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VINCE MOONEY

Craig,CO

Summary

Dedicated Plant Manager bringing demonstrated record of success and 23+ years of experience in food manufacturing environments. Focused on controlling costs, eliminating overages and enhancing efficiency using hands-on approach. Inspires and influences teams to build cohesion, enhance knowledge and increase productivity, safety and quality.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Plant Manager

CHAIRMANS FOODS
04.2023 - Current
  • Set plant strategy for developing business with aggressive private equity turnaround goals
  • Currently developing a staff and production strategy for foundational food safety and human safety priorities and a continuous improvement culture for bottom-line improvements.

Servant Leader and Christian Writer

MYPURPOSE.LIFE, A DIVISION OF MOONEY CONSULTING
07.2020 - 04.2023
  • Christian-based consulting business
  • Certified Christian Life Coach
  • Established in serving my local community and church
  • Have had two Christian books published with Trilogy Christian Publishing: 'Unsettled Heart' and 'The 5-Minute Christian'.

Plant Manager—Protein Balancing Plant

DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA
Fort Morgan, CO
03.2014 - 07.2020
  • Set plant direction, develop ethical and servant leaders, and work with the Mountain Area Council to manage milk flows and maximize value for our member owners
  • Responsible for safety, quality/food safety, production efficiency, cost, and oversight of a plant of approximately 55 non-union employees
  • Leadership team composed of 4 direct reports
  • Built and continue execution of a master plan to convert a basic processor into a world class dairy processing facility, including a recent $5.5 Million dryer upgrade
  • Manage the production of an inconsistent milk supply, maximizing product commodities produced, leveraging key export market needs
  • Built a structure to encourage and foster leadership growth
  • Increased yield performance from 98% to 99.1%
  • Delivered cost reductions of 2.5% year over year
  • Lead capital projects improving yield, quality, cost savings, and sustaining infrastructure
  • Instilling a Lean mindset while moving toward high-performing and self-directed teams
  • Build a presence of community and servant leadership.

Plant Manager—Pet Food (Royal Canin)

MARS, INC.
North Sioux City, SD
09.2010 - 09.2013
  • Set plant direction, develop leaders, and assist in growing the petcare canning business
  • In a decentralized model, managed a $27 Million operating budget and approximately $5 Million in annual capital
  • Responsible for leading and developing 209 plant associates
  • Leadership Team composed of 7 direct reports
  • Managed the production of a complex portfolio across three Mars Petcare businesses
  • Transitioned plant from 60% capacity to 100% capacity in 2 years
  • Increased yield performance from 90% to 96.5%
  • Reduced overall cost/ton by 26% over 3 years
  • Progressive reduction of safety incidents over 3 years
  • Qualified site in ISO 22000 and 9001
  • Lowered Non Quality Cost by 23%
  • Installed $5 Million Wastewater facility—eliminated annual NOV’s (45 to 0) and reduced annual wastewater costs by 70% ($314K to $94K)
  • Transitioned plant systems (from Mars Petcare US to Royal Canin) in 6 months—centralized to decentralized structure
  • Instituted initial phase of visual high performance work system.

Plant Manager—Juice Bottling Plant

SUNNY DELIGHT BEVERAGES COMPANY
Sherman, TX
03.2008 - 09.2010
  • Set plant direction within a non-union high performance work system consisting of two bottling production lines servicing a direct customer shipment supply chain
  • Managed a $13 Million operating budget and developed approximately 100 plant technicians in a Lean environment while achieving business results
  • Leadership team composed of 5 direct reports
  • Delivered per unit savings of 9.7% ($1.26 Million over 2-year span)
  • Recognized as Sunny Delight’s global leader in safety performance and customer service/delivery performance
  • Established KPO Leader role to drive lean improvements
  • Led network in plant OEE(84.5%) in 2009
  • Reduced changeover times by 37%
  • Recognized as the #2 site in global quality results
  • Achieved 100% Landfill Free.

