Suneed Shaikh
Lakeland,FL
Summary
Experienced in diverse operational roles within Fortune 500 companies, venture-backed start-ups, and successful private equity-backed organizations. I have gained experience in directing company strategy, but I am a tactical operations leader at heart. My joy comes from executing and getting wins with my team.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Plant Manager
Sunny Sky Products
01.2025 - Current
- Manage end to end operations for a $60 million, 3 building campus with an 8 line, 120,000 sq ft USDA regulated juice plant, an R&D lab, and an admin building housing AP, AR, HR, Sales, Service etc.
- Work with external engineering firms to design automated blending system to eliminate unsafe and inefficient manual labor and increase our food safety standards
- Identify opportunities and work with procurement team to partner with suppliers to drive cost saving initiatives (i.e. corrugated packaging, flavors, juice concentrates etc.)
- Work in tandem with 3PL partner to efficiently store and ship product in accordance with our internal policies and customer service expectations
- Lead weekly and monthly finance processes with senior cost accountant (i.e. variance tracking, KPI reporting, inventory balancing, cash flow optimization)
Plant Manager
Sunny Sky Products
01.2023 - 01.2025
- Managed end to end operations for a $30 million, 7 line, 100,000+ sq ft. dry beverage powder processing plant focused on hot cocoa and cappuccino mixes
- Built out material resource planning tool to better forecast material requirements, ensuring smooth production leading to an on time in full delivery rate of >99%
- Developed a weekly and monthly inventory control process and work in conjunction with accounting/finance to ensure all transactions are flowing through to appropriate GLs
- Successfully implemented SAP S4Hana at plant, and served as SME for company and implemented at 3 other plants
- Maximized plant safety through engineering controls, proactive strategies and well-structured training
- Reduced production and labor costs by identifying savings opportunities and implemented processes and equipment to streamline the operation
- Transformed and built a culture of excellence within the plant team, driving down monthly turnover from 125% to 61% over 2 years
Production Manager
Farmer's Fridge- Venture Backed Food Manufacturing
06.2019 - 01.2023
- Manage end-to-end manufacturing operations, leading a team of ~80 hourly and 4 salaried employees, delivering on supply chain KPIs including budget variance, HACCP food safety standards, labor rate, yield, down time, case attainment, and QFS metrics
- Procured and operationalized facility equipment to increase manufacturing capacity (new assembly lines, cutting machines, ovens, volumetric fillers, pallet jacks, forklifts etc.)
- Closely worked with Director of Operations to prepare budgets, and determine allocation of facilities, equipment, and staff to optimize company performance and safety objectives
- Plan, direct, and organize all phases of product manufacturing to ensure adequate, timely, and accurate delivery of quality products to our customers
- Collaborate with commercialization, QFS, and warehouse teams to solve operational barriers and lead the start up of new product innovations on the line
- Grew manufacturing team from 45 to 80 employees during hypergrowth phase while decreasing labor costs 30% and increasing throughput 20%. Rode this train from 100 fridges to over 1000 fridges nationwide.
Production Supervisor
Farmer's Fridge
06.2019 - 12.2019
- Grew manufacturing team from 45 to 75 employees during hypergrowth phase while decreasing labor costs 30% and increasing throughput 20%
- Created SOPs and coaching lessons on machine operation and the production process to efficiently scale the business and decrease changeover times by 50%
- Developed relationship and feedback loop with customer service team to increase quality and response time to customer feedback
Warehouse Supervisor and Manufacturing Supervisor
PepsiCo
06.2017 - 06.2019
- Managed all shifts of a 100-employee union sales warehouse team responsible for the loading operation for Pepsi Beverages in Southeast Michigan
- Led 2nd shift production, quality, and maintenance operations for three high speed bottling and canning lines, and delivered on daily operational targets including case attainment, equipment minor stops, and quality metrics
Education
Master of Science - Supply Chain Management
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI05-2022
Bachelor of Science - Food Industry Management
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI06-2017
Skills
- Hands on/tactical leader
- 8 years in CPG operations
- Operational cost reporting- strong financial and analytical skills
- Proven ability to scale operations quickly
- Vendor management
Timeline
Plant Manager
Sunny Sky Products
01.2025 - Current
Plant Manager
Sunny Sky Products
01.2023 - 01.2025
Production Manager
Farmer's Fridge- Venture Backed Food Manufacturing
06.2019 - 01.2023
Production Supervisor
Farmer's Fridge
06.2019 - 12.2019
Warehouse Supervisor and Manufacturing Supervisor
PepsiCo
06.2017 - 06.2019
Master of Science - Supply Chain Management
Michigan State University
Bachelor of Science - Food Industry Management
Michigan State University
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