Peter McGriff

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Experienced Manager with proven leadership abilities and international experience. Proven ability to: achieve goals, develop, and drive innovative ideas, communicate effectively, motivate people, and operate independently. Proven management skills resulting in improvements in safety, quality, efficiency, and productivity. Excels at driving accountability, performance, and results. Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit, a continuous improvement mentality and an extensive background in manufacturing and fulfillment.

Work Experience

Production Manager/Interim Ops Manager

Hello Fresh

June 2021 – Present

•Operational responsibility for assembly side of night shift in Atlanta Ga. Responsible for adherence to basic KPIs (MPB, BPH, Fast Start/Strong Finish, labor tracking, etc.) and for building a team capable of managing volatile volume periods. Other responsibilities include team audit compliance, compliance to customer expectations and due dates (CPTs), enforcement of all Hello Fresh company policies and a focus on safety, quality, and productivity. Also filled Ops manager duties for 7 months after incumbent Ops manager resigned.

Facility Manager

Packaging Corporation of America

December 2018 to October 2020

•Operational and financial responsibility for point of purchase/fulfillment operation in Atlanta Ga. Responsible for restructuring on site organization, reorganizing the operation, implementing basic 5s strategies, establishing basic KPIs, and for building a team capable of managing peak volume periods. • Other responsibilities include implementation of long-term capacity planning, inventory accuracy, shop floor planning, and compliance with customer expectations and due dates, cost reduction, enforcement of all PCA company policies while emphasizing safety, quality, and productivity. In 2019 we achieved zero recordable injuries in and zero customer complaints.

•Other measurable improvements include increased revenue per direct labor hour from $18.00 in 2018 to $30.00 in 2019, decreased indirect labor hours by 34%, and decreased direct labor as a percent of revenue from 145% to 49% between January 2019 and December 2019.

Operations Manager

Sonoco Display and Packaging

May 2017 to October 2018

•Operational responsibility for startup and ramp-up of the $70mm Sonoco/Duracell Pack Center located in Fairburn Ga., including primary/secondary packaging business units, fully operational warehouse, and management structure.

•Responsibility for a safe start up working environment, hiring plan adherence, initial 5s planning, recycling program, internal DMS planning/communication, and face to face DDS communication with customer representatives.

•Oversight of labor planning, production scheduling, capacity planning, schedule adherence, OTIF reporting, warehouse capacity reporting, cycle count validation/accuracy reporting, etc.

•Overall responsibility for 3 shifts, 7 supervisors, 7 leads, 100 hourly personnel, and up to 400temporary associates daily.

Area Manager

Sonoco Display and Packaging

July 2011 to May 2018

Area Manager

Sonoco/General Mills InDC and Sonoco/Nestle InDC - Palmyra, PA

2011 to 2014

special packaging centers located in Palmyra, Pa. and Allentown, Pa, 2011 - 2014. 2014 - 2017, Sonoco Display and Packaging Bolingbrook IL FDA certified multi-customer facility and Iowa City IA Fulfillment center.

•P&L and toll/pricing responsibility for $7mm facility located inside the Palmyra General Mills Distribution Center.

•P&L responsibility for $3.5mm facility located inside the Allentown Nestle Distribution Center.

•P&L responsibility for $5.5mm multi-customer facility located in Bolingbrook IL.

•Responsible for implementing lean methodologies, continuous improvement, capitol project planning/implementation, and cost reduction in all sites.

•Responsible for developing and managing all performance metrics in all sites including annual strategic safety plans, quality/DPMO goals, and financial goals including annual budget and EBIT expectations.

•Responsible for relationships with customers, vendors, staffing agencies, etc.

•Area responsibility for Sonoco staffing including hiring and development of high talent individuals as well as formal annual performance management and succession planning.

•External customers include Wal-Mart, Target, CVS, Delhaize, BJ's, Walgreen's, Starbucks, Target, Incomm, etc.

•Increased Bolingbrook Ebit by 200% in two years from a loss of $98m in 2014 to a gain of $2.1mm in2016.

