Luis C Martinez

• Appointed engineer/technical lead for top production volume increase opportunity areas at the Jefferson, WI factory. Produces ~60% of Fancy Feast brand volume (~2.4B saleable product/yr).

Packaging Lead (Line 3 vertical start up)

• Increased packaging output from ~45,000 cases/day to peaks of 90,000 safe, quality cases/day, sustaining a 75,000–80,000 case/day average.
• Reduced estimated unplanned stoppages by ~2,000 minutes per month, enabling sustained production volume ramp-up.

Processing Lead (Line 3 vertical start-up)

• Increased throughput from ~20,000 cases per day in March to ~45,000 by August.
• Eliminated critical quality seam-cut defect compromising hermetic seals, reducing defects to
• Directly identified the main root cause for our biggest loss at the time, adding 60-75 minutes per day to production.

Focused Improvement Project Leader – Line 2

• Led the Focused Improvement Team for the packaging area of Line 2.
• Achieved 14 consecutive weeks of “on target” performance.
• Achieved milestone of 10 consecutive days with zero lost production minutes, fully eliminating packaging-driven stops to processing.
• Served on the Line Leadership Team, coaching and training operators while building routines, process improvements, and standard work.
• Owned the Focused Improvement pillar and co-developed the factory’s first structured FIT system

• Joined Management Development Program and delivered comprehensive plant technical report.
• Managed and led Line 3 production budget for engineering projects. (~$200k)
• Managed a variety of engineering capital projects from electrical, outdoor construction, and other indoor infrastructure installation. ($200k - $1M)
• Led the engineering functional compliance assessment for pressure vessels.