Business Unit Manager—Ready-to-Drink Plant

KRAFT FOODS
Winchester, VA
08.2006 - 03.2008
  • Directed work teams for inbound material supply and manufacturing of Capri Sun and Kool-Aid Burst products
  • Managed a team of 13, including 12 production team leaders and a planning manager
  • Helped manage a $56 Million operating budget
  • Led efforts to reduce raw yield loss in specification management, receiving processes, and manufacturing loss points—$400K
  • Led green room process for Capri Sun and Kool-Aid Burst manufacturing (Compliance-to-Schedule was 89.4%; Plant OEE was 84%)
  • Led logistics group in Customer Fill Rate (99.6%) efforts
  • Formalized proposal for a network balance in pouch making to eliminate transshipments of pouches in the RTD network—$505K+ in annual network savings
  • Developed green room process for processing and pouch making areas for improved communication, measurement, and tracking of results
  • Established “First Hour Full Power” process for Capri Sun manufacturing weekly start-ups
  • Achievement of three superior quality ratings from Kraft internal, ISO 9001, and AIB.

Continuous Improvement Manager—Ready-to-Drink Plant

KRAFT FOODS
Winchester, VA
02.2006 - 08.2006
  • Led productivity efforts and cultural change initiatives for the Winchester Ready-to-Drink plant
  • Steered productivity effort in the delivery of $9.1 Million in 2006
  • Big Pouch-to-Small Pouch Filler Conversion ($2.3 Million)
  • Kool-Aid Burst Line Layout ($1.3 Million)
  • Juice By-Product Conversion ($400K)
  • Warehouse SGV ($470K)
  • Automated Corner Post Placing ($450K)
  • Led effort in building plant bubble chart, portfolio strategy, and five-year plant strategy which included cost reduction, quality improvements, plant culture, and potential for new product launches
  • Conducted “Leading and Managing Continuous Improvement” training for plant staff
  • Initiated “Entrepreneurial Spirit” training for hourly team members
  • Acted as Ergonomics Team Leader.

Corporate Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Business Team

KRAFT FOODS
Madison, WI
04.2003 - 02.2006
  • Led productivity efforts and commercialization of various Oscar Mayer business categories including domestic retail, club store accounts, and Mexico export
  • Specialized in Natural and Organic conversion & raw/pack productivity
  • Worked with numerous co-manufacturers across the Natural and Organic manufacturing network to develop productivity pipelines, execute special business product launches, and deliver volume in accordance with schedule compliance
  • Performed various labor assessments across the Oscar Mayer sector to identify productivity through job combinations, labor reductions, and scheduling scenarios
  • Led various cross-functional project teams to commercialize productivity initiatives
  • Participated in multiple changeover and sanitation Kaizen Event teams
  • Analyzed capacity and volume allocation across Natural and Organic co-manufacturing network
  • Led on-site efforts within the co-manufacturing network to reallocate 50 percent of the Boca manufacturing capacity and avoid customer allocation because of a facility fire
  • Developed lost productivity & business interruption case for insurance negotiation team
  • Worked with Hobbs re-build team on design and plant layout to regain lost capacity, but to load additional volume from higher-priced co-manufacturers
  • Assisted delivery of $18MM in productivity for businesses over last 2½ years
  • Led a worldwide team to compose a training deck for the Dollars-in-Play methodology and process used consistently across Kraft R&D worldwide
  • Eliminated barriers for functional productivity delivery including Distribution, Transportation, Procurement, and External Manufacturing groups
  • Trained in the use of Witness simulation software as well as the use of MTM and MOST pre-determined time systems.

