Ladislav Lieskovan
Jbs Usa
Calgary,Canada
5
Languages
1
Certification
21
years of professional experience
Plant Manager leading food processing operations with accountability for P&L ownership, plant budget control within 8–10% of budget per month, and daily production performance. Drives food safety, QA, HACCP, maintenance, inventory, and supplier negotiations to keep the site efficient and cost on plan. Coaches 10–25 people while supporting new product development and cross-functional projects that improve revenue and customer delivery.
Work History
General Manager
1 Year 4 Months- Managed cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration to achieve organizational goals.
- Oversaw financial performance, ensuring budget adherence and cost management initiatives.
- Mentored leadership teams, promoting professional development and succession planning.
- Established safety protocols, resulting in a culture of compliance and risk mitigation.
- Managed a diverse team of professionals, fostering a positive work environment and high employee satisfaction.
- Cultivated strong relationships with clients, vendors, and partners to ensure long-term success and loyalty.
- Monitored financial performance, set budgets and controlled expenses to provide financial stability and long-term organizational growth.
- Maximized efficiency by coaching and mentoring personnel on management principles, industry practices, company procedures, and technology systems.
- Drove year-over-year business growth while leading operations, strategic vision, and long-range planning.
- Increased overall company efficiency by streamlining operations and implementing innovative managerial strategies.
Plant Manager
2 Years 7 Months- Monitoring safety, Safety Regulations, Chairman of safety committee
- Managing and coaching Floor Supervisors, employees on daily basis
- Monitoring Food safety and product Quality with QA and HACCAP team
- New product development to increase company revenue.
- Monitoring plant maintenance, to ensure full plant efficiency at all time
- Monitoring budget and keep plant cost on track with budgeted numbers
- Participating on Budget planning
- Control of inventory and purchasing of any material incoming to plant
- Negotiation of new contracts for new suppliers, to ensure lowest price possible.
- Responsible for Plant cost and P&L
- Managing Projects
Production Manager
2 Years 2 Months- Monitoring safety of employees, improving safety and process procedures
- Supporting and managing processing floor Supervisors and employees
- Making sure daily production goals are achieved, while setting up and watching indicators like KPI’s or other daily production reports
- Participation on Senior management decisions , and covering GM while absent
- Daily/weekly planning and features approval
- Daily communication with customer to ensure their full satisfaction
- Support and work closely with other departments to ensure Fresh meat department t run efficiently and meeting Customer demands.
General Foreman
4 Years 1 Month- Monitoring safety of employees, improving safety and process procedures
- Supporting and managing processing floor Supervisors and employees
- Making sure daily production goals are achieved, while watching indicators like KPI’s and other daily production reports
Supervisor
4 Months- Daily safety checks, organizing meetings, motivating employees
- Managing processing lines with boners and trimmers
- Checking daily schedule and motivating team to meet goals
- Checking product specifications to ensure quality for the customer
- Looking for and taking action to minimize cost
- Checking daily line yields and schedule
Floor Manager
9 Months- Planning production schedules
- Managing packing lines, verification of dates, and barcodes
- Organizing and managing production to ensure trucks are shipping in time
- Monitoring KPI’s, monitoring management performance and appraisals
- Managing employee schedules, vacation, time sheets
- Recruiting employees and overseeing training
Assistant Production Manager
9 Years 1 Month- Planning production between 10 production lines
- Creating orders, checking final product
- Problem solving around production
- Managing 250 general operators, 15 supervisors
- Part of the HACCP team
- Communication with customers and potential customers
- Organizing special production for specific customers’ needs
Education
- Processing and Meat Sales, Business Management
specializing in Retail
- Processing meat and meat products, Sale to final Customers
Skills
Plant management
Production planning
New product development
Negotiation
Budget management
Strategic workforce planning
Procurement
HACCP
Inventory control
Maintenance coordination
Quality assurance
Continuous improvement
Root cause analysis
Capex planning
Preventive maintenance programs
Food defense
Certification
- Foundation of Leadership Skills – Levels 1-4, JBS/Medicine Hat College 07/2018-06/2019
- Total Quality Management – Level White/Green/Black/Master, JBS/Medicine Hat College 07/2018-06/2019
- People First – Results through Leadership 06/2016-present
- Management & Leadership 2015
- First Aid, CPR, Heart Saving Course 2023
- BRC/HACCP Certification Course 2013
Languages
Slovak (first language)
Polish (pre-intermediate)
English (fluent)
Czech (fluent)
Russian (beginner)
Timeline
General Manager
Jbs Usa
04.2025 - CurrentRead More
Plant Manager
Mountain Creek Farms Calgary / JBS Canada
09.2022 - 04.2025Read More
Production Manager
JBS Belleville Ontario
07.2020 - 09.2022Read More
General Foreman
JBS Foods Canada
06.2016 - 07.2020Read More
Supervisor
02.2016 - 06.2016Read More
Floor Manager
Ribworld Fethard
04.2015 - 01.2016Read More
Assistant Production Manager
ABP Cahir
02.2006 - 03.2015Read More
Food Processing College
from Processing meat and meat products, Sale to final Customers
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Food and Meat Science College
from Processing and Meat Sales, Business Management
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Other
Increase Productivity and succesfull launch of 8 new production lines in JBS Lenoir. Successful launch of 2nd shift in MCF Calgary 2024, JBS Summit Leadership Program 2021, CIT Leader 2017 - 2020, Leading a team of 6, 11 presented projects, 3 projects in progress, Estimated Potential Savings to date $ 1,119,000, JBS Recognition Award – People First 2018, Setting a great example of Leadership, JBS Recognition – Determination – Life Saving 2018