Summary

Operations / Program Manager with distinguished experience in managing operations, systems, and personnel. Safety first leader with a collaborative and team oriented approach. Skilled in developing and streamlining processes of people and equipment thus enhancing systems reliability and continuous improvement overall. Decorated military Veteran.

Core Competencies

• Strategic Logistics Planning Budget Control and Reporting Lean Manufacturing
• Organizational Management Risk Assessment and Safety Mgt. Business Development
• Continuous Improvement Contractor and Contract Negotiations Predictive Processes

Professional Experience:

Confidential

Distribution Logistics, Team Leader/Multi-Shift Operations Manager

• Manage all Distribution, Logistics and Operational activities across shifts. Supervise all phases of operations including shipping, receiving, capacity planning/management, reliability, and maintenance. In accordance with federal, corporate, state, and plant policies, facilitate and endorse all programs and standards concerning safety, quality, productivity and costs. Promote, foster, and facilitate team environments and motivate teams for customer satisfaction.
• Manage and champion operational improvements in systems, processes and people applications in a world-class environment. Continuously evaluate systematic execution for optimal operational sustainment.
• Promote and endorse safety, environmental, good manufacturing practices, and continuous improvement overall.
• Act as an innovative lead in development of personnel, business practices, procedures and serve as integral lead on special projects and transitional implementations.

Confidential

High Performance Work Teams, Team Leader/Multi-Shift Operations Manager

• Managed all operational and production activities of the Celeste and Aunt Jemamia brands across shifts. Promoted an environment conducive to teams, teamwork, facilitating safety and security for facility. In absence of other managers, served and provided direct supervision for sanitation, quality, maintenance, warehouse, distribution, and shipping personnel.
• Provided continuous leadership, guidance, and coaching to team members and staff for the purpose of increasing their effectiveness, establishing good working relationships and continuous performance improvement and development.
• Actively promoted plant safety and environmental programs and procedures that are in compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements.
• Increased production quality rates through morale and motivation initiatives.
• Maintained and elevated adherence to corporate Quality, Sanitation, GMP and HACCP standards to achieving a finished product within quality control specifications.

Confidential

Commander, Detachment

• Tactical Air Operations Center and maintenance under strict preventive, predictive, and pre-emptive guidelines in a 200,000 square foot facility. Lead operations through 10 senior level managers and 145 employees to meet and exceed an annual maintenance budget of over 800 million dollars. Managed inventory of equipment, facilities, and utilities essential to organizational readiness.
• Deployed 120 individuals, contractors, and equipment worth over 12.2 million dollars for two weeks without injuries or incident and serving as the Safety Officer for the Detachment.
• Achieved 97 equipment readiness under the Force Readiness Assistance and Assessment Program within one year.
• Increased technician retention rate from 63 to 86 through morale and motivation initiatives.

Confidential

Facilities and Maintenance Reliability/Plant Safety Manager

• Maintenance, Operations and Production Manager for a soybean processing plant. Supervised over 40 hourly employees in a 600,000 square foot facility. Developed effective maintenance planning. Implemented short and long term objectives through negotiation of new contracts with parts vendors. Collateral responsibilities included Plant Safety Manager.
• Managed maintenance records and sustained a budget of over approximately 2.7 million dollars annually.
• Effectively managed Cargill's World Class Safety Program which sustained the most accident and loss time -free accident environment between regional plants.
• Reduced catastrophic downtime events from 70 to 30 in one year.
• Reduced Mean Time between Failures MTBF for all soybean processing equipment from 42 down to 12 .

Confidential

Maintenance and Executive Officer

• Provided positive management leadership, supervision, training, counseling, and professional development for over 300 technicians and operators. Maintained over 900 million dollars worth of equipment, resources, and structures.
• Reduced repair cycle time of equipment from 7 days to 3 days implementing improved quality control measures.
• As Safety and Risk Officer, implemented a rigorous Safety First Program effectively reducing the number of recordables from 10 down to 3 within one year.

Confidential

Maintenance and Equipment Fielding Officer

• Provided day-to-day maintenance leadership for the communications and electronic assets to include radios, networking stations, and calibration equipment worth over 1.2 million dollars spread over a 500 acre area. Served as Logistics Liaison Officer for the coordination, training, implementation, and fielding of new equipment. Additional duties included Safety Officer, Security Officer, Casualty Calls Officer, and Officer of the Day.
• Improved right the first time delivery of new equipment from 50 to 90 .
• Increased logistical and readiness rate from 80 to 87 for over 30 company sized units.
• Managed the upgrade, modification, and fielding of over 300 new line items of equipment and their installation.
• Coordinated maintenance support efforts within organizations requiring the use of 50 different managers at one time.

Confidential

Director, Community Development, Youth-Build Program, and Construction/Facilities Manager

• Reported to the President/CEO as the Senior Manager and leader for the Community Economic Development and Youth Build Programs. Additional responsibilities included construction/facilities management, developing disciplinary systems with a focus on promoting the agency's educational, counseling, leadership development, and graduate programs.
• Provided assistance to over 200 local contractors, small business owners, and other state and federal agencies.
• Provided management and oversight for all phases of construction of new housing and commercial development.
• Led a 10-member staff team in a school environment of at-risk youth, bridging the gap between being negative statistics and productive influential citizens. Management of program resulted in a 98 graduation rate.

Confidential

Community Planner

• Supervised and implemented project management, community planning, capacity planning, project budgeting, and contingency planning. Fostered relationship building with non-profit agencies, governmental units, and the general public coordinated projects with local officials, government agencies and community leaders. Ensured compliance with Federal and State regulations formulated visual, oral and written presentations. Developed and produced program instructions.
• Gained networking partnerships with companies and agencies through individual initiatives and teamwork.
• Implemented a Small Towns Environmental Program STEP improving living conditions for over 18,000 people.

Confidential

Commander, Detachment

• Maintenance Officer responsible for the installation, operation, maintenance, and repairs of data/communications equipment and systems pertinent to all Marine Forces Reserve Organizations. Responsible for over approximately 2.5 million dollars of equipment with an operational budget of over 1.3 million dollars per year.
• Relocated maintenance facilities without interruption reducing equipment repair cycle time from 362 days to 45 days.
• Increased technical troubleshooting education of individuals reducing repair time from 30 to 10 in previous years.