Experience

Sun Gro Horticulture

• United States
• Horticulture
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Vice President of Global Operations, North America

  • Oct 2021 - Present



JELD-WEN of Canada

• Canada
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Operations, Canada

  • Dec 2018 - Oct 2021



Saint-Gobain North America

• United States
• Wholesale Building Materials
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director Of Manufacturing, Canada

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2018

  Manufacturing Leader of nine large, high volume, unionized, heavy continuous manufacturing plants across Canada, employing over 600 manufacturing people, plus direct line responsibility for the functions of EHS, engineering & technical process, continuous improvement, mining, warehouse optimisation. Accountable for developing and executing the long range strategic plan for manufacturing in Canada, along with the detailed annual business plan and its delivery. Accountable for plant… Show more Manufacturing Leader of nine large, high volume, unionized, heavy continuous manufacturing plants across Canada, employing over 600 manufacturing people, plus direct line responsibility for the functions of EHS, engineering & technical process, continuous improvement, mining, warehouse optimisation. Accountable for developing and executing the long range strategic plan for manufacturing in Canada, along with the detailed annual business plan and its delivery. Accountable for plant expenditures of >$200million per year. Provide leadership to drive performance improvements to world class levels in all facets of the manufacturing process using TPM and Lean methodologies, within a highly detailed corporate continuous improvement program. A key area of responsibility is transformational change management, providing guidance and direction to cultural development of our people within a continuous improvement mindset, along with fostering collabortative partnerships with unions. Accountable for providing leadership and driving key countrywide performance metrics in safety, environment, quality, customer service, productivity, and unit cost. Minimum cost savings of 3.5% per year are expected. Responsible for capital investment (>$30million annually) for both plant upgrade and new product industrialisation, in line with the defined 5 year long range plan. Member of the business management committee for North America and an officer of the company.

• Senior Plant Manager

  • Nov 2005 - Feb 2012

  Factory manager of two high speed, high volume, continuous processing plants based in Ontario(ON) and New Brunswick(NB), both manufacturing gypsum wallboard. Key Accountabilities for both roles: • Plant performance: safety, environment, customer service, productivity, cost, etc. • Responsible for 110 employees. • Continuous improvement of plant using TPM, kaizen, PFMEA, 5S, etc. methodologies. • Negotiate and administer union collective bargaining agreement • Development… Show more Factory manager of two high speed, high volume, continuous processing plants based in Ontario(ON) and New Brunswick(NB), both manufacturing gypsum wallboard. Key Accountabilities for both roles: • Plant performance: safety, environment, customer service, productivity, cost, etc. • Responsible for 110 employees. • Continuous improvement of plant using TPM, kaizen, PFMEA, 5S, etc. methodologies. • Negotiate and administer union collective bargaining agreement • Development and implementation of detailed annual and five year business plans. • Plant capital expenditures (over $3m annually). • Liaison with government for provincial funding. • Identifying and implementing cost reduction and product improvement opportunities in liaison with supply chain, marketing and technical departments. Successes: • NB: Improved plant availability and yield by 6.4% and 2.4% respectively in 4 years. • ON: Improved plant availability and yield by 4.0% and 1.9% respectively in 3 years. • ON: Received world wide corporate award for best unit cost reduction in 2010. • ON&NB: Negotiated union collective agreements that foster trust and respect.

• Plant Manager

  • Nov 2005 - Jan 2009



CASIA

• Mississauga, Ontario

• Treasurer Board Of Directors

  • 2008 - Jul 2018

  Director and treasurer of a local industrial environmental monitoring airshed group in the Clarkson area. Director and treasurer of a local industrial environmental monitoring airshed group in the Clarkson area.



BPB Gyproc

• Toronto, Ontario

• Operations Manager

  • 2001 - 2005

  Lead 5 manunfacturing plants accross North America in the Finishing Division making joint cement and paper tape. Reduced head count by 50% through automation initiatives . Built a $10Million green field, state of the art, highly automated plant. Lead $1Million project to fully automated a tape processing facility. Lead 5 manunfacturing plants accross North America in the Finishing Division making joint cement and paper tape. Reduced head count by 50% through automation initiatives . Built a $10Million green field, state of the art, highly automated plant. Lead $1Million project to fully automated a tape processing facility.



Blue Circle Cement / Lafarge

• Bowmanville, Ontario and Westbury, UK

• Process Manager

  • 1998 - 2001

  Process manager for largest cement manufacturing plant in world. 2 direct reports. Interim production manager. Process manager for largest cement manufacturing plant in world. 2 direct reports. Interim production manager.