Services

The combination of my background in engineering and managing food plants will steer your company toward operational success.

Plant Design & Start Up

Working as a project engineer for the first decade of my career, I learned how to evaluate, design, install and launch production lines as well as entire plant operations.

By managing single and multiple sites, building teams, and chasing improvement opportunities for profitability, I know how to both avoid the pitfalls of plant design and optimize the food plant properly.

Contract Manufacturing

Working as a copacker to companies such as General Mills and Kraft Foods, it’s important to align capabilities and commitments, as well as establish a true relationship that is beneficial to both parties. 

Operations Management

As the plant leader for a variety of food industries, from baking to dairy, and confectionary to meat processing, I’ve been able to assess numerous food and beverage processes and truly grasp how to run operations effectively. 

I’ve found that most often, pain points fall into failure of 3 categories: People, Product, and Process. Food Plant Advisor knows the WHY and the HOW for root causes and offers sustainable solutions for success.

Project Management

As a Professional Project Manager and has successfully managed hundreds of projects from single-piece equipment installs to $2M complete production lines, to $100M plants, I know how to Initiate, plan, execute, monitor & control, and close projects. 

Leadership Consulting

Anyone can go on Amazon and instantly purchase one of over 50,000 books on Leadership. But leadership is more than just reading a book and then thinking, you’re a leader. Leadership is about providing that face-to-face interaction with your team while embracing a shared set of values and goals. When one leaves a company, it’s never the place they miss, but the people.

So what kind of impact are you making that will last? How do you want to improve your leadership skills and the company around you? With over 30 years of seeing the good, the bad, and the ugly of leadership, I look forward to sharing my insights on how to foster a winning culture and chart a solid future for your food plant organization.

“Your leadership and mentorship have played a pivotal role in shaping who we are as individuals and as a company.
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— Production Floor Supervisor

What this looks like for you

  • Plant Design Advice

    • Provide decades of knowledge perspective for plant design and operation

    • Ensure hygienic/sanitation design criteria is applied (Ex: 10 Principles of Food Safety Design )

    • Develop Business Case/FEL/VSU/CQV methodology for projects

    • Work with equipment vendors to identify the correct application for the process

    • Determine the proper equipment specifications and capability requirements

    • Provide on-site management as needed during construction and equipment installation

    • Manage and direct start-up plans/actions

  • Operations Advice

    • Observe and identify the areas to attack: The Why

    • Apply the appropriate LEAN tools: The How

    • Develop the change management plan to implement: The What

    • Provide training of team members (Ex: 5Why/Kaizen/GEMBA/OEE/8 WASTES/5S)

    • Identify critical KPI’s

    • Design practical floor and plant leadership daily/weekly/monthly/QRTLY activities to manage

    • Educate team on basic financial aspects in manufacturing and how they affect variance

    • Provide Due Diligence Work for PE opportunities

  • Contract Manufacturing

    • Develop the business case and scope requirements for co-packer need

    • Perform the search and on-site assessments of potential partners

    • Develop key contract Terms & Conditions

    • Develop pricing mechanisms to account for commodity volatility

  • Project MGMT Advice

    • Develop and define business case and scope

    • Define stakeholders and core team

    • Provide project plan with milestones, deliverables, risks

    • Provide project management training and understanding of a team culture

  • Leadership Consulting

    • Assess current vs desired state of culture

    • Identifying the reasons of a poor culture and how to remedy

    • Provide workshop training of key principles and perspectives

    • Provide hands-on support with team members (ex; Knows the Way/Shows the Way/Goes the Way principle)

  • Food Plant Playbook

    If you have specific needs outside of the services listed but within the food plant industry, you’ve still come to the right place. Simply provide a few sentences of context in the contact form below.

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