DON KRC

Lead the manufacturing excellence and digital transformation agenda at Don, spanning over multiple initiatives, technologies and teams with the aim to drive value across the entire supply chain

Key Achievements
•	Delivered $10M YoY cost reduction via product renovation , waste and operational performance improvement
•	Develop factory simulation & scheduling model that simulates products, asset & business logic to deliver insights & rapid experimentation, delivered $2M improvement in labour performance and being utilized for CAPEX optimisation and strategic choice validation
•	Champion the deployment of a modern MES system that provides materials tracking & tracing, OEE & line performance, statistical process control, recipe governance & decision support
•	Lead the development and deployment of AI model for Salami maturation process aiming to generate $1M in yield improvement
•	Champion War on Waste at Don striving towards Zero Waste – achieved 38% reduction of meat waste over FY21 – FY22
•	Champion the rollout of SAP PO in preparation for MES deployment, developing business governance processes and BI dashboards to support the deployment

Role Profile
•	Lead a team of Continuous Improvement, Automation, Controls & Reliability professionals to deliver the Don Strategy 
•	Compound the Don Renewal program with a framework of manufacturing excellence to embed best practice into the Don way of life via standard processes, performance reviews & programs of data analysis to drive improvement from all levels & functions of the business
•	Lead the development and deployment of enterprise architecture covering SAP, MES, digital twins & simulation, AI and data life cycle management to create a future ready factory
•	Lead the essential replacement program for an asset base of $300M+ ,integrates with a $150M+ factory re-configuration initiative aiming to deliver $50M cost out
•	Develop capability in Lean Six Sigma, simulation modelling & BI visualization technologies

Head of Manufacturing Excellence & Digital Supply Chain

Led a high performing Continuous Improvement team embedded in 4 manufacturing streams to deliver the business continuous improvement and cost out agenda. Delivered $30M plus and embedded operations performance

Key Achievements
•	Champion the ‘Renewal’ program throughout its life cycle, comprising of a program of initiatives and projects with stakeholders across the business to deliver $10M plus in year-on-year cost reduction  
•	Integrate the Renewal program with IBP and finance processes to serve as the drum beat of the business cost out & budgeted year on year P&L improvement 
•	Optimized the product portfolio, WIPs and planning rules to deliver circa $4M in VCM and net labor. Shifted the mindset on how the business views profitability, portfolio and operational impact of complicated product mix 
•	Relentlessly drive yield improvement by cultivating a culture of operational performance review utilizing digital dashboards, data analytics and improvement projects. Spanning from FG giveaway reduction to process change
•	Develop organizational capability in Lean Six Sigma, data analytics & visualization via training programs, coaching & mentoring as well as on job developmental projects with the aim to develop the next wave of change leaders

Continuous Improvement Manager

Costa

Driving cultural change throughout the organisation to optimise operations to Costa Group vision, through resource and process improvements, to achieve strategic goals in production productivity, organisational effectiveness and people development

Key Achievements
•	Redesigned and revamped the production function to drive a 5 Million AUD benefit, delivered H1 targets
•	Deployed a production-process model for harvest to enable effective financial and operational process control
•	Supported HR with people and capability strategy; spearheaded the CI and production framework deployment 
•	Driving cultural change through change leadership, people development and a MDI & GEMBA culture
•	Identified strategic innovation projects delivering a 4 Million AUD return and a 2 year ROI, developed business cases for board approval
•	Working with IT and Costa Corporate team on ERP system upgrade & deployment; aiming to integrate various stand-alone processes into a singular ERP solution for production management.

