• Led 24/7 team of technicians driving results in food safety, GMP, and consumer complaint metrics, delivering excellent scores on multiple internal and external audits and the best consumer complaint results in plant history• Instituted cross-functional processes to effectively meet all regulatory requirements for transportation of chilled products• Planned batching schedules, utilizing demand planning to eliminate ingredient shortages and flavoring expiration • Managed material and supplies, and labor budgets for QC department to deliver plant business plan• Created administrative and engineering solutions to eliminate end date code non-compliance, saving the plant $28M YOY in breakage and repack• Solved complex technical issues related to water purification, UV light systems, microbiology, and sanitation

• Managed cross-functional team to maximize volume output while driving a "Zero Zone" safety and TPM culture• Coordinated with multiple departments and shifts to reconcile production inventory in SAP, PTS, and NIS, ensuring accurate inventory and downtime data• Facilitated cross functional, daily Solve By Sundown meetings to drive running efficiency and solutions to problems on the manufacturing floor

• Oversaw 40 member team, ensuring adherence to GMP’s and internal quality regulations, executing production schedules to meet production targets, and driving KPI’s such as finished waste• Trained to backfill in production scheduling, utilizing SAP and DPP to schedule over 100 different SKU's for the Bakery department• Minimized overtime costs by managing team members time in Kronos, training to address outages, and crewing shift correctly• Utilized Business Objects to track waste performance and process mapping to identify opportunities, driving a 56% reduction in finished waste year over year• Interviewed candidates for on-campus recruiting and for frontline team member positions

• Minimized costs due to supply chain issues by tracking material usage in real time, making changes due to changing specifications and circumstances, and ordering new materials as necessary• Ensured compliance with all federal, state, and internal regulations for HAZMAT transportation• Collaborated with clients to design engineering changes to fracturing jobs based on changing specifications• Evaluated and controlled fracturing job quality using lab techniques• Attended intensive 7 week training school, learning technical and operational aspects of fracturing jobs

• Analyzed non-productive time and operational costs for a backup, on-location generator• Operated and maintained hydraulic fracturing equipment including continuous mixers and pumps• Learned fracturing process, safety procedures, HAZMAT policies, and well-site operational standards• Created proposal for an on-site backup generator to reduce non productive time and operational costs