Manager Quality

Joan Katatumba

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City: Savage

State: MN

Zip: 55378

Country: USA

Phone: 507-***-****

Skill Level: Any

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Primary Skills/Experience:

Ambitious Senior Director who creates strategic alliances with organization leaders to effectively align with and support key business initiatives. Committed to cost-effective management of resources and quality performance. Builds and retains high performance teams by hiring, developing and motivating skilled professionals.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from University of Pretoria, Saint Paul MN 1/2001 to 12/2003 (M.Sc. Industrial Systems)

High School Dipolma from University of Liverpool, Saint Paul MN 1/2001 to 12/2012

Job History / Details:

Executive Profile

Ambitious Senior Director who creates strategic alliances with organization leaders to effectively align with and support key business initiatives. Committed to cost-effective management of resources and quality performance. Builds and retains high performance teams by hiring, developing and motivating skilled professionals.

Skill Highlights

Project management

Business operations organization

Employee relations

Self-motivated

Customer-oriented

Strategic Planning

Total quality management

P&L Management

Organizational Restructure and Change Management

Contract Negotiations

Core Accomplishments

Business Development

Turned around an underperformed $25 million Manufacturing business, streamlining 4 departments around coherent operational strategies, restoring profitability and producing year over year efficiency and productivity results.

Project Management:

Initiated a warehouse solve for space project which resulted in a 40 percentage reduction of safety incidents, improved customer service and a 10 percentage reduction in cost.

Staff Development:

Launched a professional leadership development program for the management team to building leadership and employee relation skills.

Mentored and coached employees resulting in a 12 percentage increase in productivity.

Professional Experience

September 2011 to 12/9/2012 12:00:00 AM

PEPSICO BURNSVILLE, MINNESOTA

Plant Director

Manage a Multi million Beverage Manufacturing and Warehousing company providing products/services; comprised of business units focused on food and beverages throughout North America.

Advanced to lead 4 departments with a total of 250 employees and a $25million annual budget. Oversee a team of 5 Managers across all departments, including Production, Quality, Maintenance and Warehouse.

Ramped business from lowest-ranking productivity to top 10 in 2012, achieving 10 percentage reduced cost, 40 percentage improved safety, and improved quality and service.

Won most improved plant with a newly defined vision and mission, with subsequent integration of strategy to deliver improved productivity and low cost.

Led management team in identifying and correcting critical problems; reduced and streamlined overhead expenses, strengthened product gross margins, overhauled and improved operating processes and systems, resolved quality and warranty issues, and differentiated product lines.

Recognized for customer-centric focus and extraordinary customer intimacy in understanding and meeting needs.

Team Development, evangelized need for change and monitor progress on key metrics; upgraded and rebuilt 75 percentage of leadership team.

September 2010 to October 2011

PEPSICO BURNSVILLE, MN

Operations Manager

Implemented processes and systems to understand business trends and apply strategies to achieve a competitive advantage. Saved $60,000 annually by enforcing warehouse principles.

Invigorated and refocused a stagnant team by defining SMART goals and objectives.

Assessed team capability and made job-fit decisions that fostered an environment that allows for team work and team success.

Worked with the team to reduced warehouse cost by increasing FL productivity by 17 percentage over prior year.

Challenge past practices in search of improved ways to operate, implemented a drop and hook project that saved the company $234,000 in operation costs.

June 2009 to August 2010

Production Manager Burnsville, MN

Production Manager

Utilized the winning edge process to improve Line Efficiency on all 3 lines by 3 percentage over Prior Year.

Designed a process to ensure successful rebuilds on all filling machines. This allowed the lines to come up at a higher efficiency after a rebuild.

Trended results and applied winning solutions based on data.

Worked with the front line to develop a training program that ensured successful on boarding of new hires

February 2008 to June 2009

PEPSICO Burnsville, MN

Production Supervisor

Trained in 5 new hires on a 3rd shift.

Improved team efficiency by 10 percentage within the first 3 months of running the bottle line. The team's productivity was above the 2nd shift productivity by 6 months of operation.

Shared ideas for process improvement with the management team.

Implemented a process to reduce Non-conforming product by 80 percentage saving almost $150,000 annually.

December 2003 to October 2008

Coca Cola SABCO Century Bottling Company Kampala, Uganda

Regional Operations Manager

Managed 12 direct reports and 106 indirect reports in a plant with an annual sales volume of 6 million unit cases.

Formulated and implemented an annual business plan for Production, Quality and Maintenance departments

Managed direct and indirect costs to meet overall cost per unit case

Trained managers and supervisors to achieve performance standards with regards to Quality, safety, and production efficiencies

Tracked key performance indicators and actioned any variances that would affect the achievement of quality, cost, speed and moral and safety targets

Implemented TCCQS (The Coca Cola Quality System) Evolution 3, which meets the requirements of Quality (ISO Standard 9001:2000), Environment (ISO Standard 14001:1996) and safety (OHSAS 18001:1999). The plant is certified for all three facets (Quality, Safety and Environment).

Implemented HACCP (SANS 10330:2006). The plant is certified.

Worked with SAP system reviewing SAP reports and actioning any variances.

Used Six Sigma to improve efficiencies

Managed the plants maintenance programs which included buildings and equipment to minimize downtime

Unit Manager

Directed and motivated 10 direct reports to achieve company goals and objectives

Managed Production team leaders, quality controllers and maintenance staff and trained Team members

Formulated and managed Units budget

Ensured quality products and processes by adhering to TCCQS

Managed maintenance of the lines to ensure reduced breakdowns

Identified training gaps and ensured adherence to training schedule

Identified and utilized potential/capability within the team

Education

2003 University of Pretoria Pretoria,

Master of Science M.Sc. Industrial Systems

1998 University of Liverpool Liverpool,

Bachelor of Science Manufacture Engineering and Management

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