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Springfield, Oregon

Plano, TX

• Oversaw development and implementation of maintenance and Lean processes to sustain functionality of critical equipment in manufacturing and distribution facilities for western US. Accountable for mentoring and support.
• Worked closely with leadership at all North American manufacturing facilities to implement innovative Critical Care maintenance program for automated packaging equipment. Increased preventive maintenance completion.
• Led implementation of Autonomous Maintenance process (Steps 1-3) at five sites and 45+ teams, resulting in significant improvement in operator capability, equipment condition, minor stops reduction, and overall team.
• Initiated and developed Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) scorecard for all packaging lines and departments. Rolled to all North American sites providing guidance in loss analysis, performance opportunities, and.
• Led Kaizen events and implemented Dynamic Changeover (SMED) process at seven sites, leveraging a 4-step set up reduction model. Initial results yielded an average improvement in changeover times of 35-40%.
• Led downtime focus for plant automated packaging equipment by creating Excel data reports and queries using VBA and GE Proficy Plant Applications.

West Valley City, UT

• Member of five-person operations leadership team responsible for volume, profit and share improvements. Responsible for $50M physical assets with staff of 23 to enable production capability, service fulfilment, and.
• Cut plant total unscheduled downtime by 36%.
• Led resource conservation initiative, to cut utilities usage on a unit basis through implementation of best practices and improvement projects. Reduced fuels usage 19%, water usage 33%, sewage flow 43%, and sewage.
• Doubled warehouse size to 130K sqft. Added storage capacity and increased velocity, eliminated off-site storage, improved sales support by reducing delivery constraints, and generated $376K annual savings.
• Piloted new raw material conversion process, leading to improved product quality and $150K annual conversion savings
• Environmental program recognized as “Well-Controlled” for nine years running.Specialties:Strategic Asset Management, Consumer Package Goods, Metrics, KPIs, Strategic & Operational Planning, Supply Chain, CMMS, Dynamic.

Led staff of six engineers to manage $18M program implementing 100+ semi-automatic packing units across North America, generating $4.6M productivity and throughput improvements. Worked closely with site, region and executive operations leaders to develop CAPEX and integration plans. Partnered with R&D and equipment manufacturer to develop, test and harden.

Managed complex manufacturing projects including new product process lines, capacity expansions, and process improvements with total budgets exceeding $46.5M. Led internal and external project teams to develop design, CAPEX request, resource requirements, schedule, scope of work, start-up and project close-out. Incorporated on-going development of new.

Engineering liaison to Operations, Marketing and R&D teams for new business implementation. Reviewed more than 350 initiatives, provided guidance on practicality/functionality, created implementation strategies and assisted assembly of project teams to support approved initiatives. Self-administered 30+ projects totaling $2.1M for improved packaging.

On-site engineer during construction of $49M manufacturing and distribution facility. Responsible for field management of $9M installation contracts of automated finished goods and raw material handling equipment, and $5M building punch list and manufacturing support contracts for process equipment installation and start-up. Developed, coordinated and.