Director of Operation at Bimbo Bakery USA (BBU) (2023-01 – Present)
- Implementation of safety pause on each shift to emphasize the importance of safety, plant celebrated more than 100 days of no incidents this year after I joined the team and implemented the initiative
- Increase in Bakery performance by +18% effectiveness in CY 2024 compared to PY 2023 by reducing change over time, improved planning schedules, and productivity projects. Increased overall plant production tracking Approx $650M revenue for BBU in 2024.
- Improvement in material efficiency by 6% from the previous year through RCPS and Fanuc robot relocation for L4 upgrade flawlessly
- Supported the R&D department to achieve the launch of Biggie bites muffin Little Bites Category and Muffin top for Thomas brand
- Plant currently achieving more than 99.5% order fill rate and 100% on-time shipment
- Working with Plant Manager and Maintenance Manager to ensure effective preventive and emergency maintenance effort through disciplined execution of detailed spare parts, work order, and machine history system.
- Achieving more than 90% labor efficiency across the Plant
- Work with the VP of Quality Assurance and Food Safety and other team members to ensure highly disciplined compliance with all regulatory and Company defined food safety and sanitation standards, systems, procedures, and practices to guarantee absolute wholesomeness of our product.
- Currently leading the High Standard safety team responsible for reviewing and updating safety policies, which has translated to excellent safety results, as measured by recordable injury frequency, number of incidents and lost time
- Participate in business plan development and budgeting processes and management to these budgeted levels.
Plant General Manager at The Cheesecake Factory Bakery Plant (2018-01 – 2023-12)
- Partnering with human resources and training departments to assist in developing, implementing and maintaining effective training and development programs that support key performance goals for the Company, ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations and company policies as well as providing a safe, satisfying and rewarding work environment for employees.
- Maintaining positive employee relations and a fair and professional work environment that focuses the business objectives, but also balances quality of work-life factors for employees.
- Ensuring excellent people results, as measured by turnover rate, climate survey results, attendance, and other formal and informal feedback mechanisms, using existing methods, procedures, and systems.
- Developing, implementing, and sustaining new methods, procedures, and systems to drive improvements in people, quality, service and cost performance.
- Supporting the master production planning and daily production scheduling to optimize service and efficiency performance.
- Working with other department managers and VP – Bakery Operations to balance crewing, materials equipment, and line time to optimize capacity utilization, ensure overtime is managed within the budget and ensure results in excellent schedule attainment performance.
- Using performance feedback information based on standard line speeds and productivity rates to optimize plant productivity and labor efficiency.
- Monitoring and controlling planned and unplanned non-productive line time to optimize cost performance, business results and conforming to approved budgets.
- Working with Plant Engineer and Maintenance Manager to ensure effective preventive and emergency maintenance effort through disciplined execution of detailed spare parts, work order, and machine history system.
- Managing material and supplies usage to ensure minimal waste, and maximum yield while maintaining strict adherence to formulations, specifications, product and process quality standards.
- Assisting the Logistics team to help manage work-in-process inventories of intermediate materials to meet production schedules and minimize waste.
- Working with the Materials Management and the Purchasing department to ensure proper rotation and optimum inventory levels for all materials and supplies.
- Obtaining excellent cost results, as measured by labor productivity and efficiency, overtime, material usage efficiency, yield, waste, downtime, budget variance analysis, and other formal and informal feedback mechanisms, using existing methods, procedures, and systems.
- Overseeing, directing, and managing all manufacturing activities to ensure highly disciplined compliance with all product and process quality parameters and standards including formulations, specifications, approved methods, procedures, practices and systems.
- Ensuring all operations activity is conducted with disciplined adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices and that the plant maintains 900 "SUPERIOR" score or better for AIB sanitation standards.
- Working with the VP of Quality Assurance and Food Safety and other team members to ensure highly disciplined compliance with all regulatory and Company defined food safety and sanitation standards, systems, procedures, and practices to guarantee absolute wholesomeness of our product.
