Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States
A data-driven and versatile Production Manager and Engineer with a proven track record in driving operational excellence, implementing Lean Six Sigma methodologies, fostering innovation, and leveraging digital tools to optimize processes in the Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Products industries. With an educational foundation in Chemical Engineering and Business, I blend technical expertise, strong communication, and strategic thinking to lead teams in the right direction. I am passionate about streamlining operations, delivering results, and implementing new processes and technologies.
Leading critical projects aimed at enhancing site capabilities, improving asset performance, and supporting long-term strategic growth.
Lead daily operations, logistics, training, and support roles in the Belvidere Fermentation plant. Maintained a high SHEQ focused culture by supporting and championing building-specific and site-wide SHEQ initiatives. Managed multi-year continuous improvement project leading to a 75% reduction in contamination, a significant margin improvement, and value generation (€4MM) for the Belvidere, NJ and León, Spain plants. Worked with site Green Belts to create the framework for the LSS Yellow Belt certification course in Belvidere.
Led operations team producing dry and liquid premixes. Managed continuous improvement initiatives with regional and local teams to deliver products at >99% Right First Time and increased On Time In Full deliveries by more than >20%. Directed local and regional CAPEX projects.
- Analyzes data from fermentation operations to identify and implement optimization projects with results leading to a production volume increase of +3.6% YOY. - Leads multidisciplinary teams to reduce microbial contamination (68% reduction), raw material variability, and supply chain upsets. - Led focused improvement initiatives to successfully achieve >$150k in value generation annually. - RtO (Ready-to-operate) Operations Manager for capital project that led to >$500k annual savings in lost production time.
- Managed a portfolio of hydrocolloid-based vitamin supplement process development projects within the R&D Pilot Plant and multiple manufacturing facilities with a focus on scale-up and formulation. - Led process improvement for portfolio of product lines and provided plant support for unit operation technical and data analyses, process cycle optimization, process validation, and equipment validation.
- Led operations team in first large scale pilot plant campaign to purify antibody drug conjugate (ADC) payload for clinical work by utilizing HPLC - Developed operational documentation for high containment processing of high-potency/cytotoxic API and intermediates. - Created daily/monthly plan for operations staff and aligned goals with Project Team to ensure processes were sufficiently staffed and timelines were on schedule. - Worked with maintenance and automation groups to facilitate plant shutdown and preventative maintenance activities, including: LOTOTO, IL testing, SWP, and PSSRs.
Validated and implemented new technologies into existing dentifrice formulations to maximize in-vitro efficacy and enhance long-term formula stability.