Divisional Sustainability Manager

Sonoco Corrflex

July 2010 to July 2011

- US

•Divisional responsibility for fledgling sustainability program accompanied with responsibility for divisional excellence relative to large multisite product launches and business development.

•Initiated lighting audits in five of seven facilities, secured approval for lighting upgrade in Winston-Salem, NC which will reduce office lighting energy costs by 56%. Secured approval for lighting upgrade in Rural Hall, NC which reduced total lighting energy costs by 65%.

•Initiated Boiler audits in two manufacturing facilities. Also have responsibility for standardizing a recycling program among seven facilities.

•Initiated division wide education relative to optimization of compressed air systems and secured the purchase of three ultrasonic air leak detectors to be used throughout the division.

•Provided divisional oversight for successful multisite execution and launch of a $3,000,000 seasonal project for Wal-Mart - 6,510 full pallets and 4,328 half pallets produced in Iowa, Kentucky, and North Carolina.

•Responsibility for relationship with PepsiCo's sustainability group and hosted PepsiCo Recon in Winston Salem Plant in Q3 2011.

Plant Manager

Sonoco Corrflex

December 2009 to July 2010

- International

•Managed the start-up and launch of a single customer fulfillment facility in Monterrey, Mexico. Responsibilities included all aspects of managing a manufacturing facility including the oversight of 11 direct reports, 10 indirect reports, and up to 50 temporary staffing.

•Other responsibilities included finance, cost, staffing, budgeting, safety, corporate and customer reporting, overall project quality, adherence to launch deadline, business development and development of new staff.

•More specific responsibilities included direct interface with Polish counterparts, Danish customer representatives, and English management and sales. Also held responsibility for building relationship with second customer operation in Monterrey as well as relationship with customer's US based customer service.

•Projected revenue for 2010 was $230,000 - actual revenue through June 30 was $342,000. I left

Mexico in July due to security concerns.

•Also held primary responsibility for construction, start-up, and launch of a P&G fulfillment facility in Manaus, Brazil in 2011

Production Manager

Sonoco Corrflex

November 2007 to December 2009

•Responsibilities included all aspects of a Production Manager in an AIB certified multi-customer fulfillment center including the direct management of four supervisors, three leads, and up to 32 Line Coordinators over two shifts, as well as indirect management of temporary staffing which numbered as high as 600 over two shifts.

•Other responsibilities included driving standardized safety goals, local efficiency and throughput goals and quality goals. Also included were scheduling and staffing input, adherence to company policies among all subordinates, training, discipline, performance, hiring and termination. • More specific responsibilities included participating in and support of a plant wide 6S initiative. • Employed lean concepts on the production floor, eliminated waste, and drove other initiatives/ concepts/changes to measurably contribute to the productivity savings goal for the facility.

•Through August 2009, my direct contribution to the productivity savings goal was $109,382.

3rd SHIFT SUPERVISOR

Sonoco Corrflex

March 2007 to November 2007

•Responsibilities included all aspects of supervision in a fulfillment center. Supervised 8-16 direct reports and indirectly supervised all other night shift employees as well as the temporary associates which numbered as high as 300.

•Primary responsibilities included safety, quality, training, discipline, performance to goals, adherence to company policies, schedule adherence, and production goals.

•After being with this company for only 4 months, I was trusted to be the sole supervisor on 3rd shift for the remainder of my time as a supervisor.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Psychology

Appalachian State University - Boone, NC

Skills

•Experienced Manager with proven leadership abilities and international experience. Proven ability to: achieve goals, develop and drive innovative ideas, communicate effectively, motivate people and operate independently. Proven management skills resulting in improvements in safety, quality, efficiency, and productivity. Excels at driving accountability, performance and results. Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit, a continuous improvement mentality and an extensive background in manufacturing and fulfillment.

•5S/Visual Control

•Plant Management

•Production Planning

•Inventory Control

•Lean

•Production/Operations Management

•Performance Management

•Facilities Management

•Succession Planning

•Lean Manufacturing

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