Robert Brandy
San Pablo
Summary
Dynamic leader with a proven track record of excelling in process improvement and team leadership. Skilled in budget analysis and lean manufacturing, I foster a culture of safety and accountability while driving operational excellence and employee development. Committed to achieving organizational goals through effective communication and resource allocation.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
Plant Operations Manager
Zero Waste Urbaser
10.2023 - Current
- Responsibilities include: Strategic planning, resource allocation, and team leadership.
- Building process improvement programs as well as continuous improvement implementation through the use of 5S, lean manufacturing principle, and process analysis to create and manage process flow throughout the organization.
- Develop short and long-term organizational goals for lower-level leaders that align with the organization and their scope of work.
- Identify and build sustainable processes while cultivating a team environment.
- Budget analysis, with a focus on P&L while maintaining proper staffing levels.
- Build cross training strategies to maximize personnel knowledge while minimizing additional labor cost.
- Identify and build sustainable processes while cultivating a team environment.
- Develop internal programs that exceed the standards of Governmental agencies such as OSHA, EPA, and the state of California.
- Development of organizational SOP in collaboration with all team leaders and department heads while strategically developing, implementing, and fostering company ownership from the lowest level employee to the highest level.
Senior Operations Manager
HelloFresh
11.2021 - 06.2023
- Responsibilities include: Merging multiple support teams into one organizational entity.
- Identify and build sustainable processes to maximize productivity within the multiple departments.
- Work with Executive leadership to find cost cutting measures while causing minimal effects on customer satisfaction.
- Identify and build awareness around safety, delivery, cost, and accountability.
- Development of both short and long term operational goals.
- Build cross training strategies in an effort to maximize personnel knowledge while minimizing additional labor cost.
- Identify and build sustainable processes while cultivating a team environment.
- Budget analysis, while maintaining proper staffing levels.
- Build and manage lean program as well as promote change for the safety committee.
- Meet and exceed HACCP, AIB, and SQF goals as a team and organization.
- Development of both short and long term operational goals.
- Build cross training strategies in an effort to maximize personnel knowledge while minimize additional labor cost.
- Identify and build sustainable processes while cultivating a team environment.
- Budget analysis, while maintaining proper staffing levels.
- Build and manage lean program as well as promote change for the safety committee.
- Develop S.O.P’s throughout the organizational structure while receiving buy in from cross functional teams.
Distribution Center Manager
Pet Food Express
11.2019 - 11.2021
- Responsibilities include: Overseeing, validating, and adjusting operational performance as to meet and exceed company standards.
- Development of both short and long term operational goals.
- Build cross training strategies in an effort to maximize personnel knowledge while minimize additional labor cost.
- Identify and build sustainable processes while cultivating a team environment.
- Budget analysis, while maintaining proper staffing levels.
- Build and manage lean program as well as promote change for the safety committee.
- Merging multiple support teams into one organizational entity.
- Develop goals and drive employees to perform at the highest level while developing relationships with customers, both external and internal on a daily basis to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Create and enforce Standard operational procedures.
- Building teams that understand the organizational goal and their importance in the Company’s vision.
- Leader in change management and operational accountability.
Senior ISC Manager
Blue Apron
10.2015 - 10.2019
- Responsibilities include: Merging multiple support teams into one organizational entity.
- Identify and build sustainable processes to maximize productivity within the multiple departments.
- Work with Executive leadership to find cost cutting measures while causing minimal effects on customer satisfaction.
- Identify and build awareness around safety, delivery, cost, and accountability.
- Develop S.O.P's throughout Shipping, Receiving, Inventory, and Workforce Planning, Scheduling, and Asset control room.
- Build training programs for all departments.
- Development of Managers and Supervisors.
- Isolate and manage cross functional issue, set and review employee’s task standards.
- Organize and oversee the prepping of ingredients for customer home delivery boxes.
- Responsible for the smooth running of all kitchen production lines and the quality of output.
- Development and implementation of sustainable processes to minimize cost while maintaining quality and accountability.
- Build and train future leaders on production procedures.
- Direct personnel towards maximum performance through identifying role specific training.
- Maintain a continued vision on decision-making and problem-solving processes that will help growth throughout department.
- Build, ensure, and maintain an efficient and productive manufacturing process that exceeds customer requirements.
Senior Warehouse Manager
Ghirardelli Chocolate
11.2003 - 10.2015
- Responsibilities included: Development of new supervisors and leads, isolate and manage cross functional issue, set and review employees task standards, build cost cutting measures, manage warehouse supervisors to assure daily tasks are met, manage all shipping functions daily, manage inventory using JDE warehouse management system, manage all inventory discrepancies on both out and inbound orders.
- Cost analysis and warehouse budgeting, develop and implement waste reduction, develop and adhere to safety standards, streamline warehouse process as to maximize use of facility.
- Manage shipping orders prioritization, consolidation of shipping paperwork, conduct monthly food safety audits, listen and resolve union employee issues so as not to affect work performance, apply the lean processes to all facets of warehousing, maintain employee accountability through time and motion studies, represent warehouse department as Safety team member, zero lost time accidents in the warehouse over my ten year appointment into a leadership role, develop goals and drive employees to perform at the highest level, and develop relationships with customers, both external and internal on a daily basis to ensure customer satisfaction.
Wire Systems Installer/Platoon Sergeant
U.S Army
01.1989 - 01.2003
- Responsibilities included: Installed, maintained, and troubleshooting cable, fiber, phone, and computer lines.
- Performed construction activities both above and below ground.
- Installation of cat5 and cat3 cable for computer links, installed phone lines, master boxes, and relays.
- As the Platoon Sergeant my responsibilities were to maintain soldiers and supplies accountability while in the field, set daily tasks to push soldiers to bring out the best of their ability in order to maximize their potential to become future leaders.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
University of Phoenix
01.2015
Cable Systems Installer/Maintainer - Communication
US Army
01.2000
Army Basic Combat Training -
US Army
01.1989
Skills
- Team player
- Excellent communication skills
- Work well under pressure
- WMS knowledge
- Problem resolution
- Effective and efficient leader
- Demonstrate good organizational skills
- Able to multitask
- Possess ample attention to detail
- Lean manufacturing
- Experience with union employees
- Excel system knowledge
- Process improvement
- Budget analysis
- Team leadership
- Cross training
- SOP development
- Safety compliance
- Resource allocation
- Change management
- Problem solving
- Effective communication
- Staff training and development
- Budgeting and cost control
- Production planning
- Employee development
- ISO standards
- Waste reduction
- Six sigma
- Lean manufacturing principles
- Plant and warehouse operations
- Schedule management
- Production and processing management
Timeline
Plant Operations Manager
Zero Waste Urbaser
10.2023 - Current
Senior Operations Manager
HelloFresh
11.2021 - 06.2023
Distribution Center Manager
Pet Food Express
11.2019 - 11.2021
Senior ISC Manager
Blue Apron
10.2015 - 10.2019
Senior Warehouse Manager
Ghirardelli Chocolate
11.2003 - 10.2015
Wire Systems Installer/Platoon Sergeant
U.S Army
01.1989 - 01.2003
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
University of Phoenix
Cable Systems Installer/Maintainer - Communication
US Army
Army Basic Combat Training -
US Army
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