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Consumer Foods Manufacturing

ID: 738352 Tennessee, USA

A 38 year professional in Consumer Food Manufacturing. Cross functional Positions with increasing responsibility; Operations, Engineering, External Supply Chain, Quality, Maintenance and Continuous Improvement. Expertise and leadership of cross functional teams, with numerous successful Start-up’s of products, processes & manufacturing facilities. Proven practitioner and effective implementation of Continuous Improvement / TPM tools –VSU, AM, Problem Solving, EM, DDS, PDCA, Zero Loss, Engineering Project mgmt. – with positive & sustainable impacts.

Overview-
Professional career in consumer food manufacturing environment.

Focus - To produce the highest quality products, at the lowest sustainable cost, with personnel & product safety as a precondition. Proven record in impactful leadership, focused to pinpoint cost reduction opportunities, food safety requirements, personal safety improvements, capacity utilization and consolidation opportunities often overlooked by internal teams. The key is to share knowledge, methods and insight - the production floor is the focal point; connecting with people in their environment, learning, teaching and communicating. Mentoring is critical to the success of any initiative, for development for future sustainable successes. Expert's diverse skill set, experience and track record of successes, will benefit any client in any manufacturing environment.

Core Competencies:
• Start Ups – 30 years of Systems, processes / products / capacity consolidation.
• Project Execution { Operations & Engineering project mgt.} from concept to commercialization
• Cross functional team leadership & development { Salaried & wage groups}
• CI Leader – concept training & process facilitation – The What / Why/ How; providing positive impacts to Safety, system reliability, performance & waste streams.
• Contract Manufacturing – search, evaluations, contract negotiations, Start-up, Competitive Intelligence.
• Quality – GMP, AIB, FDA, USDA, PMO, FSPCA {FSMA}, HAACP training & execution.
• Personal Safety – GMI, PCL construction, AMEC Engineering training & execution.
• MS Office, PLC logic

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 1981	Degree: BA	Subject: Business Administration	Institution: Indiana State University

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2018 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Managing Director	Department:
Responsibilities: Provide consulting expertise in assessments / development / execution in all aspects & disciplines of consumer food manufacturing for Manufacturing Margin Enhancements.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2015 to 2016	Employer: General Mills Inc / Diageo / The Pillsbury Company	Title: Sr. Engineering Specialist	Department:
Responsibilities: Project Lead for Human / Food Safety / Project Productivity - Coordinated major project activities – Contract Engineering, Construction Mgt and Contractors for $200MM+ Plant consolidation project. Ensured the safe, clean, efficient, effective execution within the plant during production.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2008 to 2015	Employer: General Mills Inc / Diageo / The Pillsbury Company	Title: Sr. Engineering Specialist	Department:
Responsibilities: Continuous Improvement Leader: Developed / Delivered / Facilitated; team / individual training & auditor of CI process - Autonomous Maintenance, Specialized Maintenance, Vertical Start-up, Foundational System – CIL, PCL, Problem Solving tools { Why/ Why, 6W 2H, Quick Changeover}, Early Management, Technology Training & Transfer Daily Directional Setting, Plan-Do-Check-Act process, Loss Trees / Glide paths / Improvement plans. “BlackHat University” & Project Success training for Project Start Up teams. - Zero Loss - Led Cross functional plant team on Waste Streams identification & reduction - $1.5MM annual savings
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1996 to 2006	Employer: General Mills Inc / Diageo / The Pillsbury Company	Title: Sr. Engineering Specialist	Department:
Responsibilities: Project / Process Engineering -Multi-tasking position: - Developing / delivering in-plant Engineering projects and Plant Engineering for Corp Projects. - Start-up mgr. – Leading Plant OPS, Maint, Quality, Engineering, Logistics and coordinating R&D, vendor training – OPS / Maint, developed SU ladders, Budgets and timelines to meet / exceed business expectations - Start-up Mgr. and Plant Mech Engineering on numerous initiatives.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1993 to 1996	Employer: General Mills Inc / Diageo / The Pillsbury Company	Title: Sr. Engineering Specialist	Department:
Responsibilities: Operations Program Mgr. - Contract Manufacturing: - Source / evaluate potential contract MFG Facilities. Assess Site Mgt / Financials/ quality systems, process Capabilities, Coordinate Facility trails, procure capital for processes required, negotiate contract deliverables and lead start-ups. - Provided contract locations with required quality systems, technical support, and logistic support systems. - Experience in providing Competitive Intelligence within CFP
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1990 to 1993	Employer: General Mills Inc / Diageo / The Pillsbury Company	Title: Sr. Engineering Specialist	Department:
Responsibilities: Start Up Director- Murfreesboro facility Consolidation: - Start-up mgr. – $80MM project. Leading Plant OPS, Maint, Quality, Engineering, Logistics and coordinating R&D, vendor training of OPS / Maint, developed SU ladders, Budgets and timelines that exceeded business expectations by 15% / $10MM.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1986 to 1990	Employer: General Mills Inc / Diageo / The Pillsbury Company	Title: Operations Program Manager	Department:
Responsibilities: Provide coordination with HQ and plant on all new product development. Led product, Process start-ups. Develop and track annual manufacturing plans - volume, capacity, labor, fixed/valuable cost.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1981 to 1986	Employer: General Mills Inc / Diageo / The Pillsbury Company	Title: Production Unit Manager	Department:
Responsibilities: Provide productivity, safety, sanitation, maintenance, cost savings leadership for 5 production lines.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1978 to 1981	Employer: General Mills Inc / Diageo / The Pillsbury Company	Title: Quality - Bacterial Technician	Department:
Responsibilities: aseptically swample / test RM, Inprocess, FG and; environmental for pathogens

International Experience

Years	Country / Region	Summary
Years: 1995 to 1995	Country / Region: Middle East - Egypt	Summary: Flour milling assessments & capability studies
Years: 1996 to 1996	Country / Region: India	Summary: Flour Milling assessments for potential partnership

Career Accomplishments

Awards / Recognition
General Mills - Trade Secret - Developed optimum dusting flour recovery system for dough sheeting lines- $200k / annual savings.

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Training / Seminars
- General Mills / PCL Construction, Amec Engineering Safety Training - General Mills Food sanitation semi annual training

Vendor Selection
Provided many process & packaging systems assessments & recommendations. Developed criteria & Conducted numerous equipment / process test - trials & Factory acceptance test.

Other Relevant Experience
Continuous Improvements processes & tools to increase manufacturing margins.

Fields of Expertise

consumer food product, project start-up, Continual Improvement, capital investment advisor

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