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Lexington, Ky, Us

Burlington, Wisconsin, United States

- Achieved $3.7MM cost savings through process control, tooling redesigns, and lost time prevention across two product categories; refrigerated cookie dough and chocolate morsels.- Managed and executed $1.31MM of capital equipment and infrastructure improvement projects.- Championed statistical process control (SPC) projects with a total actualized 3.28% reduction of waste in salable products.- Improved packaging equipment performance through equipment optimization and operational… Show more - Achieved $3.7MM cost savings through process control, tooling redesigns, and lost time prevention across two product categories; refrigerated cookie dough and chocolate morsels.- Managed and executed $1.31MM of capital equipment and infrastructure improvement projects.- Championed statistical process control (SPC) projects with a total actualized 3.28% reduction of waste in salable products.- Improved packaging equipment performance through equipment optimization and operational work group training. Notably increased refrigerated cookie dough flow wrapper overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) by 13%.- Served as a Maintenance Supervisor, managing a total of 49 maintenance personnel across three shifts. Responsible for coordinating, directing, and scheduling of personnel and maintenance activities. - Assisted in the vertical start-up of refrigerated cookie dough and chocolate depositor line; ensuring all IQ/OQ/PQ requirements were met.- Worked cross functionally with factory operations, finance, procurement, quality assurance, EH&S, and maintenance to drive success within a union facility. Show less

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

-Led packaging ideation and design, dieline development, sample creation, BOM creation, RFQ completion and accurate delivery of packaging specifications/dimensions.- Identified and implemented continuous improvement opportunities within packaging engineering through process improvement and packaging design. - Drove compliance and regulation policies and practices within packaging engineering through ISTA testing to ensure that Liberty Hardware met all industry and retailer… Show more -Led packaging ideation and design, dieline development, sample creation, BOM creation, RFQ completion and accurate delivery of packaging specifications/dimensions.- Identified and implemented continuous improvement opportunities within packaging engineering through process improvement and packaging design. - Drove compliance and regulation policies and practices within packaging engineering through ISTA testing to ensure that Liberty Hardware met all industry and retailer requirements.- Owned the development and implementation of sustainable packaging alternatives across several product categories. Show less

Blacksburg

- ISTA Certified Packaging Laboratory Professional (CPLP).- Managed packaging materials certification projects and research by performing testing according to ISO, ISTA, and TAPPI standards.- Led continuous improvement projects working with lean manufacturing and overall process analysis for corporate partnerships.- Independently conducted lab personnel training in an ISTA/Amazon/IKEA certified lab.- Oversaw lab equipment maintenance, organizing annual equipment calibrations.

Lynchburg, Virginia Area

- Responsible for procurement of industrial equipment and safety supplies- Familiarized with ANSI, ISO and OSHA safety standards- Provided continuous vendor services for government and private consumers- Understood and implemented supply chain solutions- Gained extensive knowledge of manufacturing systems and automation

Packaging Engineering, Packaging Systems And Design, (With Honors)

High School Diploma, General Studies