Food and Beverage Manufacturing Consultant

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Summary

This Food and Beverage Manufacturing Consultant is a senior operations executive with 28 years of leadership across large-scale, multi-site food and beverage manufacturing organizations. Proven ability to drive operational excellence, food safety compliance, cost optimization, and workforce performance across USDA-and FDA-regulated environments. This Food and Beverage Manufacturing Consultant has extensive experience leading P&L ownership, capital investment programs, automation initiatives, and KPI-driven performance management. Recognized for restoring underperforming operations, strengthening EBITDA performance, and aligning manufacturing strategy with enterprise objectives, customer demand, and long-term growth. This Food and Beverage Manufacturing Consultant is a trusted executive partner to boards, ownership groups, and senior leadership teams.

Highlights

• Multi-site manufacturing operations leadership
• Food safety regulatory compliance management
• Operational cost reduction strategies
• Capital investment and automation execution
• Enterprise KPI performance management
• Lean manufacturing continuous improvement
• P&L financial performance management
• Workforce development and succession planning
• Supply chain operations integration
• USDA FDA-regulated environments

Relevant Accomplishments

• Led end-to-end manufacturing operations while supporting ownership transition following a private investor acquisition.
• Eliminated finished goods and raw material obsolescence by restructuring distribution and insourcing logistics, generating $500K monthly savings.
• Improved OEE performance and reduced process waste, delivering $250K in recurring monthly cost reductions by leading lean manufacturing teams.
• Reduced factory overhead through labor optimization and supply spend controls, achieving $1M in annual savings.
• Reduced customer non-trade deduction charges through improved quality, on-time delivery, and 99.3 percent order fulfillment generating $800K in savings.
• Representing private equity, provided facility and overall business leadership during the sale of a fresh pasta and sauce company to a private investor.
• Designed and costed a $75M manufacturing green field facility for a pork company. Duties included site and equipment selection, incentives negotiation with local chamber of commerce and utilities. Developing staffing and pro form financials were also part of the project
• Developed KPI standards and meeting cadences for employee safety, food safety, quality, cost, and productivity to drive performance improvement and accountability.
• Advised executive leadership on organizational restructuring, capital investment prioritization, and workforce effectiveness
• Managed annual CAPEX budgets ranging from $35M to $60M, supporting automation and capacity expansion.
• Consistently delivered between $8M to $10M in recurring annual savings through austerity, productivity, yield improvement, waste reduction, and labor optimization initiatives.
• Fostered a management coaching and mentoring culture tasked with improving accountability, skill-set development, and succession planning.
• Advanced region’s EHS programs by achieving zero waste-to-landfill and decreasing utility usage across all three facilities by an average of 25 percent, a 30 percent in OSHA recordable injuries, and 40 percent reduction in workers’ compensation claim cost.
• Utilizing lean manufacturing techniques, drove innovation and efficiency initiatives delivering average annual year over year cost savings of $8MM resulting in industry and organization recognition for operational excellence.
• Improved workforce stability, reducing hourly employee turnover by 35% through leadership development initiatives and benefits analysis.
• Strengthened food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance programs across all facilities consistently achieving no less than 98 percent on SQF audits.
• Led facilities’ sustainability efforts achieving a waste-to-landfill rate of nearly 25 percent and reducing utility usage by 15 percent.
• Utilizing lean manufacturing techniques, drove innovation and efficiency initiatives delivering average annual year over year cost savings of $8MM resulting in industry and organization recognition for operational excellence.
• Improved workforce stability, reducing hourly employee turnover by 35% through leadership development initiatives and benefits analysis.
• Strengthened food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance programs across all facilities consistently achieving no less than 98 percent on SQF audits.
• Led facilities’ sustainability efforts achieving a waste-to-landfill rate of nearly 25 percent and reducing utility usage by 15 percent.
• Consolidated three different USDA / FDA business management teams that were under the same roof into one common team streamlining operational performance and providing over $600K in cost savings.
• Developed and managed annual CAPEX budget ranging from $8MM to $15MMper year.
• Utilizing lean techniques, organized direct and indirect department work teams improving efficiency, finished product yields, and labor utilization generating $3MM in annual savings and reducing average customer complaints by over 15percent year over year.

Roles

• Vice President
• Chief Operating Officer
• Assistant Vice President
• General Manager

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