• Direct 5 Plant Managers to drive plant performance to exceed safety, quality and efficiency metrics.• Maintains operating costs within budget.• Directs Plant Managers by communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring, and appraising results.• Ensures operational readiness of equipment through proper maintenance management programs.• Ensures all manufacturing operations comply with safety, quality, and GPI requirements.• Coordinates with the cross-functional business team to identify and implement the enhancements to products and systems to maximize profitability and product quality goals.• Supports succession planning by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training Plant Managers and other critical positions.• Manages headcount consistent with plant operating budget.• Drives overall strategy to maximize profitability and cost containment.• Ensures financial objectives of the plants are met through development and implementation of annual operating plans and timely resolution of deviation from plan.• Directs the development and implementation of cost control programs to ensure the plants are competitive within the industry. • Reduce plant spoilage program within in conjunction with the Continuous Improvement and production department managers.• Coordinates plant and corporate resources to resolve material, process, and production problems in the plant.• Leads and coordinates capital investment strategies.

• Provided leadership to 8 Regional Senior Managers, 12 Production Managers, and 250 hourly employees across the US and Canada; initiated and actualized operational expansion plans from 5 locations to 12 operational locations across North America by utilizing entrepreneurial skills and ambitious determination. • Established new policies and built strategic plans and processes to facilitate business growth resulting in increasing workforce from 100 employees to 250 employees. • Managed 9 departments namely, Health, Safety, and Environmental, Food Safety and Quality, Plant Health, Maintenance & Reliability, Capacity Planning, Site Operations, Field Operations, Field Brand Specialist, and Continuous Improvement. • Managed Field Operations across North America in over 200 stores; accounted for logistic management, merchandising, maintenance, sanitation, and layered auditing of farms and point of sales (POS). • Championed 4 expansion facility across the US and Canada; improved harvest performance from 80% to 90%+; boosted customers sales conversion rate from 50% to 75%. • Ensured manufacturing conformance and sustained sales order fill rate consistently above 90% and 95% respectively; reduced overproduction waste from 30% to less than 5% consistently. • Participated in the review and recommendation for $25,000,000 in capital investment for new manufacturing sites; led the deployment of Quality Management System.

• Managed project budget of $94 million; completed project under budget by $10 million by ensuring the best possible pricing from equipment suppliers, material suppliers, and general contracting.• Managed all the project managers for the development of new Greenfield site which involved managing the project manager for the Construction Team, Project manager for third party engineering firm, and the project managers and engineers.• Led site cross functional management team on the design of 2 batching area, 4 continuous production lines, and a new warehouse including a shipping and receiving area. • Communicated monthly full project updates to the C-suite team (CEO, CFO, and COO); project updates consisted of scope management, schedule management, cost management, business case benefits, operations readiness, functional work streams, and resource management. • Wrote an investment strategy for a $60 million expansion with a 20% Return on Net Assets by defining project scope and cost savings; received 10+ Bravo Bonus Value Awards. • Worked directly with Project Management Office to define, maintain, and improve the standards for project management within the organization; got selected as 1 of 30 participants nationwide for a 3-year Operations Trainee Program and completed the 3-year program in 2 years.

• Provided leadership to 2 Production Managers, 5 Senior Supervisors, 32 Production Supervisors, 18 Lead Hand, and 500 Hourly Employees on this full SAP facility; received Annual Value Award 2018 for year over year improvement of $18 million. • Achieved a reduction in manufacturing cost variance of $30 million, managing a full plant diagnostic and weekly governance of action plan in this fully automated facility with 2 ASRS (Automated Storage Retrieval Systems) and many automated production lines and conveying systems.• Led a cross functional team of 9 people comprising of Health and Safety Specialist, Quality Assurance Manager, People Leader, Scheduling Associates, Maintenance Manager, Six Sigma Black Belt Leaders, and a Finance Senior Analyst. • Reduced Total Recordable Incident Rate by 71% by developing an effective Safety & Health Accident Reduction Plan; received Heritage Academy Award 2017 for a year over year improvement of $10 million. • Led the Plant Foreign Material Team to a 50% reduction in incidents and $1 million in cost savings by using DMAIC model (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control). • Accelerated the implementation of a Quality Management System by supporting the Quality Assurance team in the establishment of Critical to Quality Parameters.• Improved customer fill rate from 90% to 97%+ by establishing a standard conformance review process with the plant operations team and scheduling team.

