Experienced Director / VP Of Operations with over 25 years of experience in Food and Beverage , feed and specialty chemical manufacturing and distribution operations. Senior level, global and domestic multi-plant responsibility in Production, Sales and Marketing, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Planning, Purchasing, Safety and Human Resources. Full P&L responsibility: Mergers and Acquisitions: Change Management: Customer and Vendor relationship building: Plant Turn-Around: New Plant Start-Up: Continuous Improvement, 5S, TPM and Value Stream Mapping: Problem Solving and Root Cause Analysis: Capital and Operating Budgets, Cost Center Management. Strong advocate of servant leadership and employee development. BS in Engineering Technology with an MBA.