Team Leader experienced in directing activities and implementing team feedback to improve processes. Skilled in SAP using data and system mapping to drive problem solving of operational issues. Extensive experience at Nestle / Gerber in maintenance storeroom management and training of personnel at various levels of the organization. Problem solver with vision to succeed and the ability to communicate with personnel across departments to achieve goals.
Lead a team of five attendants to ensure availability of machine repair part.
Review part usage and lead time and adjust inventory levels to lower inventory holding cost.
Work with maintenance planners to set up new parts in SAP maintenance system.
Develop processes for inventory receiving, plan work order kitting, inventory counting, inventory replenishment and non-moving inventory review.
Provide management with health check reports on stock room processes.
Serve as a subject matter expert for Nestle USA, leading monthly meetings between factories, providing training to new stock room supervision and communication best practices and new corporate policies and areas improvement focus.
Coached teams of line operators to develop machine standards and improvements on packaging equipment.
Provided teams with downtime data on machine to track success of improvements.
Worked with maintenance to prioritize and schedule improvements and transfer basic maintenance tasks to operators.
Conducted audits of teams' progress through the autonomous maintenance program steps.
Served as the focused improvement pillar representative, communicating successes and needs of teams to the factory leadership TPM meetings.
Monitored machine operation for compliance with policies, procedures and processes.
Completed machine change overs for different size product containers.
Documented machine downtime and product quality to ensure timely release of product.
Assisted maintenance with minor breakdown repairs and documentation of any unusual sound, vibration, or repetitive product abnormality the proceeded the breakdown.
Cleaned and organized work area to ensure sanitization and safety standards were meet.
Completed parts lubrication and other minor maintenance tasks to keep equipment running.
Conducted on-board training for new stock room supervisors from Nestle factories in Modesto, California; Solon, Ohio; and Glendale, Arizona.
Received highest rating for 2023 Nestle Internal Audit for Technical Stores.
Reduced capital holdings in stock room by $250,000 in last two years through non-moving parts review process.
Maintenance Storeroom Management Certification from Maintenance Innovators
Nestle SAP AMM Super User Certification
Nestle Subject Matter Expert for Technical Stores Management