- Assisting the Quality Team to obtain excellent quality results, as measured by customer complaint frequency, product evaluation scores, internal and external facility and operational audit scores, quality systems compliance, and other formal and informal feedback mechanisms, using existing methods, procedures, and systems.
- Assisting the EHS&S Manager in obtaining excellent safety results, as measured by recordable injury frequency, number of accidents and lost time accidents, workers compensation experience, and other formal and informal feedback mechanisms, using existing methods, procedures, and systems.
- Facilitate and/or participate in all appropriate meetings, and execute appropriate communication to managers, supervisors and line employees. And ensure all reporting systems and procedures are executed and effective.
- Participating in business plan development and budgeting processes and manages to these budgeted levels.
Operations Manager / Asst. General Manager at MOUNTAIRE FARMS (2015-01 – 2018-12)
- Recognition of achievement for outstanding work performance, achieved highest production programs and retention activities, improved staff morale, efficiency and productivity and saved more than $100K annually.
- Independently established safety programs, reduced recordable safety related injuries and ion rates ever for Mountaire Farms, reported in Agri Stats, improved dark meat yield by 2% and added $3M to plant YMOP.
- Collaborated closely with HR to effectively reduce staff turnover through the introduction of specific training incidents and achieved more than $1.2M to bottom line, through meticulous attention to detail, strong organization skills, and strategic vision.
- Pivotal role as Operations Manager for Dark Meat, promoted in recognition of superior work performance, achieved significant cost savings, drove continuous improvement, enhanced productivity, and significantly increased revenue.
- Executed continuous improvement, added $3M value to plant YMOP and increased boneless breast yield, by 2.5%.
- Analyzed staff performance and turnover, improved retention of key talent by 15% via tailored training and retention activities, resulting in $1.5M cost savings in annual expenditure due to previous high staff turnover rates.
- Evaluated and slashed maintenance and repair spend by $12K weekly/$624 annually, drove plant efficiency from 94% to 99.5%, in first two years, yielding $28K total YMOP and plant profitability.
- Through strategic reduction of daily WIP inventory, achieved 20,000lb reduction, resulting in 5% improvement, valued at c. $500K per annum.
- Instigated process mapping and continuous improvement throughout the plant, reduced labor and saved $320K annually.
- Increased production by 25,000lb daily, added $4M revenue annually through introduction of thigh deboning on shift.
- Provided effective leadership for the management team, and continually promoted a safe and healthy work environment.
General Production Manager at TYSON FOODS INC. (2012-01 – 2015-12)
- Achieved cost savings of $240K per annum, through staff reduction on every shift and reengineering of trim process.
- Increased YMOP and plant profitability by $2M+ annually, through execution of new training programs on debone lines, improved retention, and accentuated yield, with retention up by 5.5%, and boneless breast up by 2%.
- Continually prompted safety culture and awareness, successfully reduced safety injuries and accidents by 83%, improved staff morale and achieved approximately $50K per week cost savings in safety injuries.
Production Supervisor at PILGRIM'S PRIDE INC. (2010-01 – 2012-12)
- Spearheaded capture and redesign of process flow, increased wing yield by 3%, yielding revenue growth of $1M p.a.
- Pioneered new cutting techniques on cone line, yielding 2%+ debone yield on lines, and improvement of $2M p.a.
- Drove continuous improvement and achieved $1.2 M improvement per annum, through increase in marination pick by 2.5% for tenders, 3% in boneless and 2% in wings.
Undergraduate Research Assistant at Mississippi State University (2009-01 – 2009-12)
Sales Executive at TOSAM INTEGRATED SERVICES (2006-01 – 2008-12)
Veterinary Distribution For VMD, Belgium
- Recognized by management as Overall Best Salesman of the year, for exceptional sales of veterinary products within Lagos market, Nigeria, drove sales growth $2M+ dollars, through superior sales and business development activity.
- Identified northern Nigeria as critical target market for VMD deworming products, launched products, achieving $11M cost savings over previous year.
- Drove revenue growth by $20M vs 2007, ensuring on-time farm deliveries and enhancing client satisfaction.
