Expert Details
Consumer Foods Manufacturing
ID: 738352
Tennessee, USA
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
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 1981 | Degree: BA | Subject: Business Administration | Institution: Indiana State University |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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General Mills - Trade Secret - Developed optimum dusting flour recovery system for dough sheeting lines- $200k / annual savings. |
Additional Experience
Training / Seminars |
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- General Mills / PCL Construction, Amec Engineering Safety Training - General Mills Food sanitation semi annual training |
Vendor Selection |
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Provided many process & packaging systems assessments & recommendations. Developed criteria & Conducted numerous equipment / process test - trials & Factory acceptance test. |
Other Relevant Experience |
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Continuous Improvements processes & tools to increase manufacturing margins. |