Manager Supply Chain

DESIRE BOUAGNON

*N*** Harvest Court, Saint Charles, IL 60175 ; ********@***.***; 559-***-****

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Operations professional with proven record of achievement manufacturing management and cost control,

engineering and asset care. Corporate program manager with multi-plants experience, results oriented with

experience in planning and implementation of production strategies that contribute to the bottom line.

Practitioner of lean manufacturing approaches.

EDUCATION

Polytechnic University of New York, M.S. Electrical Engineering.

University of the Ivory Coast, M.S., Physics.

University of the Ivory Coast, B.S., Physics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

RUIZ FOODS PRODUCT Jan 2008 to Present

Director, Continuous Improvement Supply Chain

Responsible for Corporate Engineering and strategy to implement a continuous improvement culture for

Supply Chain of a Frozen Foods Company.

Plant Manager (Interim), Denison, Texas Jan 2008 to Nov 2008

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o Provide leadership for day to day operations of a frozen foods facility.

o Increase plant average daily output 30 %( 320 lbs. vs. 240) in less than 6 months.

o Staffed key positions with emphasis on team leadership skills.

Acting Corporate Director of Engineering Nov 2008 to Present

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o Responsible development of corporate engineering structure.

o Manage capital expenditure program and projects development.

o Responsible for formulate strategies for supply chain cost savings initiatives.

KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL. May 1997 TO Jan 2008

Director, Continuous Improvement Grocery Sector 11/2006 to 01/2008

• Responsible for implementation of Continuous Improvement culture in the Grocery sector facilities.

• Achieved $24MM sector productivity vs. $19MM target in 2007.

• Developed sector Six Sigma certification approach.

• Led a “benchbreaking” brainstorming session for Ready to Eat desserts business.

• Above session generated $10MM worth of productivity ideas, with $3MM implemented in 2007.

• Completed CI readiness assessment in plants of the business sector.

• Led development of plant specific productivity pipelines.

• Rolled out 5S in 6 facilities in 2007

• Implemented MES/OEE core practices in all facilities

• Led value stream mapping activities of 4 key processes in 2007

Director, Continuous Improvement Global Engineering 10/2005/ 11/2006

• Member of a launch team for the Kraft Foods, Global Supply Chain, Continuous Improvement initiative

• Formulated companywide strategy to rollout CI in all facilities worldwide. This includes

o Program structure and processes; Hiring and training of plant CI personnel

o Assessment of facilities readiness of sustainable implementation of CI

o Formulation of business divisions and plant specific CI strategies and action plans.

o Implementation of Lean manufacturing platforms/tools and Six Sigma program

o Facilitation of best practices sharing between plants and business divisions

• Development of plants internal capabilities for sustainable delivery of non capital driven productivity.

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Plant Manager Rochelle, IL 04/2002 to 10/2005

• Full operational responsibility of manufacturing of 80 MM Lbs/year aseptic Ready to Eat desserts.

Managed $8MM operating budget, 150 employees ( 12 salaried)

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• Exceeded productivity targets ($0.8MM vs. $0.3MM and $1.2MM vs. $0.5) from 2003 to 2204 with declining

volumes.

• Increased productivity per case from $ 0.08 to $ 0.15 (87% improvement 2004 YE vs. 2002).

• Increased facility’s output per labor hour from 476 lbs to 554lbs (16% improvement 2004 YE vs. 2002).

• Improved plant OEE by 29% (62% to 81%) and GE by 40% (46.9% to 65.8%), 2004 YE vs. 2002.

• Improved run lengths between sanitation from 96 to 120 hours.

• Operated twenty four (24) consecutive months without single micro contamination event.

• Facilitated weekly best practices sharing discussions with sister plants.

• Designed and implemented behavior based development plans for direct reports.

Business Unit Manager Modesto, CA 04/1999-04/2002

• Operational responsibility for manufacturing of Post breakfast cereals and Kool-Aid Powered

Sweetened Beverage (PSD).

