About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 1490910
OPERATIONS & PLANT MANAGEMENT | PHARMACEUTICAL, STEEL & FOOD MANUFACTURING | LEAN TRANSFORMATION
Core Expertise
- End-to-end plant operations leadership across pharmaceutical, steel fabrication, food, and industrial sectors.
- Turnaround and stabilization of underperforming plants using Lean Six Sigma and behavior-based safety.
- Developing KPI systems tracking labor utilization, machine time, schedule adherence, first-time-right, and deviations.
- SOP and work-instruction development to strengthen GMP/FDA compliance and operational consistency.
- Capital equipment oversight, automation integration, and co-sponsorship of packaging and labeling upgrades.
Project Background
- Redesigned training matrix to improve first-time-right performance from 88% to 98%.
- Implemented structured disciplinary progression and accountability-driven training to reduce human-error deviations.
- Led multi-site operations including expansion from one to four facilities and oversight of 400+ employees.
- Achieved zero recordable incidents across facilities via behavior-based safety program implementation.
- Directed equipment design, fabrication, and modernization projects increasing throughput and reducing labor costs.
Key Skills
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt | 5S | Kaizen | Continuous improvement leadership
- GMP / FDA compliance | SOP & work instruction development | Quality systems
- KPI systems | Labor utilization | Schedule adherence | First-Time-Right | Deviation tracking
- Plant turnaround | Stabilization | Multi-site operations | Production and maintenance management
- Safety culture transformation | Behavior-based safety | Employee training and workforce development
- Automation & equipment design | Packaging systems | CodeSoft | Zebra printing solutions
Education
- M.S., Operations Management — Colorado Technical University
- B.S., Management — University of New Orleans
- Machinist Trade, Journeyman Card — Delgado Community College
Awards & Recognition
- Regional Plant Manager of the Year (2017)
- Managerial Excellence Award (2017)
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification
Why Interview this Candidate?
Seasoned operations leader with 30+ years delivering measurable improvements in quality, safety, and throughput across pharmaceuticals, steel fabrication, and food manufacturing. Demonstrated record includes boosting first-time-right to 98%, increasing safety participation to 90%, maintaining high fill rates, and reducing scrap and labor costs through Lean-driven projects. Brings hands-on equipment design, automation experience, multi-site leadership, and proven SOP/KPI systems ready to impact production performance immediately.
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