West Area Senior Manufacturing Engineer

KRAFT FOODS
Visalia, CA
03.2000 - 04.2003
  • Identified cost reduction opportunities and managed asset reliability in the Visalia and Tulare dairy plants
  • Supported automated OEE development for the West Area manufacturing plants as a lead site for OEE enhancements
  • Led various plant cross-functional teams to establish productivity pipelines including OEE improvement, energy reduction, throughput improvements, yield improvements, labor reductions and combinations, ergonomic improvements, MRO reductions, scheduling efficiency, capital-funded productivity products, and efforts to bring in more volume to reduce overhead allocations
  • Participated in various company-wide optimization studies including cultured cheese, coffee, and cookies/crackers
  • Assisted the two cheese plants in achieving a combined 3-year productivity of $13.4 MM.

Maintenance Supervisor-Pistachio Division

PARAMOUNT FARMS, INC.
Lost Hills, CA
01.1998 - 03.2000
  • Supervised a staff of 20 craftspeople including mechanics, electricians, and technicians
  • Established a condition-based maintenance system including preventative and predictive concepts
  • Championed the plant CMMS system including scheduling
  • Established maintenance performance metrics including feedback from operations
  • Maintained internal customer satisfaction levels for all twelve pistachio departments
  • Minimized material, equipment, and labor costs through budget management
  • Led capital projects for the Pistachio Division
  • Identified causes for pistachio yield loss by performing statistical sampling techniques
  • Established a point-by-point yield loss model throughout the extensive process–Identified $8 million in total loss
  • Managed various capital projects, including the construction and operation of an R&D facility for our harvest season—R&D plant’s first year in operation proved the new harvest machinery would save the company $2.5 million in annual yield loss.

Production & Warehouse Supervisor

MEAD SCHOOL & OFFICE PRODUCTS
Garden Grove, CA
03.1996 - 01.1998
  • Managed a shift of 45 union employees in production and distribution to maximize customer service levels
  • Maximized manufacturing efficiency to achieve lowest attainable costs while ensuring a quality product and employee safety
  • Spatially reorganized machinery and re-zoned warehouse to maximize added warehouse space and work flow
  • Wrote and instituted a program for monitoring warehouse productivity
  • Warehouse improved from last to first in the division’s on-time service levels in my first year as supervisor.

Education

Master of Business Administration -

Pepperdine University
08.2002

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology
09.1995

Skills

  • Safety Management
  • Six Sigma Understanding
  • Team Building and Development
  • Cost Control Improvements
  • Lean Manufacturing Processes
  • Resource Coordination
  • Lean Manufacturing Principles
  • Project Management
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Cost Reporting
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Training Programs
  • Cost Control
  • Cost Controls
  • Compliance Understanding
  • Work Delegation
  • ISO Compliance
  • Performance Improvements
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Logistics Coordination
  • Facilities Maintenance
  • Project Coordination
  • Schedule Management

Timeline

Plant Manager

CHAIRMANS FOODS
04.2023 - Current

Servant Leader and Christian Writer

MYPURPOSE.LIFE, A DIVISION OF MOONEY CONSULTING
07.2020 - 04.2023

Plant Manager—Protein Balancing Plant

DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA
03.2014 - 07.2020

Plant Manager—Pet Food (Royal Canin)

MARS, INC.
09.2010 - 09.2013

Plant Manager—Juice Bottling Plant

SUNNY DELIGHT BEVERAGES COMPANY
03.2008 - 09.2010

Business Unit Manager—Ready-to-Drink Plant

KRAFT FOODS
08.2006 - 03.2008

Continuous Improvement Manager—Ready-to-Drink Plant

KRAFT FOODS
02.2006 - 08.2006

Corporate Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Business Team

KRAFT FOODS
04.2003 - 02.2006

West Area Senior Manufacturing Engineer

KRAFT FOODS
03.2000 - 04.2003

Maintenance Supervisor-Pistachio Division

PARAMOUNT FARMS, INC.
01.1998 - 03.2000

Production & Warehouse Supervisor

MEAD SCHOOL & OFFICE PRODUCTS
03.1996 - 01.1998

Master of Business Administration -

Pepperdine University

Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

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