Experience

Milbank | Energy at Work

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Vice President - Supply Chain

  • Nov 2015 - Present

  Kansas City, Missouri Area Leading the warehousing, logistics and purchasing functions for Milbank Manufacturing. The scope involves two distribution centers, 17 consignment sales rep. warehouses, inbound and outbound freight, sourcing of production parts and materials for three production plants and purchasing of indirect materials covering four locations across the USA. • Officer of Milbank and member of the Executive Leadership team • Leading Strategic initiative - Develop an Outbound Logistic Strategy •… Show more Leading the warehousing, logistics and purchasing functions for Milbank Manufacturing. The scope involves two distribution centers, 17 consignment sales rep. warehouses, inbound and outbound freight, sourcing of production parts and materials for three production plants and purchasing of indirect materials covering four locations across the USA. • Officer of Milbank and member of the Executive Leadership team • Leading Strategic initiative - Develop an Outbound Logistic Strategy • Developed Manufacturing Technology Master Plan – Strategic Initiative • Developed supplier segmentation – strategic, core and transactional • Strategic Supplier relations - Implemented business review and collaboration process • Developed and implemented supplier scorecard with key metrics • Leading Milbank procurement for direct and indirect spend, energy and inbound freight • Evaluating markets for critical materials of steel, copper and aluminum for strategic position • Developed advantaged hedge positions for main metal products Show less



DuPont

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Executive Leader

  • Feb 2014 - Oct 2015

  New Century, KS Executive leadership development to gain new skills and knowledge for future roles. The Black Belt requirements were met and the certification was awarded during May, of 2015. The closed projects had savings of more than $7 million. The project portfolio included critical raw materials, footprint optimizations, partnering for site utilities and plant process optimizations with additional annual savings of more than $5 million.

• Supply Chain Leader - Emulsifiers and Lecithin

  • Mar 2013 - Jan 2014

  New Century, KS USA Leading the global operations for Emulsifiers and Lecithin business unit for Nutrition & Health. The main areas of focus are the strategy development a part of the business team, painting the picture to the operations group and developing actions to implement the strategy. Key focus areas to drive to world class status and provide competitive advantages are capital investments, working capital, key performance indicators, benchmarking to achieve high quality and lowest cost. Sites are in all… Show more Leading the global operations for Emulsifiers and Lecithin business unit for Nutrition & Health. The main areas of focus are the strategy development a part of the business team, painting the picture to the operations group and developing actions to implement the strategy. Key focus areas to drive to world class status and provide competitive advantages are capital investments, working capital, key performance indicators, benchmarking to achieve high quality and lowest cost. Sites are in all regions with three in North America, two in Asia Pacific, two in Europe and two in Latin America.

• Operations Business Leader - Emulsifiers and Systems

  • Feb 2012 - Mar 2013

  New Century, KS USA Leading the global operations for Emulsifiers and Systems business units for Nutrition & Health. The main areas of focus are the strategy development a part of the business team, painting the picture to the operations group and developing actions to implement the strategy. Key focus areas to drive to world class status and provide competitive advantages are capital investments, working capital, key performance indicators, benchmarking to achieve high quality and lowest cost. Sites are in all… Show more Leading the global operations for Emulsifiers and Systems business units for Nutrition & Health. The main areas of focus are the strategy development a part of the business team, painting the picture to the operations group and developing actions to implement the strategy. Key focus areas to drive to world class status and provide competitive advantages are capital investments, working capital, key performance indicators, benchmarking to achieve high quality and lowest cost. Sites are in all regions with three in the Americas, four in Asia Pacific, three in Europe and one in Africa.

• Vice President - Operations, Engineering and Manufacturing Technology - Hydrocolloid Ingredients

  • Feb 2010 - Jan 2012

  Vice President - Global operations covering 5 locations - Pectin with production and raw material processing plants in Mexico and Czech Republic and Locust Bean Gum with production in Spain. Engineering and Manufacturing Technology groups in the US and Europe. Supply Planning teams in the US, Mexico and Denmark. A total of 12 direct reports with more than 50 engineering and scientists in the group and overall more than 500 in all the production and technical sites.

• Director of Operations

  • Nov 2004 - Feb 2010

  Global Operations responsibilities for up to 6 food ingredient production locations and 9 direct reports. Full supply chain accountability of raw material procurement, production, supply chain and planning, final blending, warehousing, logistics and supply to customers. The products were Pectin in Mexico and Czech Republic, Carrageenan in Chile and Scotland and Locust Bean Gum in Spain and Portugal with production and raw material processing. The supply planning was located in the US, Mexico… Show more Global Operations responsibilities for up to 6 food ingredient production locations and 9 direct reports. Full supply chain accountability of raw material procurement, production, supply chain and planning, final blending, warehousing, logistics and supply to customers. The products were Pectin in Mexico and Czech Republic, Carrageenan in Chile and Scotland and Locust Bean Gum in Spain and Portugal with production and raw material processing. The supply planning was located in the US, Mexico and Denmark and regional blending in the US, Mexico, Europe and China.

• Business Development Manager

  • Oct 2003 - Nov 2004

  Developed new opportunities for potential acquisitions, alliances and joint ventures, including identification, screening, due diligence and negitiations. The focus was in China for food ingredient products such as Carrageenan, Alginates, Pectin, CMC and Xanthan Gum.

• Supply Chain Manager

  • Feb 1999 - Sep 2003

  Supply Chain Manager for Textural Ingredeints on a global basis. This included Carrageenan in Chile, Alginates in France, Pectin in Mexico and Czech Republic, LBG in Spain and multiple products in Grindsted, Denmark.

• Production Analyst

  • Feb 1995 - Jan 1999

  Technical and Engineering Analyst and Support for Textural Ingredients production plants including Carrageenan in Chile, Alginates in France, LBG in Spain, Pectin in Mexico, Czech Republic and Denmark.

• Engineering and Maintenance Supervisor

  • Sep 1990 - Jan 1995

  Managed the Engineering and Maintenance group with projects for Emulsifiers, Systems blends and Flavors in New Centry, KS and St. Joseph, MO in the US.

• Project Engineer

  • Aug 1989 - Aug 1990

  Project Engineer for Emulsifier production in New Century, KS with projects including a new Spray Chilling tower and packaging facility and an Ammonia Refrigeration System to support the Emulsifier production.



Colgate-Palmolive

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Process Engineer / Production Supervisor

  • Jan 1984 - Aug 1989

  Kansas City, Kansas, United States