Triptjot Singh

Bachelor of engineering in Food technology with 15+ years’ experience in Project management, Quality and overall Plant Operations, engineering and optimizing organizational (CI) processes. • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certified (CSSGB). • People leader with the ability to deal with a multicultural and diverse environments (Non-Union/Union) • Familiar with different types of regulatory bodies and their requirements.

Plant Manager Nov 2019 – Present

Dufflet Pastries, Canada

• Executive alignment to develop and execute growth plan to achieve financial goals.
• Oversee production, packaging, warehousing, Quality Control and Maintenance activities.
• Recruit, Retain and develop high performing plant team to achieve plant compliance in all safety standards and quality regulations/policies.
• Plan, drive and track financial performance with local/regional tools to improve P & L for plant operations.
• Review processing schedules and regularly communicate with cross functional teams.
• Chair operational meetings to ensure all departments understand the scope and timeline of specific projects.
• Improve performance to meet Plan Vs. Scheduled, reduce downtime to increase efficiency and Maintain Budget.
• Ensure organizational service and efficiency goals in the departments, as measured by key performance metrics, are consistently met, and reported to the executive team. 
• Lead root cause and corrective action investigations when KPI’s are not met.
• Define, budget and deliver ad-hoc projects. 
• Review quality trends, communicate and make recommendations to President along with initiating cost-effective corrective actions as necessary.
• Provide cultural improvement to improve mindset and behavior for positive enforcement of Safety Culture
• Recommend and implement preventative and corrective actions to improve quality and reliability
• Participate in assessing potential new projects/ equipment/ material and components and provide technical input regarding their feasibility.
• Perform site leadership responsibilities during regulatory and client audits
• Make recommendations to plant staffing, roles and wages to accomplish goals
• Coach and mentor teams to help them succeed in their jobs. Provide feedback to employees to improve their performance.
• Provide leadership for all aspects of operations including employee health, safety and training, food safety, product quality, production effectiveness, cost control and continuous improvement.
• Track daily production information to track safety, costs, efficiencies, waste & downtime and communicating results, positively reinforcing success and initiating corrective action whenever required.
• Provided directions to staff regarding assigned tasks and performance expectations through the use of clear job descriptions, regular performance conversations, coaching, team meetings and business reviews.
• Took appropriate actions to investigate safety concerns in order to maintain a safe and secure work environment for all employees.
• Successfully complied with all responsibilities per the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) in day-to-day activities.
• Leading lean manufacturing continuous improvement initiatives to improve current processes to minimize operational cost.
• Driven high level of employee engagement within team, developed strong operational team through the (PDP) Performance Development Program. Timely addressing performance issues and recognition of exceptional performance.
• Managed salaried supervisors’ shift schedules and arranged relief in the event of absences by making adjustments in production plan to minimize down time and meeting production targets.

Costco Wholesale, Canada

• Accomplished department objectives by managing staff; planning and evaluating department activities.
• Develop, motivate and coach production team towards a high performing and skilled team by providing support, training, and disciplining through enforcing corporate policies.
• Provide leadership for all aspects of operations including employee health, safety and training, food safety, product quality, production effectiveness, cost control and continuous improvement.
• Track daily production information to track safety, costs, efficiencies, waste & downtime and communicating results, positively reinforcing success and initiating corrective action whenever required.
• Responsible to identify research and resolve issues within operations and personnel.
• Ensured company policy and departmental Standard Operating Procedures, forms and work aids are developed, reviewed and implemented.
• Successfully complied with all responsibilities per the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) in day-to-day activities.
• Leading lean manufacturing continuous improvement initiatives to improve current processes to minimize operational cost.
• Established strategic goals by gathering pertinent business, financial, service, and operational information.
• Defined objectives identified and evaluated trends and options, choose a course of action, and evaluate outcomes.
• Accomplished financial objectives by forecasting requirements, prepared an annual budget, scheduled expenditures, analyzed variances, and handled corrective actions.
• Managed inventory and sourcing of raw materials, including day to day product ordering and maintaining compliance to JIT (Just in Time). 

TWI Foods Inc., Canada

• Ensured compliance with all Health & Safety regulations.
• Ensured the completion of the day-to-day operations of the production team.
• Tracked daily production information to track safety, costs, efficiencies, waste & downtime and communicate results to all stakeholders.
• Lead Lean Six Sigma and other continuous improvement initiatives and projects.

Glaxo SmithKline, India

• Developed and implemented plans to efficiently use materials, labor and equipment to meet production targets.
• Developed, motivated and coach team members towards developing a high performing and skilled production team by training frontline employees, setting expectations, providing feedback and recognizing and rewarding good performance.

PepsiCo, India

• Developed annual operating plans (AOP) and production schedules per supply chain requirements.
• Supported in developing equipment maintenance schedules and assured facility equipment reliability to minimize downtime (Preventive Maintenance). 

PepsiCo, India

Technician, QA

Ludhiana Beverages (Coca Cola franchise), India Jul 2007- Sept 2009

• Bachelors of Engineering in Food Technology Aug 2004 – June 2007

• Diploma in Food Processing and Technology Aug 2002 – June 2004

• JHSC, First Aid and Forklift Certified