• Provided leadership to 3 senior supervisors, 18 production supervisors, 18 lead hand, and 500 hourly employees; attained reduction in overhead cost of $2 million by applying a Zero-Based Budgeting methodology for review of operational budget.• Led a cross functional team of 5 people such as Industrial Engineer, Six Sigma Black Belt Leaders, Finance Analyst, and Maintenance Senior Supervisor. • Achieved a reduction in manufacturing cost variance of $26 million while managing a full plant diagnostic and handling weekly governance of action plan. • Improved customer fill rate from 87% to 97%+ by establishing a standard weekly scheduling review with the plant operations team and scheduling team to reduce the frequency of production runs and reduce in week changes to the production schedule; reduced Total Recordable Incident Rate by 59% by developing an effective Safety & Health Accident Reduction Plan.

•Provided leadership to 8 production supervisor, 2 lead hand, and 200 hourly employees.• Responsible for 13 production lines. • Improved efficiency and yield by $500,000 in one year.• Project leader for implementing 7 Lines on OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness).• Champion for continuous improvement project that generated savings of $800,000 in one year.• Project Lead for commissioning new packaging equipment (Multivac) and new slicing equipment (GEA).• Subject Matter Expert on 3 FAT (Factory Acceptance Testing), 3 ACO (Automation Check Out), 3 MCO (Mechanical Check Out).• Mentored 4 production supervisors in the Maple Leaf Operation Trainee Program.

• Provided leadership to 70 hourly employees and supervised 7 production lines. • Supervised 7 different processes in two years.• Responsible for daily production planning, staffing, payroll and daily operations.• Lead and collaborate closely with Six Sigma Black Belt on production process improvements through continuous improvement activities and analysis of OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness)• Key resource and project leader for Six Sigma initiative on Kaizen event and generated $400,000 in savings.• Nominated for corporate team award for generating savings of $1,800,000 in labor efficiency.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:• Monitor and communicate with departments to understand labour requirements• Responsible for sourcing and selecting all hourly hires• Co-ordinate and participate in orientation sessions for all employees• Administer and track internal job postings and fill positions • Setup new hourly hires and process employee changes in Kronos timekeeping system (both hourly and agency)• Process hourly benefit setup and changes• Investigate reported disciplinary incidents, recommend and issue appropriate actions• Track, record and analyze data (discipline, attendance, other employee data)• Monitor and investigate employee attendance issues regarding hourly employees• Administer hourly attendance policy and provide guidance to supervisory personnel• Co-ordinate with corporate pension and benefits on hourly and salary new hires, changes, terminations or employee specific issues• Respond to employee inquires, in areas of benefits, vacations, leaves and other HR processes • Respond to all employee concerns and take steps to resolve issues• Advise on employee handbook• Execute local payroll functions for salary personnel• Co-ordinate local social events (Employee appreciation BBQ, Holiday Parties etc.)• Provide research and support to managers• Be involved and pro-active in daily issues regarding employees• Recognize, support and commit to the Food Safety promise and facility Mission statement• Other duties as required to support the plant team • Comfortable assuming the responsibly of the Human Resources Manager in the event of an absence (vacation coverage, illness, etc) which would include;• Recognize, support and commit to the Food Safety promise and facility Mission statement• Provides direction and support to staff in such areas as workplace policy, payroll, benefits, recruiting, compensation, employee legislation, staffing, current and new systems