Manager Quality

William Baronti

Arlington Heights, IL ***** 847-***-****

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Profile

Supply Chain Operations Leader with extensive Manufacturing, Quality and Business Transformation experience. I am a hands-on manager who delivers outstanding results in Safety, Service, Quality and Cost. I have a proven track record of leading change, standardizing work processes and improving profitability. My accomplishments are underpinned with a passion to build and motivate highly effective teams and driving for excellence in customer satisfaction.

Competencies

Leadership and Team Development

Business Restructuring

Talent and Succession Planning

Manufacturing and Quality Assurance

International Startup

KPI’s and Recognition

Process Redesign / Lean Principles

Process Validation / Standardization

Sales and Operations Planning

Position Qualifications

Operations leader skilled at managing single and multi-site manufacturing facilities ranging in size from 100 to 500 employees. Experience and proven success in all business functions including Materials, Engineering, Production, Quality, and Regulatory Compliance.

Leadership by example, rolling up the sleeves, and “walking the talk”. Solid experience with succession planning and talent development in securing ready successor staff.

Conceptualized and delivered major facility restructuring initiatives and product reengineering plans, bringing substantial bottom line savings. Continuous cost reduction is the operation’s standard.

Manage with benchmarked KPI’s, bringing performance visibility to the organization through real time performance measures, routine town halls, and associate recognition programs.

MBA in Operations Management and recipient of numerous leadership and supply chain excellence awards.

Professional Experience and accomplishments

Senior Consultant – Resource Support

2014- Present

Contract consulting with Chicago based personal care business. Support in establishing evaluation criteria, performance analysis and decision processes for client production sourcing strategy. Assessment includes make vs. buy decision framework and development of service level requirements for planning, quality, cost and new product development.

Avon Products, Inc.

Avon is a $10B direct seller of cosmetics, fragrance and toiletries, fashion and home decorative products. The Company distributes through 6 million independent Sales Representatives and markets to women in over 100 countries.

Vice President, NA Operations and Quality

2010-2013

Developed and executed plan for NA business consolidation through inter-regional and external production sourcing.

Initiated comprehensive review and change in quality structure to drive standardization and mitigate enterprise risk exposure. Established Center of Excellence to drive aligned staffing, work processes, KPI’s and process validation. Notable achievements include:

Largest Midwest facility closure completed 6 months’ early, yielding $16MM in annualized savings.

Established standard operating controls and measures for remaining sites resulting in incremental 5 % or $750K savings.

Partnered with Global Sourcing in consolidating external supply base by 20%, yielding over $2MM in savings.

Developed regional Quality Councils’ to drive key issue alignment and decision making across regions with appropriate escalation to Senior Management. Ensured external supply base was cGMP compliant and due diligent.

Vice President, Regional Operations

2002-2010

Led North and Latin America manufacturing comprised of 8 facilities, $200MM operating budget, 1B units and 4000 employee workforce. Consistently delivered leading Service, Quality, and Cost performance. Major achievements include:

Rationalized footprint and improved asset utilization through multiple facility closures resulting in 2000 FTE reduction, 60% fixed overhead savings, 40% less conversion cost, and 75% improvement in safety and quality.

Standardized corrugate and package bar coding yielding $1MM savings. Manifest accuracy improved 400 basis points to 98%.

Led package line redesign and form standardization increasing conversion flexibility, production in-sourcing and reducing material and labor by over $15MM.

Launched Enterprise (E1) ERP system under budget and 3 months’ ahead of schedule, improving lot traceability and reducing inventory days 30%.

De-layered organization and established gain-sharing program to drive engagement and employee recognition. Achieved yearly average cost savings of $2-3MM.

Director, Manufacturing Operations

1993-2001

Leadership for North America manufacturing and distribution site encompassing million square feet, 350MM units, 2000 SKU’s, $50MM budget, and 300 New Products per annum.

Led product rationalization and work redesign strategy yielding $10MM in on-going savings. Established lean strategy, “visual factory”, and realigned business units to drive continuous process improvement. Consistently achieved 99+% fill rates, 99+% 1st pass Quality, OSHA TRC <1, and 3-4% annual overhead savings.

Established QA Regulatory function to lead facility to FDA Title 21 Compliance resulting in zero cGMP and regulatory observations.

Assigned as global lead to develop facility rationalization strategy for North America and Europe. Outcome of work led to consolidation, and new facility expansion involving eight production sites. Led new facility design and technology acquisition for emerging sites in Mexico and China with view to longer range export supply to North America.

Developed and led the North America Manufacturing strategy for regional retail launch. 700 FSC’s, spanning 200 formulas and 4 million units delivered on time, defect free, and $500K below budget.

Other Avon Leadership Positions

1978-1993

Operations Senior Manager Processing Manager Packaging Manager Project Engineer Quality Supervisor

Progressive promotional assignments across all major operating groups. Accountable for three shift operations, managing exempt staff ranging from 5-50 and hourly teams from 40-400. Established new processes, procedures, and capital investment plans to improve productivity, achieve quality and safety excellence, and embed continuous process improvement culture.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

CEO Advisor, Avon Products Inc.

MBA, Loyola University of Chicago

BS Health Sciences, Northern Illinois University

CERTIFICATIONS

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Chicago Deming Association

Executive Leadership, Morehouse College, Georgia

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