Corporate Quality & Technical Director
Resume:
James P. Bruton
South Elgin, IL 60177
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Career Objective:
Quality /Technical Executive with an exciting and growing company
Summary of Qualifications:
A technical, results oriented professional with nearly thirty years of food and beverage industry experience in: quality leadership; technical services; operational excellence; equipment, facility and fleet maintenance; technical project management and support; process and product research, development and engineering. A self-motivated executive leader committed to the overall success of the business.
Areas of Expertise:
1. Quality Leadership
• Developed and implemented various Corporate Quality & Food Safety System(s)
• Lead GFSI/FSSC 22000 certification initiative for 17 bottling facilities
• Developed Intervention Process to improve Quality KPI’s
• Achieved & sustained 100% Quality for DoD/DoS Bottled Water in Iraq
2. Technical Services
• Technical leader for launch of many new products/processes (Pearl Purified Water, Lipton Teas, Gatorade, etc.)
• CSD/Hot-Fill/Purified Water Quality/Technical Subject Matter Expert (SME)
• Lead team(s) of Field Quality Mgrs./Engineers supporting 60 bottling facilities
3. Operations Improvement
• Drove bottle line efficiencies from 47% to 85% within 18 months
• Implemented 5 yr. operations improvement plan
• Turned 30 yr. old PBG plant into a “showcase” facility
4. Project Management
• Managed 5yr. $50MM capital improvement project
• On-site Project Manager for new 118,000 ft2 warehouse
5. Product & Process Development
• Lead technical team for development of PepsiCo International Lemon-Lime beverages
• Flavor, Extract, Concentrate and Beverage process/product developer
6. People Development
• Developed mechanic into Maintenance Manager within 5 yrs.
• Developed 4 apprentice mechanics to master level within 3 yrs.
Professional Experience:
10/11 – Present Quality & Technical Director, Al-Morrell / Oasis International Waters, Baghdad, Iraq
07/10 – Present President, Beverage Consulting Group, LLC, South Elgin, IL
04/06 – 07/10 Quality Director, PepsiAmericas, Schaumburg, IL
Professional Experience (continued):
01/05 – 04/06 Group Manager CSD/Hot-Fill Field Quality, PepsiCo Beverages, Barrington, IL
12/02 – 01/05 Lead Technical Services Manager, Pepsi-Cola North America, Chicago, IL
07/00 – 12/02 Project Operations Manager, Pepsi Bottling Group, Orlando, FL
07/95 – 07/00 Maintenance / Fleet Manager, Pepsi Bottling Group, Orlando, FL
09/91 – 07/95 Senior Technical Projects Manager, Pepsi-Cola North America, Somers, NY
09/90 – 09/91 Manager Corporate Quality, Pepsi-Cola North America, Somers, NY
03/90 – 09/90 Manager Process / Product Development, PepsiCo, Valhalla, NY
04/89 – 03/90 Manager Process Engineering, PepsiCo, Valhalla, NY
03/88 – 04/89 Senior Process Engineer, PepsiCo, Valhalla, NY
09/86 – 03/88 Process Engineer, PepsiCo, Valhalla, NY
07/85 – 09/86 Senior Engineer, Cadbury Schweppes Beverages, Williamson, NY
03/84 – 07/85 Research Engineer, Cadbury Schweppes Beverages, Williamson, NY
09/83 – 03/84 Pilot Plant Technician, Cadbury Schweppes, Hamlin, NY
Education: 1983, B.S. Chemical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
Certifications: ASQ; CQE, CQA, CMQ/OE (retired)
Interests: Swimming, Skiing, Golf, Tennis, Mountain Biking and Automobiles
Personal: Married, 2 children
References: Available upon request
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