National Continuous Improvement Manager

AkzoNobel

Transformed the maintenance and engineering setup of the site by revamping maintenance regimes. Led paradigm shift in operations by leading Black Belt & CAPEX projects
Key Achievements
•	Lead (Black Belt) energy cost reduction project for the organization targeting 0.3 Million AUD savings. 
•	Increased plant capacity by redesigning pre-mix area and installation of additional mixer. Led Hazard Studies for design & construction review. Managed AUD 0.8 Million in CAPEX spend  
•	Led the site journey towards compliance to AS and IEC standards resulting in overhaul of equipment and maintenance regime
•	Deployed computer based maintenance management system to digitize plant asset maintenance

Maintenance Engineer

Championed Continuous Improvement and strategic projects throughout the business targeting a positive impact on key performance indicators (Safety, OTIF, Cost, Material Efficiency, Quality and Inventory)
Key Achievements
•	Led (Black Belt) RFT improvement project for site targeting 1sigma quality improvement. 
•	Led material efficiency projects aiming to reduce value leakage during manufacturing and warehousing
•	Deployed AkzoNobel CI framework across multiple sites in Pakistan and Oman 
•	Led the deployment of Process Safety Management (PSM) framework at site. Led multiple sub-projects across Operations and IM to achieve targets. 
•	Aligned site ISC metrics and reporting to regional structure, led projects to align SAP reports to new metrics. Deployed processes and projects targeting continuous improvement of site metrics
•	Deployed Kanban and SMED principles for BCT reduction at Oman site. Reduced BCT by 32%  enabling site to generate USD220,000 in revenue from increased production capacity
•	Improved material efficiency of solvent manufacturing line by 8% using process mapping, VSM and Kaizen bursts

Manufacturing Excellence Manager

Lead the E&I Maintenance function, sustain safe operations within budgets and a lean setup, develop E&I Maintenance team into customer and solution oriented professionals 
Key Achievements
•	Designed, executed and commissioned upgrade of SF-170 dispersion mill from S5 PLC to S7 PLC with touch panel HMI. Upgraded ACS 400 VFD in machine to ACS 550 over and above the standard OEM upgrade package
•	Independently developed and implemented preventive maintenance regime without additional costs, resulting in a 40% reduction of equipment breakdown
•	Reduced inventory value by 18% reduction by modifying existing scheme of E&I inventory management by redesigning stock levels, trimming spares holdings and introducing vendor managed inventory

Assistant  Manager E&I

Managed USD 2 Million in CAPEX; delivered multiple projects with cross-functional stake-holders and stretched timeline
Key Achievements
•	Enabled a 4.5% reduction in FMC by proposing an alternate scheme of back-up power arrangement 
•	Reduced plant energy consumption by 12%. Project resulted in a ROI of 2.4 years
•	Reduced plant energy cost by 20% by replacing air compressors. Project resulted in a ROI of 2.1 years
•	Ensured sustainable plant operation by steam boiler upgrade project allowing dual fuel operation
•	Saved AUD 0.3 Million by optimizing filling machine efficiency. 
•	Increased organizational effectiveness by developing a knowledge management system to centralize isolated data-bases on Microsoft SharePoint. Replicated databases and process from IBM Lotus Notes platform

Assistant Manager Projects

Graduate Recruit under training in the company fast track management trainee program. Worked on key assigments for organizational effectiveness

•  Ensured sustainable plant operation by installing dual fuel burner by leading a team of in-house technicians
• Increased organizational effectiveness by developing a knowledge management system to centralize isolated knowledge-bases on Microsoft SharePoint. Replicated databases and process from IBM Lotus Notes platform

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Tetra Pak

Field Service Engineer

Center for Advanced Research and Engineering (CARE)

•Development of algorithms for cardiac arrhythmia detection
•Development of cost effective high resolution ECG machine 
•Maximizing research output by developing novel algorithms and subsequent paper publication
•Attending technical meetings with stakeholders 
•Overseeing pilot testing and subsequent Beta testing of ECG machine developed at AFIC and Shifa International Hospital
•Equipment selection and ordering for project during development phase
•Compiling technical literature and documentation relevant to discipline for the project.

Research Assistant

A high performing professional, with a background in food manufacturing, fresh produce, chemicals & coatings. Passionate about people, data & analytics, continuous improvement, digital transformation and change leadership to drive positive change.

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