Julian Johnson
St. Louis,Mo
Summary
Process-driven Mechanical/Industrial engineering professional who is highly effective at transforming underperforming operations into successful enterprises at the forefront of the industry. With multiple industry leadership roles, I am a exceptional team builder and manager that has Frontline, Sales and C-Level experience.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Operations Excellence Coach
QAD - Redzone
St Louis, MO
09.2023 - Current
- Dawns Fresh Foods: exercised an uplift of 22%. Dawns Case count per day went from 1200/day to a record of 4900 in one shift over 10 weeks of coaching.
- Home Run Inn: In two weeks of productivity coaching, the Home Run Team has exceeded their average rate of 4.4 to a new record of 4.9. This results in an increase ~4,000 pizzas a shift.
- Companion Baking: Influenced the team to add add sensors to there 3 packaging lines after 5+ years of Redzone. This allowed them to have full visibility of waste throughout their plant as well as units produced.
Project Manager
Microsoft Corporation
Dallas, TX
03.2017 - 08.2023
- Delivered over ~60M in Revenue across Commercial, HealthCare, Manufacturing & SLG Clients as Program/Project Manager.
- Responsible for Delivery of Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures across multiple North/South America Industries.
- Managed Deployment of Exchange, Onedrive, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, DLP, ATP, & Azure.
- Managed Helpdesk transitions leveraging ITIL &ITSM
- Furnished project updates to various C-Level Executives, Directors & Sponsors, informing on strategy, adjustments and progress.
- Led Steering Committee Meetings Internally & Externally for Clients
- Responsible for Sales to Delivery Handoffs; Risk Assessments, Issues, Actions and Dependencies Accountable for Financial forecast for Margin attainment
- Reviewed budget and subcontractor estimates in detail and analyzed for accuracy with scope of work relevancy in mind.
- Determined project staffing needs and led resource management.
- Created project plans with established timelines, assigned to appropriate teams and managed workflow throughout construction.
Project Process Engineer
United States Gypsum Company
Houston, Texas
- Led (3) three capital equipment installations of ~ $540,500 in Corporate funding
- Supervisor of 11 man plant construction crew.
- Responsible for standardizing equipment across 7 North American plants.
- Managed all Non-Routine Maintenance (NRM) around plant to increase lean & efficient production lines.
- Worked with managers, operators and vendors to perform root cause analysis on failing systems.
- Identified and implemented process changes to improve safety, cost and reliability.
- Managed Infrastructure repair/replacement projects throughout entire Houston plants.
- Reviewer of plant insurance projects to meet all FM Global insurance codes and guidelines.
- Supervisor for all Plant Contractors and all written contracts.
Project Process Engineer
True Manufacturing Company
O'Fallon, MO
- Responsible for standardizing and Optimizing Power Distribution components throughout all inventory
- Developed and implemented best practices, quality assurance standards and project management procedures.
- Conducted trials, observed process conditions and analyzed results to improve product quality and reduce costs.
- Responsible for Profit & Loss of Raw Materials
- Responsible for working with R&D on UL Guidelines for future models
- Implemented continuous improvement in processes and materials to improve performance and reduce costs.
Interim Supply Chain Leader
PepsiCo – Frito Lay, TC
Beloit, Wisconsin
- Extruded/Tortilla Chip (Doritos, Cheetos, Frito's) Interim manager.
- Determined inventory goals, product stock and risk management objectives and oversaw techniques to maximize inventory.
- Responsible for line Scheduling, Product Changeovers, Product Attainments and personnel on 1st Shift
- Responsible for partnering with Maintenance team to schedule and fix an issues in department
- Identified and rolled out both short- and long-term supply chain plans while optimizing procedures to decrease annual expenses.
- Determined inventory goals, product stock and risk management objectives and oversaw techniques to maximize inventory.
Maintenance Manufacturing Leader
PepsiCo – Frito Lay
Topeka, Kansas
- Optimized preventative maintenance schedule for corn processing lines
- Created and revised systems and procedures by analyzing operating practices.
- Creation of Line Condition Audit documents to budget future maintenance installations
- Responsible for Maintenance Shop F22K/5S Organization
- Directed safety meetings and checked team compliance with protective equipment and behavioral practices.
- Resource intern for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Shift.
Education
B.S - Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
MS 900 – Microsoft 365 Fundamentals MS-700 Microsoft Teams Administrator Certified – In Progress AZ -900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals – In Progress Leading Edge Delivery – Agile Go to Market Training -
Certification
Skills
- Project Development and Lifecycle
- Cost Reduction and Containment
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Complex Problem Solving
- Technical Presentations
- Stakeholder Relations
- Team Collaboration
- Training and Development
- Project Planning
- Time Management
- Lean Environment Experience
- Quality and Cycle Time Optimization
Timeline
Operations Excellence Coach
QAD - Redzone
09.2023 - Current
Project Manager
Microsoft Corporation
03.2017 - 08.2023
Project Process Engineer
United States Gypsum Company
Project Process Engineer
True Manufacturing Company
Interim Supply Chain Leader
PepsiCo – Frito Lay, TC
Maintenance Manufacturing Leader
PepsiCo – Frito Lay
B.S - Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
MS 900 – Microsoft 365 Fundamentals MS-700 Microsoft Teams Administrator Certified – In Progress AZ -900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals – In Progress Leading Edge Delivery – Agile Go to Market Training -
Certification
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