaried and 500 employees in a USDA and FDA facility producing packaged RTE retail products. P&L responsibility.• Increased bottom line profit from $25M to $33M from 2006 to 2009.• Implemented 5S and Kaizen events resulting in a reduction in OSHA recordables by 39%.• Championed Quality Continuous Improvement (QCI) resulting in a 40% reduction of consumer complaints.• Facilitated 22 Kaizen events resulting in:- 6% net increase in throughput- $1M in sustainable waste reduction in 18 months- Reduction of 3.3% in downtime- Overhead spending reduction of 13%- Labor cost per pound reduction of 12% - Energy savings of $200K

Cincinnati, Oh

• Directed quality assurance efforts for 5 food production sites, ensuring USDA/FDA compliance and food safety for government and retail customers.• Mentored and trained 5 direct reports, 69 staff, and 1700 employees in Six Sigma and Kaizen methodologies.• Achieved significant cost savings through reformulation, yield improvements, and negotiated cost savings on PPV.

Claremont, Nc