Operations Director

Location:

Mississauga, ON, Canada

Posted:

June 01, 2020

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P R O F I L E

Accomplished management professional with 12 years of background within operations,

maintenance, finance and human resources. Champion for talent development with a history of shaping and building high performing teams. Tactically led strategic planning initiatives within various departments. Result-driven leader, excelling in dynamic environments focused on delivering cost-effective solutions while overseeing multi-million dollar operations.

S E L E C T E D A C C O M P L I S HMENTS

• Spearheaded technical services at manufacturing facility, managing over $50M capital budget while driving yearly improvements in downtime performance (2018-2019).

• Oversaw a $25M operating budget in fleet department, implementing timely PM compliance and strategic repairs which resulted in cost savings of $1M (2017-2018).

• Tactical management for $70M operating budget throughout Western Canada with oversight of all facilities from Thunder Bay, ON to Vancouver, BC (2015-2017).

• Led a site turnaround by taking the Lethbridge manufacturing site from bottom 10% to top 10% in North America within 16 months. (2013-2014).

• Managed $15M of total capital installations and set-up of equipment for manufacturing facility at the Lethbridge, AB site (2012).

• Influential leader with other business partners, supporting and managing $100M of capital automation installs across North America. (2012-2014).

• Delivered a $10M equipment installation and multiple strategic packaging initiatives, which led to the best historical results at the Cambridge site (2010). P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E

ENGINEERING & MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR DEC 2018 - DEC 2019 PepsiCo Foods Canada Cambridge, ON

• Involved in Human Resource planning process for manufacturing facility with 700+ employees, including capability building and talent development.

• Managed project engineering team of up to 8 staff members aimed at delivering vertical start-up services on numerous essential projects.

SENIOR FLEET MANAGER FEB 2017 - DEC 2018

PepsiCo Foods Canada Mississauga, ON

• Led organizational restructuring in the Fleet department, while overseeing 4 direct reports and a

$16M repair/ maintenance budget of 1500 assets nationwide.

• Reassessed national Fleet strategy which resulted in reduced cost performance and improved equipment reliability.

WESTERN CANADA PLANNING MANAGER SEP 2015 - FEB 2017 PepsiCo Foods Canada Lethbridge, AB

• Handled financial reporting for Western Canada Operations as well as involvement with leadership team to implement 5-year strategic productivity initiatives.

• Managed 5 direct reports while supporting the onboarding of new Department Managers throughout area.

D I R E C T O R

519-***-****

M O R T E Z A A S A D I

addjr5@r.postjobfree.com

2793 Inlake Court

Mississauga, ON L5N 2A4

Linkedin.com/in/m-asadi

E X P E R T I S E

• Stakeholder Engagement

• Human Resource Planning

• Project Management

• Expenditure Reduction

• Organizational Restructuring

• Budgetary Controls

• Strategic Planning

• Productivity Metrics

• Business Governance

• Management

• Improvement Initiatives

• SOX Compliance

• Talent Development

E D U C A T I O N

Diploma in Accounting

Wilfrid Laurier University

Waterloo, ON

2006

Bachelor of Applied Sciences

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, ON

2005

• Mechanical Engineering

• Management Sciences

P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E ( C o n t i n u e d ) MANUFACTURING MANAGER NOV 2013 - SEP 2015

PepsiCo Foods Canada Lethbridge, AB

• Provided coaching, guidance and mentoring to 6 Front Line Supervisors, equipping them with the skills to be more efficient leaders with their teams; driving turnaround in 250 employee site.

NATIONAL PACKAGING MANAGER JUL 2012 - NOV 2013

PepsiCo Foods Canada Mississauga, ON

• Liaised with National Operations team to spearhead the modernization of the organization’s packaging rooms including technical design, strategic HR planning and training initiatives.

PROJECT MANAGER JAN 2012 - JUL 2012

PepsiCo Foods Canada Lethbridge, AB

• Managed 3 Contractors (direct reports) with up to 40 skilled trades professionals that were responsible for all installations and set-up services within the facility. PACKAGING DEPARTMENT LEADER JUL 2010 - DEC 2011

PepsiCo Foods Canada Cambridge, ON

• Oversaw 8 department coaches, fostering professional development, accountability and recognition while ensuring to deliver high end results. K E Y A R E A S O F E X P E R T I S E

Management / Operations

• Track and follow up with sites on productivity tactics to deliver targets while ensuring area compliance to SOX on quarterly basis, eliminating any non-conformance issues.

• Experienced in spearheading site and nation-wide sponsorship for capability building initiatives resulting in increased revenue streams and new partnerships.

• Maintain active engagement in the governance of area and national operations as part of nationwide leadership teams.

Scope of Influence / Leadership

• Collaborate with management teams to develop annual strategic plans to ensure correct phasing focussed on meeting operational objectives.

• Actively engage in the recruitment process for full time managerial positions at numerous sites within Canada across different levels.

• Build high performing, competent teams with a strong culture of inclusiveness and recognition for team member and departmental success. Critical / Analytical Thinking

• Develop tactical long-term game plans and balance quick wins to build momentum while delivering strong improvements covering multiple metrics.

• Utilize technical expertise to source out and implement state of art technology fostering a safer working environment for all team members, contractors and visitors.

• Strategically implement automation installs across Canada involving organization of technical and operational training, and engineering support. S K I L L S

• Critical Thinking

• Leadership/Team Building

• Interpersonal Relations

• Technical Acumen

• Decision Making

• Communication

• Organizational Awareness

T E C H N I C A L S K I L L S

• Engineering Procedures

• Facility Maintenance

• Equipment Reliability

• Business Assessment

• Operational Expertise

• Microsoft Office

A T T R I B U T E S

• Results-driven

• Goal Oriented

• Lifelong Learning

• Innovative

• Energetic

• Visionary Entrepreneurship

• Pragmatic