West Nyack, New York, United States
A results oriented business professional driven to use strategic project management and concrete data to support revenue generating initiatives and improve business operations. Experience in front line leadership, engineering, with a passion for people coaching and leadership development to drive for results.
Based out of the Nestlé S.A. headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland. Currently focused on improvement projects in factories globally using DMAIC, SMED, and Lean/TPM methodologies, building local capability, and helping to standardize manufacturing processes. Project Locations: -Goa, India (Aug 2017 - Dec 2017): - York, UK (Feb 2018 - Apr 2018)
Led team of 500 hourly associates in the execution of operations tasks as well as managed the safety of associates, utilized their input to create new ways of working standards and lastly ensured products were created at the highest quality and achieved weekly delivery goals. Supported and updated mHACCP plans for two key production lines, worked with engineering to improve the safety and operations of production lines through installation of new safety guards and creating a long term to return machines to basic condition.
Developed a 1000+ Customer database pinpointing popular goods per season and forecasted sales for the following fiscal periods allowing owner to adapt more quickly to jewelry trends; increasing sales by 40 percent (70 goods sold annually) Coordinate and build customer relationships to develop customized jewelry
Redesigned GoldSeal department layout with 30% walking path reduction and 80% inventory count time reduction Developed an open loop, dynamic inventory management database to standardize inventory storage Lead a facilities, health and safety, and manufacturing team to reach project completion one week ahead of schedule Designed DOE for a $100,000 cost avoidance shelf life project; Created and lead manufacturing, engineering, product sourcing, and QA team to push shelf life project forward