About this Candidate
DAVRON CV: Candidate 3826647
MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS LEADER | FOOD & FLAVOR PRODUCTION | CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Core Expertise
- Operations leadership across multi-plant facilities, supervising up to 200 production employees.
- Turned around P&L to 10% under-budget from a prior 25% over-budget.
- Quality assurance and defect reduction, lowering rejection rates from 20% to 2%.
- Implemented process automation and workflow improvements to increase liquid production capacity by 25%.
- Developed safety, risk management, and compliance programs to sustain continuous operations.
Project Background
- Turned around P&L to achieve sustained under-budget performance and restored profitability.
- Implemented formula and QC changes that reduced rejection rates from 20% to 2%.
- Led automation investments increasing liquid production capacity by 25% and throughput.
- Optimized sample lab operations to reach under-24-hour turnaround and save over $200k annually.
- Designed and deployed real-time production tracking and risk programs to maintain output.
Key Skills
- Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, and CAPA management across production environments.
- Production planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and P&L accountability.
- Quality assurance, root cause analysis, and defect-reduction methodologies.
- Equipment troubleshooting, preventive maintenance coordination, and automation integration.
- Sample lab operations, regulatory documentation, QC evaluation, and labeling optimization.
- Microsoft Office and Google Suite for reporting, scheduling, and stakeholder communication.
Awards & Recognition
- Forklift certification
Why Interview this Candidate?
They bring 25+ years of hands-on manufacturing leadership with measurable improvements in quality, capacity, and delivery. Proven track record implementing lean processes, automation, and cost-saving initiatives that reduced defects and delivered six-figure annual savings. Comfortable on the production floor and experienced supervising large teams, they can provide immediate operational leadership.
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