Nikhil Thomas Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, GA, US

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Responsible for the support phase of customer success through developing our Operational Excellence Coach team and deployment process. My team owns the lifecycle of an Operational Excellence Coach, from recruiting and hiring, onboarding and deployment, standard deliverables and metrics, and finally ongoing development and career path navigation at Redzone.

Supporting our network of Global Large Enterprise customers: Nestle, JBS, Tyson- Implementing the Redzone Production System, developing Lean behaviors, process ownership and autonomy on the shop floor. - Leading and delivering engagement within large 500+ employee sites and across multi-site networks. - Facilitating Kaizen events and developing Lean skills.

Supporting our network of Large Enterprise customers in their Redzone journey: Purina, Resers Fine Foods, Taylor Farms, Blommer Chocolate

Utilizing my experience from over 10 years of operational leadership in the Food & Beverage industry, I deliver the full life cycle of the Redzone Production System in organizations looking to improve their plant’s performance. Being responsible from the initial “Go-live’ training to the Continuous Improvement processes and Kaizen facilitation that follow.

Greater Atlanta Area

Managing the operations, continuous improvement / lean development and training, staffing and planning of a 24/7 10MM+ cases bottling facility with 300 employees and warehouse handling 23MM+ cases across the southeast

Atlanta, Georgia

Results driven leader responsible for driving strategy development, creative change management, and process optimization through operational leadership and cross-functional influence. Led professionals and highly skilled operators in an order fulfillment operation handling large freight and high dollar shipments.

Minneapolis, MN

Accomplished change agent leading cross-divisional teams of consultants in innovation and development for a global product portfolio in consumer packaged goods. Managed and developed a technical team of professionals and technicians.

Minneapolis, MN

Managed a technical team of internal service consultants.Led continuous improvement projects resulting in improved equipment reliability, reduced labor costs, decreased overuse and waste in production supplies and raw ingredients, and cost reductions to commercially sold products.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Managed Snacks and Cereals supply chain operations and supported systems engineering in Frosting platforms.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering / Industrial Management

Activities and Societies: 4 years of civic leadership improving residential energy efficiency in historic communities.Operations focused.

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