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Manage all day to day operations of the production facility (production, maintenance, logistics, customer service, staffing, etc). Implement continuous improvement activities.

Developed and implemented World Class operating strategies (Alcoa Business System; ABS, which is derived from the Toyota Production System) including Total Productive Maintenance, Autonomous Maintenance, Kaizen Events, Problem Solving, Daily Management, Process Management, 5s (visual management), and Employee Recognition.

 Provide direct leadership and supervision to Salaried Supervisors (4) and Technical Service Team members (2) Provide advisory leadership and supervision for all department employees (approx. 200)  Prepared and managed $5.2 mm budget and realized an overall favorable budget variance in departments of responsibility throughout tenure  Improved overall equipment uptime from 84% to 92% while reducing R&M spending by $89,000 Reduced standard unit costs in the Sandwich department by $0.17/std unit, which generated $139,000 in annualized cost savings  Increased total output in the disposable container department by 32% with no money spent. Increase in output generated $165,000 in annualized cost savings  Reduced customer complaints in departments of responsibility by 42% from 164 total complaints to 69 Improved Disposer department run rate performance from 19% of lines running at target speed to 99% of lines running at or above target speed

 Designed and implemented the location’s formal training system• Established a designated training team to conduct training sessions as well as construct and maintain training system documentation• Trained and mentored Bulgarian training team leader to oversee and manage the training system • Identified essential job required skills, grouped identified skills into progressive sets, established associated pay rates, and developed supporting training documents (learning modules, troubleshooting guides, etc) Developed a formalized process of harvesting knowledge from external technical resources, documenting work procedures in a standardized format, translating documentation into native language, and facilitating training events by Bulgarian team members

 Design and implement effective safety programs (Lock/Tag/Verify, Fall Protection, Mobile Equipment, Confined Space Entry, Emergency Response, PPE, Incident Investigation, etc.) Implemented a laceration reduction program that achieved and has since sustained 100% elimination of lacerations caused by blades and knives  Safety Leadership Team Leader – Organize and facilitate team to identify and eliminate job hazards, investigate incidents, develop corrective actions and follow-up plans, and promote employee participation in overall safety awareness  Prepare and deliver required safety related training topics to all plant employees Certification Team Leader - design, implement, and maintain the location’s Pay-for-Skills training system Solicit/Negotiate/Procure training services and resources

 Provide direct leadership and supervision to all employees on shift (approx. 50 employees) Administer training/certification processes and facilitate teamso Established a best practice for administering/facilitating employee training - Certification Sunday Employee staffing and machine/order scheduling Safety Leadership team member and Emergency Response Team Co-captain

 Procurement of facility, production equipment, product raw materials, packaging raw materials Oversaw and personally labored on the facility renovation project  Developed 7 distinct and unique product recipes Developed HACCP and SSOP programs from the ground up and interfaced with USDA inspectors Negotiated and acquired sales accounts Designed and developed promotional campaigns and advertising activities  Hired, trained, and managed Plant Manager Grew operation from 6000 lbs of annual production to 25,000 lbs of annual production in three years  Negotiated the sale of assets and business operations