Kenneth Young
Pocatello,ID
Summary
Dedicated Lean Leader seeking a challenging career opportunity, where I can drive organizational excellence by fostering a collaborative team environment that thrives on team relationships and problem-solving strategies.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Process Improvement Engineer
Amy’s Kitchen
10.2024 - Current
- Support and execute Lean initiatives which result in impact to Safety, People, Quality, Delivery, and Cost
- Create new water treatment program and eliminate hold events causing $2.5mm in finished case losses
- Lead rework team to inspect and release 150k cases to sales and shipping.
Senior Operations Manager, Frozen
Amy’s Kitchen
11.2023 - Current
- Lead operations of a 300-member team M-F, on 3 production lines, to produce 3.75mm cases yearly.
- Complete GAP analysis of leadership training and implement new training curriculum for hourly leadership
- Champion completion of RCA’s to implement sustainable changes that positively impact CPLH
- Build partnership with maintenance to eliminate machine downtime that affects product quality and product waste
- Increase employee retention by championing employee engagement through employee led listening sessions
Canning Operations Manager, Canning
Amy’s Kitchen
11.2017 - 11.2023
- Lead Ops and Sanitation of a 40-member team, on a continuous rotary can line to produce 2.5mm cases yearly.
- Encourage and drive safety standards resulting in Zero % incident rate in 2023
- Achieve 0% voluntary turnover rate in 2023 by encouraging an inclusive and engaging team culture
- Empower department leaders to own new Tier Board process with KPI visuals and tracking, resulting in an increase to Case Goal Attainment from 88 to 97% resulting in a 90% reduction in product waste within 2 years.
Continuous Improvement Coordinator
Continuous Improvement Coordinator
01.2016 - 11.2017
- Support and execute Lean initiatives which result in an impact to Safety, People, Quality, Delivery, and Cost
- Identify and share strategies to capture $6.3mm in savings opportunity in frozen production
- Work with manufacturing and engineering to acquire and test new parts to capture identified savings
Canning Shift Lead
Canning Shift Lead
09.2006 - 01.2016
- Lead a crew of 13 employees to be successful in production and packaging of finished products.
Education
Leadership Academy -
Enact Leadership Inc.
06.2018
Statistical Process Control Food Safety Workshop Certificate -
Utah State University
Logan, UT05.2014
High School Diploma -
Eagle Point High School
Eagle Point, OR06.2002
Skills
- PCQI Certification (FSPCA)
- SQF
- HACCP/HARPC
- CAPA/RCA Management
- Lean Manufacturing
- Statistical Process Control
- MS Office (Word, Excel, PP, Visio)
- BPCS/Thermal Processing
- Team leadership
- Operations management
Accomplishments
- Work with OEM technicians to commission new canning line in 2006 as hourly machine operator
- Partner with Engineering Manager and Installaction technicians to Commission new canning line as area Manager in 2017.
- Implement a Statistical Process Control program to exhibit control over current process to prevent product giveaway and increase throughput in the canning department by 4% without any capital expenditure
- Co-Authored and implemented Continuous Improvement training program for front line leaders
- Decrease new hire turnover rate by 300%, by implementing VOC Program for new hires and training leads
- Lead a cross functional team to develop and implement Electronic Quality Checks using the Redzone Quality System
- Develop and execute a strategy during COVID, for increasing production from 2 4/10 shifts to a 24/7 schedule in order to meet increased customer demand.
- Developed and published all plant based work instructions and SOP's for the canning department, and collaborated with other facilities to make documents cross functional across multiple sites
Certification
- Certified Lean Practitioner, EMS Consulting Group - 2016
- BPCS Certificate - Arizona State University - 2007
- PCQI Certification - 2016
Timeline
Process Improvement Engineer
Amy’s Kitchen
10.2024 - Current
Senior Operations Manager, Frozen
Amy’s Kitchen
11.2023 - Current
Canning Operations Manager, Canning
Amy’s Kitchen
11.2017 - 11.2023
Continuous Improvement Coordinator
Continuous Improvement Coordinator
01.2016 - 11.2017
Canning Shift Lead
Canning Shift Lead
09.2006 - 01.2016
Leadership Academy -
Enact Leadership Inc.
Statistical Process Control Food Safety Workshop Certificate -
Utah State University
High School Diploma -
Eagle Point High School
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