• Managed operation budget of $50MM and activities of 6 supervisors and 300 hourly employees.

• Delivered cost reduction target of $ 3MM in 2000 and exceeded it by 0.5MM in 2001.

• Reduced non- conforming production by 50% vs. prior year by strictly adhering to SOP utilization

by operators in 2000.

• Implemented weekly affordable budgeting to keep spending in line with actual plant performance.

• Developed and got adopted in labor contract a Pay per Skills Program (PPS) as labor reduction

strategy while rewarding top performing hourly union team members.

• Increase cans beverage line efficiency by 30% (120cpm vs.90) over 12 months by reducing

downtime and change-over time.

• Led plant wide installation of MES system and integration of core practices into facility culture.

• Leveraged system to increase overall plant OEE from 55 to 65% in 2000 and to 73% in 2001.

• Successfully completion of both FDA and OHSA audits during tenure.

Engineering and Maintenance Manager Modesto, CA 05/1997-04/1999

• Managed plant capital program ($10MM), including projects development and justification, management of all

infrastructure and ROI projects under $100M.

• Developed and executed plant automation strategy, including standardization of control devices and HMI platform

and establishment of guidelines for PLC networking and SCADA systems installation.

• Managed facility environmental compliance program.

• Oversaw plant maintenance department, with $7MM budget, a 33 person technical staff (2 projects engineers, 2

maintenance supervisors and 29 maintenance technicians).

Implemented a preventive maintenance program.

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• Completed a facility maintenance assessment and leveraged results to develop Maintenance Management

Continuous Improvement plan (MMCI).Established maintenance department KPI’s.

• Established in partnership with local junior college an apprenticeship program to develop and improve electrical

and instrumentation skills of maintenance technicians.

MILLER BREWING COMPANY 1989-1997

Plant Process Improvement Manager Irwindale, CA 1996-1997

• Led cross functional team to focus on zero or low capital improvement activities.

Reduced waste from beer can loss and glass breakage by changing conveying system and transfer points

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programming strategy.

Provided leadership to core team on can lines to reduce sanitation cycle and improve consistency of on- time line

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start up resulting in 15% efficiency improvement.

Developed concept and implemented project to automate cases feeding operation for case packers resulting in labor

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cost improvement equivalent to 10 employees.

Increased bottle line efficiency by 10% by addressing root causes of micro stoppages events.

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Developed detailed process sheets (DPS) to insure consistency of process or machine operation and training for

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new operators.

Translated plant KPI’s into achievable goals for operation teams and increase employees involvement.

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Installed data collection system on pasteurizers to eliminate labor costs associated with zone temperatures

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monitoring.

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Plant Project Engineer Irwindale, CA 1992-1997

• Development and execution of capital program including projects cost estimate, ROI calculations, installations

management and start up and operators training.

• Lead electrical engineer in a $ 2.5 MM brewery expansion project.

• Designed and installed beer case inspector to detect missing cans to mitigate consumer complaints.

• Upgraded/replaced process control system from Hitachi to Modicon Quantum series PLC.

• Installed Taptone leaks detection system on all bottle lines.

• Upgraded Kegs production line control system from relay logic to PLC

• Led installation of SCADA system in the power house to monitor and control boilers emission/

• Automated process CIP system including PLC code and HMI development and instrumentation upgrade.

• Installed a number of VFD’s on packaging conveying system and rewrote PLC code to insure smooth product flow

and reduce glass breakage.

• Installed/ upgraded a number of process and packaging equipment including case packers, de-palletzizers and

palletizers, tanks and filtration systems as part of labor cost or line throughput improvement efforts.

Electrical Maintenance Supervisor Irwindale, CA 1989-1992

• Oversaw activities of team of 15 maintenance technicians in electrical, PLC and instrumentation troubleshooting,

preventive maintenance procedures development and planning.

• Implemented root cause analysis process to draw learning’s from critical equipment failures.

• Developed and executed low capital improvement projects.

PERSONAL

MS Project, MS Office, Fluent in French

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