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Purchase, New York, Us

Purchase, New York, Us

Responsible for capital project development and execution, focusing on productivity, packaging innovation, utility revitalization, and sustainability updates.

Purchase, New York, Us

Critical Leadership ExperienceDepartment Manager at Gatorade/Propel/SoBe/Lipton Facility. One million square foot facility with 6 high speed production lines budgeted for 60 million annual case production. TPM Leadership. Moved site from Step 0 through Step 3 Phase I of TPM. Trained to facilitate Step 4 Phase II. Key Leadership roles with PM, AM, Focused Improvement, and Early Management Pillars.Received US Dept of Energy's Energy Star Award for delivering a 10% reduction in site energy use. Participated in 2007 and 2010 Steelworker's contract negotiations.Critical engineering leadership on multiple projects including new bottling line in 2006, new 20 oz. SoBe Lifewater conversion in 2008, new Propel line conversion in 2009, dry sugar processing project in 2010, and 32 oz tray addition in 2011.Quality driven - reduced plant's consumer "hard to open" complaints by 50% in 2007 by implementing OEM PM Exchange Program for capper headsets and spindles. Responsible for muli-million dollar maintenance and capital budgets. Designed unique reporting capability to provide weekly budget forecasts using accrual basis accounting within general ledger.Responsible for all facility and building utilities including HVAC's, 800 HP boilers, cooling towers, air compressors, RO water filtration, etc.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Managed 35 hourly and 5 salaried Maintenance Department.Part of successful manufacturing team that within five years had decreased plant expense from over $0.09 per pound to $0.06 per pound. An annual savings of $10,500,000.Updated nine production lines with auto-restart capabilities. Responsible for all Indiana State and US Federal environmental reporting. Updated OSHA's mandatory PSM Program for Ammonia and led the Emergency Response Team.

Concord, Ma, Us

Department manager with a team of four supervisors and 50 union employees. Managed the refrigerated storage, concentrating, blending, and delivery of juices, jellies, jams, and concentrates at Welch's largest bottling facility. Manager responsible for the annual grape harvest. Successfully harvested the second largest crop in 1996 and in doing so set a new single day record for tons received and new average tons per day record.Decreased departmental safety accidents 43% in 1995 and 53% in 1996 through adoption of a behavioral based safety process.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering Technology