Manager Supply Chain

Joe Fraser

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Career Summary

Dynamic wine industry, food processing and packaging executive with over

** ****s progressive experience in operations and supply chain management.

Strong team builder and change manager excelling in continuous process

improvement.

Proven effectiveness in achieving bottom line improvement through effective

leadership in leveraging and improving ; People : Process : Tools

Highly experienced in the successful deployment of Six Sigma / Lean,

O.E.E., TPM, S&OP, HACCP and ISO processes.

Professional Work Experience

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates

Woodinville, Washington

A top ten North American wine company (in case volume and revenue)

producing in excess of 6 million cases of wine annually at multiple

facilities and farming over 4,000 acres of vineyards in Washington and

California.

VP, Operations and Supply Chain 2003 to 2010

Responsible for the following functions: Capital Planning, Budgeting and

Execution; Procurement; Bottling; Facilities Maintenance and Engineering;

Capacity Planning; Master Scheduling; Continuous Improvement & Quality;

Packaging Development; Logistics - Warehousing and Transportation; Asset

Utilization. Responsible for eight manufacturing facilities ranging in

size from 15,000 square feet to One Million square feet. ($400+M Sales,

$40M Operating Budget) Employees responsible for: 5 Direct reports.

(Senior Director of Operations, Director of Continuous Improvement and

Quality, Director of Asset Utilization, Senior Manager Strategic Sourcing

and Capacity Planning Analyst.) :185 Fulltime &, 60 Temporary Employees.

Key Achievements:

Led the operations and supply chain teams in identifying and delivering

over 10 million in annualized cost savings helping to improve ROA from 3 to

over 8 percent in 5 years while unit volumes grew from 3M to over 6M cases.

Developed and built the foundation for Continuous Improvement - Lean - Six

Sigma Culture. Developed ongoing Lean - Six Sigma strategy including the

development of a Master Black Belt, Black Belt and 36 Green Belts.

Developed a centralized logistics strategy including constructing an

additional 150k square foot temperature controlled storage facility and

partnering with "Railex" - Green Bullet Train - with non stop refrigerated

train service from Washington State or California to New York State.

Saving over 1.5 million dollars annually

Implemented O.E.E. (Operating Equipment Effectiveness) methodologies and

culture throughout the bottling line operations resulting in centralizing

operations and saving over $1M annually.

Implemented Shop Floor and MRP systems in JD Edwards, TPM (Transportation

Planning Management) software - Logility and RFGen to help automate and

stream line overall supply chain processes.

Implemented Supplier Certification / Partnership Process. Incoming

glassware quality improved from 3600 defects per million to just over 34

defects per million! Achieved plus $2M incremental annual savings.

Won PMMI "Packaging Line of the Year" award - 2008 - for sustainable

packaging innovation, tapered bulk glass dispensing, automated data

collection & bottling line synchronization.

Robinhood Multifoods-Bicks 2001-2003

Dunnville, Ontario

Robinhood is a division of Multifoods International, a major North American

food manufacturing and marketing company with sales in excess of 2.5

billion dollars.

General Manufacturing Manager:

Responsible for the condiment manufacturing business producing over 5

million cases of condiment products through two facilities, a state of the

art 600 tank cucumber storage facility and a manufacturing facility

consisting of five processing and packaging lines. Employees Responsible

for: 7 Direct Reports (Plant Manager, Tank Farm Manager, Engineering &

Maintenance Manager; HR Manager; Plant Accountant, QA Manager, and Demand

Planning Manager.) 220 Full Time Employees, 150 Part Time Employees and 450

Seasonal Employees - June to December

Key Achievements:

12. Managed completion of Project "Genesis" - a 22 million dollar plant

consolidation project. Consolidated 8 manufacturing lines down to 5.

Implemented a massive 400 plus new employee orientation program.

13. Developed and built a foundation for Continuous Improvement - Six Sigma

Culture

14. Identified a 2 million dollar reduction in the overall manufacturing

cost chain.

Kraft/Nabisco Limited 1990-

2001

St. David's, Ontario

Kraft Canada is a division of a top ten global food processing company with

sales in excess of 30 billion dollars.

Business Unit Manager/Plant Superintendent

Responsible for the fruit manufacturing plant operations reporting to the

Plant Manager. 5 Direct Reports, (3 Production Supervisors, Maintenance

Supervisor, Warehouse Supervisor)

Key Achievements:

15. Played a lead role in the doubling of St. David's processing capacity

from 13,000 to 26,000 tons of fresh fruit in 5 years.

16. Engineered, purchased and installed the Fastest Fruit Cup Line in the

world. Capable of running at speeds of over 1,200 cans per minute.

17. Managed an on going Continuous Improvement Program generating in excess

of 15 million dollars in savings in 10 years.

18. Managed the complete automation of St. David's Empty Can Delivery

Systems.

19. Managed the installation of a Flexible Continuous Cooking System

increasing plant productivity by 40%

Education

1980 - 1984 Canadian Institute of Management 4 Years - Part

Management Time

London, Ontario Graduated

1977 - 1980 Fanshawe College Science 3 Years

London, Ontario Laboratory Graduated

Technology

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