Ryan Maes Email & Phone Number

Louisville, Co, Us

• Manage a team of 4 direct reports and 12 indirect reports responsible for maintaining all manufacturing and facility equipment• Work closely with engineers and project managers to launch new food/bev products• Maintain a $2.3MM budget while driving appropriate cost-cutting measures and initiatives• Improve production efficiencies across all production lines and become the subject matter expert for the company’s most complex equipment• Initiate regular technical trainings for the maintenance team to improve overall technical capabilities

Louisville, Co, Us

• • Led a $3.5MM project to install a hot fill line which included processing and packaging equipment that continuously batched, mixed, heated, filled, sealed, chilled, packaged and palletized a liquid product• Designed, scoped, installed and started-up all equipment based on the product and company requirements as well as managed all vendors and contractors• Trained operations, maintenance, sanitation, and QA personnel on how to operate, service, clean, and test the new equipment• Developed all related QA programs including routine testing plans and equipment validation testing• Performed and attended multiple FATs in support of the product launch including clear documentation of all required equipment deliverables• Designed all equipment and processing run rules for sanitary design and employee safety

Louisville, Co, Us

• • Conducted detailed material balances and throughput & capacity analyses for 8 production lines with varying levels of complexity• Provided engineering support for more than 10 product launches of different food/beverage products• Led teams responsible for $800k in annual savings from multiple cost-cutting initiatives that included throughput increases, material waste decreases, and labor reduction/automation• Worked closely with accounting on calculating future product margins and costs of goods sold, proposed ideas for margin improvement of established products• Became an expert in reducing giveaway/overfill while remaining compliant to all regulations and designing Fresca’s overfill program

• • Project manager for ten individual projects totaling $5MM with categories including business development, new flavor launches, continuous improvement, and regulatory compliance• Maintained $7MM annual maintenance budget and achieved aggressive cost-reduction targets• Led kaizen events and perform root cause analysis for line inefficiencies, determined where resources need to be allocated• Worked with the business development team to determine plausibility and profitability of new projects• Placed emphasis on maintenance training and development leading to a more productive and teamwork-oriented workplace

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