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Experience
Mrs. Dunster's Inc
New Brunswick, Canada
·
4 years
Director of Operations
April 2021 — Current time
About the role
• Responsible for the day to day operation of the Sussex and Moncton Bakeries.
• Was brought on to bring our Moncton Bakery, the recent investment into high speed manufacturing lines, up to design capacity after stalled commissioning as a result of COVID.
• Have worked with the team to successfully bring the operation to steady state; we are operating at design capacity, have waste in control and deliver consistent Quality. Direct Costs have been reduced across the board and the team is now meeting daily production targets with zero shorts.
• KPI Improvement: Fulfillment 48%-->100%, Waste 40%-->5%, Quality Right First Time 40%-->99%
• Designed and implemented company wide Learning & Development paths for all operational roles, including defined Training requirements and competitive compensation / total rewards compensation grids.
Greenfield Global Inc
Ontario, Canada
·
2 years, 6 months
Shipping/Receiving Coordinator
April 2006 — October 2008
About the role
• In this newly created role, I identified inefficiencies and implemented effective solutions that allowed plant expansion while maintaining current staffing.
• Successfully increased shipping capabilities two-fold within the same shipping window.
Greenfield Global Inc
Ontario, Canada
·
3 months
Interim Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator
April 2008 — July 2008
About the role
• Tasked with overhauling the existing work permit system to address workflow concerns. The four-month project resulted in a user-friendly system that was developed with input from all stakeholders thus ensuring successful buy-in.
Greenfield Global Inc
Ontario, Canada
·
6 years, 5 months
Quality Assurance Manager - Johnstown
July 2008 — December 2014
About the role
• Key contributor of the six-member management start up team for company’s newest and largest production facility.
• Developed and implemented a full QMS program that addressed all production, regulatory and customer requirements.
• Implemented Statistical Process Control measures into both the production and quality departments, which decreased overall process variation and increased profit.
Greenfield Global Inc
Ontario, Canada
·
9 months
Quality Assurance Manager - Chatham
January 2015 — October 2015
About the role
• Returned to Chatham plant to restructure and reinvigorate the QA/Shipping Department to facilitate the handover to new QA Manager.
Greenfield Global Inc.
Ontario, Canada
·
3 years, 6 months
Operations Manager
November 2015 — May 2019
About the role
• Developed an annual Operations Business Plan that defined opportunities, resources, and bottlenecks that aligned with the Corporate Vision.
• Coordinated, staffed, and executed plant shutdowns twice a year that ensure plant assets are available and reliable for planned uptime.
• Set, executed, and reported against Operational budget including monthly P&L analysis reporting.
Organigram
New Brunswick, Canada
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5 months
Director of Continuous Improvement
May 2019 — October 2019
About the role
• Joined Organigram to build a culture of Continuous Improvement through a small but passionate team.
• Developed and rolled out Lean Six Sigma training to the facility with a focus on making CI accessible, practical, and FUN!
• Worked with all facility teams to develop Departmental KPIs and Daily Management programs to track and improve baseline efficiencies.
Organigram
New Brunswick, Canada
·
7 months
Director of Operational Effectiveness
October 2019 — May 2020
About the role
• Expanded the scope of the Continuous Improvement department to include a formal Training team and a Product/Project Management Office
• Developed and Implemented a full PMO, working cross functionally with key stakeholders throughout the business. Build included the development a New Product Launch process to assist in the management of products through their full lifecycle.
• Was responsible for the training and development of the 10 member OE team and onboarded and trained 5 fulltime Project Managers to manage ramp to Cannabis 2.0.
• Introduced OKRs as an alignment strategy both at the departmental and strategic level to support our Product/Project Management Office.
Organigram
New Brunswick, Canada
·
5 months
Sr. Director of Production
May 2020 — October 2020
About the role
• Developed this newly created role to support the departments of Harvest, Processing, Extraction, and Packaging and the 240 team members within those departments.
• Worked directly with teams to develop new ways of working required as a result of COVID while providing a safe space for teams to learn and grow.
Organigram
New Brunswick, Canada
·
6 months
Sr. Director of Quality & Innovation
October 2020 — April 2021
About the role
• Provided alignment and support for the departments within the Quality & Innovation umbrella; Cultivation, Quality, Research & Development, Extraction, Operational Effectiveness and Product Development.
• Accountable for the growth, development, and engagement of the 135-member team.
• Working across the business, I developed the processes required to align the Commercial and Strategic direction of the business to the operational execution of those defined objectives, including up to 35 new SKUs/quarter.
• Oversaw the Research and Development of disruptive consumer products and brought the bench top concept to full scale production reality within the constraints of Health Canada Quality requirements in 6 months.
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