Daniel Gardner

Operations Manager

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

About

Experience

  • Procter & Gamble (4 yrs 4 mos)
    • Operations Department Manager
      Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

      Operations Department Manager . Core operations role

    • Business Leader
      Jan 2024 - Apr 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Area leader of old spice production -28 direct reports 60% reduction in loss with 14% volume increase.

    • Process Engineer
      Mar 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Process Engineering role focused on reducing packaging production cost and improving operational efficiency. 40% reduction in production operational loss.

  • ADM (Ohio, United States)
    • Performance Excellence Lead
      Aug 2020 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Led site continuous improvement program. Responsible for starting program at the site and sustaining initial growth. 29:1 ROI on program investment versus impact for 2.9 Million top line YOY returns. 86% reduction in operational loss.

    • Production Engineer
      Feb 2019 - Feb 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Production engineering role at a cGMP, PSM regulated facility focused on improving operational efficiency.

  • Operations Leadership Development Program Intern at Owens Corning
    May 2018 - Aug 2018 · 4 mos

  • Innovation Intern at Georgia-Pacific LLC
    Sep 2017 - Dec 2017 · 4 mos

    Innovation experience focused on new product R&D.

  • Manufacturing Leadership Development Program Intern at Owens Corning
    May 2017 - Aug 2017 · 4 mos

    Manufacturing internship focused on driving process improvements and ensuring line reliability.