Fatih Savaş

Plant Operations Manager | Food Technology Technical Consultant

Istanbul, Türkiye

About

Experienced Plant Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the food industry. Skilled in Continuous Improvement, TPM, WCM, Project Management, SAP, ERP and ISO 9001, 14001, 22000 Standards. Experience in managing multinational teams abroad. Experience in consulting services on Sauces & Condiments; recipe development, process design, installation of equipment and machinery. Music producer

Experience

  • Plant Manager at Carex Sweden
    Dec 2023 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Head Of Production at Innovative Foods Co.
    Jan 2020 - Sep 2023 · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • Production Manager at Kraft Heinz
    Apr 2017 - Jan 2020 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    - Managing a team of 198bc and 6wc workers. - Responsible for over 350 sku product range consist of tomato paste, sauces, ketchup and mayonnaise. - Responsible for 3 evaporator and 5 filling lines tomato paste operation. - Responsible for packaging areas including 14 filling lines and mix areas including 8 production units of sauces operation. - Responsible for various investment projects, and commissioning of new production equipment. Key Achievements: • 23% increase in productivity in tone/man.hour in 2018 compared to last year. • 7% reduction in energy in kw per tone consumption in 2018 compared to last year. • 14% increase in volume in 2018 compared to previous year.

  • Head of Production & Maintenance at Continental
    Mar 2015 - Apr 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    ✓ Managing all production and maintenance activities within Cerkezkoy plant. Managing a team of 3 wc and 25 blue collar workers. o Introduction of suggestion scheme. o Over 20k€ cost saving projects (feasibility stage). o Planning and organizing routine maintenance activities. ✓ Long term production planning, material management. o Establishment of a system for planning and monitoring the material requirements using appropriate ERP tools. o Monitoring stock levels and taking corrective and preventive actions for eliminating discrepancies. o Working close contact and taking actions with finance department during month closing periods and inventory counts. ✓ Technical procurement and supply management. o Found more than ten alternative local suppliers for main raw materials groups, chemical supplies, packaging materials and sundry. o Supervising ordering and acceptance stages of all technical supplies. ✓ Supporting logistics, import and export operations. o Monitoring and supervising the whole system flow on SAP from import of raw material to invoicing and export of finished goods. ✓ Organized and finalized 5S and Kaizen trainings for all employees. ✓ Monitoring order bank, working close contact with regional sales teams for determining the acceptance of new orders and delivery dates in accordance with current capacity and long term plans. ✓ Building up industrial relations (between workers, union and company) and taking actions for improving moral / motivation level of workers. ✓ Substituting plant manager Key Achievements: o 20% reduction in rework rate within 8 months. o 95% reduction in scrap rate within 8 months. o 34% increase in production volume within 8 months.

  • Unilever (Tekirdag, Turkey)
    • Production Area Leader - Calve FS (Food Solutions) Lines
      Mar 2012 - Mar 2015 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Responsible for Food Solutions Lines, 10.300 tones/year ketchup, mayonnaise and sauces capacity, 47 SKU's and 25 person staff. Leading TPM activities, participating in various cost saving, innovation and improvement projects.

    • Production Engineer
      Mar 2008 - Mar 2012 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      Margarine Department; Responsible for coordinating all production activities and managing all personnel including spreads, dressings departments and refinery operations within the shift. Implemented Waste Management on FOL Project, Operator Standarts of Leadership Training Project and coordination of related presentation days, RM/PM Over/Under Consumption Reduction Project and several innovation projects. Led Early Management and Training & Education pillars. Refinery Department; Responsible for Refinery Operations System Management. Responsible for Crude Oil Intake Operations, Stock Monitoring and Material Planning. Participated in several projects such as Smart Team, Activity Based Costing and Petal. Carried on SAP Responsibility of the Factory simultaneously.