JANICE E. HARRIS

*** **** ******* **. 813-***-**** (Cell)

West Columbia, SC 29170 803-***-**** (Home)

SUMMARY

Manufacturing Leader with diverse experience and proven ability to achieve results. Quick learner of new processes and technology with demonstrated strengths in managing multiple and shifting priorities. Proven problem solver. Excellent communication skills with ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with employees, peers and customers. Customer-focused with a bias for action. Track record of achieving results through coaching and developing people.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bimbo Bakeries, USA, Orangeburg, SC 2016-2017

Plant Manager

Responsible for managing a 3 line manufacturing Bakery with 200 employees. Factory produces bread and buns. Scope includes all aspects of Human Resources, Finance, Quality, Safety, Warehousing, Engineering, Maintenance and Continuous Improvement.

Improved throughput by 15%

Reduced safety recordable incidents by 50% in first year.

CONAGRA FOODS/TREEHOUSE PRIVATE BRANDS, Battle Creek, MI 2015-2016

Plant Manager

Responsible for managing a 400,000 square foot manufacturing facility with 200 employees. Factory produces flake and biscuit cereal. Scope includes all aspects of Human Resources, Finance, Quality, Safety, Warehousing, Engineering, Maintenance and Continuous Improvement.

Improved plant financial using CI methodology by $3.2 million in first year.

Reduced safety recordable incidents by 50% in first year.

NESTLE 2001-2014

NESTLE PROFESSIONAL BEVERAGE, Tampa, FL 2012-2014

Director of Manufacturing Services

Responsible for managing of six Co manufacturing Managers and two packaging Engineers with oversight of multiple locations.

Determine capabilities of co manufactures and managed the P and L for 26 co-manufacturers.

Reduces losses by $1 million by eliminating defects from our bag supplier.

NESTLE, Solon, OH 2011-2012

Market Quality Pillar Leader

Responsible for managing the start-up and training of the Quality Pillar for NUSA, Nestle Professional, Nestle Nutrition and Nestle Canada. This is part of the biggest initiative within Nestle worldwide. Responsible for the training of the Tools and methodology of the Quality Pillar for all Nestle locations in the U.S. and Canada. The roll-out plan is for 35 factories within the US and Canada.

Lead the start-up of the first Quality Pillar in our reference factory and training our top factories in the Quality Pillar methodology

Reduced defects on pilot line by 15%.

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NESTLE, Solon, OH 2010-2011

Factory Manager

Responsible for managing a 540,000 square foot manufacturing facility with 1100 employees. Factory produced Lean Cuisine and Stouffers meals. The factory produced approximately 31 million pounds annually.

Reduced line downtime by 20% using TPM tools and methodology.

Passed ISO Quality audit in two months.

NESTLE, Danville, VA 2008-2010

Factory Manager

Responsible for managing a 225,000 square foot manufacturing facility with 630 employees. Factory produced Toll House Cookie Dough and Buitoni Pasta and Sauces.

Reduced injury rate to < 1.

Improved service level by 15% and operational efficiencies by 8%.

NESTLE, Modesto, CA 2007-2008

Factory Manager

Responsible for managing an 88,000 square foot manufacturing facility with 100 employees. Factory produced 234,000 pounds of evaporated milk with a $96 million budget.

Reduced injury rate by 50%.

Reduced consumer complaints by 40%.

NESTLE, Solon, OH 2006-2007

Technical Services Manager

Responsible for managing four co manufacturing facilities. The products include RTU sauces, culinary cream and evaporated milk.

Reduced costs by 5% by working with plants to improve mean time between failures.

NESTLE, Solon, OH 2003-2006

Quality Assurance Manager

Responsible for auditing and monitoring all quality control programs for co manufacturers to assure corporate policies, procedures, and directives are maintained. Scope included auditing ten to twelve co manufacturing locations.

First Quality Manager to support multiple divisions.

Supported the startup of a new syrup line at a plant in Canada.

NESTLE ICE CREAM COMPANY, Bakersfield, CA 2001-2003

Quality Assurance Manager

Responsible for auditing and monitoring all quality control programs for suppliers to assure corporate policies, procedures, and directives were maintained. Scope included raw material specifications and auditing one hundred and fifty supplier locations.

Developed supplier audit program that reduced travel time by 30%.

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LAND O’LAKES, INC., Arden Hills, MN 1996-2001

Quality Assurance Manager, Value–Added Business (1999-2001)

Quality Assurance Manager, Natural Cheese (1998-1999)

Plant Manager, Northumberland, PA (1996-1998)

KRAFT FOODS, Champaign, IL 1989-1996

Operations Supervisor, Viscous Filling (1995-1996)

Operations Supervisor, Portion Control Department (1994-1995)

Quality Control Manager, Chambersburg, PA (1992-1995)

Production Supervisor/Sanitation Coordinator, Chambersburg, PA (1989-1992)

PPG INDUSTRIES, Carlisle, PA 1977-1989

Temporary Production Supervisor

EDUCATION

ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE, Elizabethtown, PA

B.S., Business Administration

PHILLIP CROSBY’S SCHOOL OF QUALITY

TPM COACHES COURSE

STAND AND DELIVER COURSE

DMAIC COURSE

CERTIFIED ISO LEAD AUDITOR

AM PILLAR COURSE, QUALITY PILLAR COURSE

HACCP CERTIFIED

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