AAMIR MAUSOOF

** ****** *****, ******** ****, GA 31324

Home: 912-***-****; Work: 912-***-****

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

A manufacturing professional with a wide range of experience across the food industry who:

• Coaches and mentors manufacturing leaders and teams to deliver business goals

• Develops cultures based on beliefs of respect, teamwork and ethics

• Creates plant teams with the right balance of leadership and technical skills

• Coaches and trains to deliver results through Lean, Six Sigma, AIB/SQF and 5S

• Focuses plant operations on business results such as yields, plant throughput and

reliability

• Has demonstrated excellence in new plant start-ups, high performance work systems,

strategic and tactical planning, change management, talent acquisition, training and

development and continuous improvement.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Imperial Sugar Company, Sugarland, Texas 11/07 to Present

Imperial Sugar is a $525 million publicly-traded manufacturer of multiple variations of sugar

products. Products are principally sold to Industrial customers and Retail.

Refinery Manager, Savannah Sugar Refinery

Recruited to lead company's largest manufacturing and distribution operation, reporting to the VP

of Operations. Responsible for managing a union-free, 270 hourly associate, 24/7 operation.

Direct reports include two production managers, a shipping manager, quality and HR managers,

and two maintenance managers. Refinery produces 5,500,000 # of sugar/day, and contributes

$275 million to corporate revenue. Major accomplishments include:

• Achieved team ownership in behavior based safety, incident reporting and hazard

analysis resulting in a TRR of 2.0.

• Achieved OHSA VPP Status, by implementing process safety management system.

• Achieved food safety standards with certifications in AIB and SQF.

• Drove certification of ISO 14001/18001, thus achieving zero environmental fines.

• Optimized production planning resulting in a 99.5% on time deliveries.

• Developed six sigma green and black belts delivering a 25% reduction in sugar loss, and

a 15% increase in packaging efficiency.

• Reduced store room inventory by $1,000,000 by focusing on obsolescence and vendor

partnerships.

• Reduced packaging losses by 0.5% through improved machine reliability, packaging

material and operator training.

• Implemented TPM/PMO resulting in downtime reduction of 40%.

• Delivered Just-in-Time deliveries resulting in reduced outside warehouse cost of

$1,000,000.

• Set up Stage-Gate process for all incoming new ventures for timely and within budget

launches.

• Brought the plant in budget by reducing the operating cost by $500,000 in three months.

• Streamlined logistics through improved warehouse management, better equipment

efficiencies and turnaround times.

• Improved plant morale and skills by creating ownership, training, teamwork, opportunity

for leadership and a KPI focused incentive program.

The J.M. Smucker Company, Orrville, Ohio 2/04 to 10/07

J.M. Smucker Company is a $3 billion publicly-traded manufacturer of consumer based food

products.

Operations Manager (New Venture “the Uncrustable Sandwich”) Scottsville, Kentucky

Recruited to start up a 100 million dollar frozen product facility. The plant produces 1 million

sandwiches per day. Direct reports included 4 production and two maintenance leaders.

Accomplishments include:

• Delivered Commissioning, Qualification and Validation resulting in on-time start-up of the

plant.

• Set up new plant teams and leadership for the green field site.

• Set up pillar based manufacturing; autonomous maintenance, organizational capability,

and focused improvement to achieve 85% plant efficiency.

• Delivered key results through pillar charters, 90 day plans and internal audits.

• Created the compelling business need and vision with the plant team to create ownership

at all levels.

• Develop core competencies such as leadership, coaching, ownership and teamwork to

deliver a highly trained workforce

• Led the set up of an employee step-up process that develops and rewards through

proven skill level, core competencies and functional leadership.

• Set up plant deliverables, budget, performance matrix, and standards.

• Standardized use of operational and maintenance systems such as Proficy, Oracle and

DataStream to achieve complete systems automation.

The Dannon Company, Tarrytown, New York 5/01 to 2/04

The Dannon Company is a subsidiary of Groupe Danone International and has revenues of $1

billion.

Engineering Manager, Yogurt Plant, Minster, Ohio

Led the plant engineering and maintenance department while reporting to the plant manager.

Direct reports included 4 engineers and two maintenance supervisors. The plant produced 1

billion yogurt cups per year and contributed $400,000,000 to the company’s revenue.

Accomplishments are:

• Achieved improvement in consumer complaint/1000 ton through technical innovation.

• Supported a robust HACCP/Food Safety program to deliver a very high quality product.

• Led ISO 9001-2000 /14000 and AIB Certifications to achieve quality and environmental

best practices.

• Implemented Dairy/FDA design, production and sanitation standards to reduce consumer

complaints.

• Reduced controllable cost through strategic labor consolidations.

• Drove productivity through Lean and Six Sigma projects.

• Developed strong cross-functional teams resulting in higher productivity and innovation

• Substantially improved shift start ups through improved CIP and changeover times.

• Executed zoning and 5S on production lines resulting in higher line efficiencies.

• Raised the bar in project implementation to deliver on time and within budget projects.

• Delivered five-year technical and productivity master plan for the facility.

Campbell Soup Company, LLC, Camden, New Jersey 9/99 to 5/01

Campbell Soup is a $5 billion dollar publicly-traded company. The Paris, Texas plant contributed

$500 million to the company’s revenue and produced Sauce and Soup varieties.

Senior Mechanical Engineer, Paris, Texas

• Delivered manufacturing excellence with 90% uptime and 1% loss.

• Managed and executed the capital budget for the plant.

• Developed engineers and maintenance supervisors to deliver technical excellence.

• Led process and packaging teams to increase the line efficiency to 85%.

• Responsible for productivity planning and execution delivering $1,000,000 in operational

savings.

• Led design and installation of new high speed filling and packaging lines.

Kraft Foods, Northfield, Illinois 4/95 to 9/99

Kraft Foods is $18 billion publicly traded company.

Project Manager, Cereal Plant, Modesto California

• Site Project Manager and technical leader.

• Managed the plant’s capital budget.

• Focused on productivity and capacity increases.

• Led new product launches for the plant.

ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Key Certifications

Champion of Six Sigma

Certified in Alamo’s Problem Solving System (Kepner/Tregoe)

Graduate of the OSHA sanctioned General Industry Course.

Certified manufacturing and Distribution specialist

Certified in AIB, HACCP and SQF Practice (Safe Quality Food)

Experience with Recognized Systems

Pillar based manufacturing and best practices

Lean, Six Sigma, 5S (Visual Workplace)

SMED, Kaizan and cycle time studies

High Performance Work Teams, Kraft Green Rooms

ISO Processes (9001-2008, 14001, 18001, 22000)

AIB 2009, HACCP, SQF Level 3, Kraft SQE

SAP, Oracle and People Soft enterprises

Stage Gate Process for New Ventures

Technical Knowledge and experience

Extrusion, drying and coating applications in cereal and pet food

Mixing, sheeting, proofing and freeze drying in baking

High Speed filling and packaging (Dairy and Juice)

Sugar Refining (Graduate of Sugar Technology)

Automated Warehousing (Automatic storage and retrieval systems)

Community Involvement on Behalf of my Employers

Reestablished the Retiree Club for Savannah Sugar Refinery with record membership,

charter, goals and objectives along with involvement in community events and decisions

Active member of the United Way with multiple successful campaigns

Active member of the local Rotary Clubs

Resource Member of Housing Authority of Bowling Green – Learning center and school

for troubled youth

Member of the business roundtable group at the Western Kentucky University

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical and Energy Engineering

University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

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