Retired production manager in the manufacturing industry with local and international experience in the Biotech, Chemical, Petroleum and Food industries. Demonstrated management of continuous and batch production manufacturing and supply chain planning. Highly skilled in the scale up production from R&D to commercial levels, greenfield site set up and lean manufacturing leading to productivity improvement to existing processes.Specialities: Manufacturing, production and inventory planning, scale up, lean manufacturing and continuous improvement, technical analysis, team building, supply chain, warehousing, logistics, quality control, OH&S, environmental regulations and facility management.Key manufacturing achievements:• Coordinated start-up of biodiesel plant from 1 million to 15 million litres per year. Responsible for all production operations.• Relocated, commissioned and enhanced chemical plant. Increased production by 100%.• Implemented change management to improve safety, quality and productivity.• Managed manufacturing processes for bio-pesticides across 10 plant sites. • Selected and implemented Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software integrating manufacturing and financial departments. Implementation resulted in "just in time" manufacturing, eliminating inventory surplus and reduced production delays.• Used statistical analysis to identify critical process changes resulting in production yield increases of 60%.
Listed skills include Continuous Improvement, Process Improvement, Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing, and 24 others.