Nestle is a $4.1 billion beverage company with brand offerings including Poland Springs Nestle Pure Life San Pellegrino Perrier and Tradewinds iced tea. Reporting to Vice-President of Manufacturing directed manufacturing operations for 9 five-gallon home and office delivery water bottling factories plus shared responsibility for additional 3 water bottling lines. Production volume of 71 million 5-gallon bottles and an operating budget of $41 million. * Achieved a 60% reduction in safety OSHA recordable rate. Accomplished through division-wide communication leadership development and accountability. * Accomplished a 95% reduction in branch service outages by improving manufacturing reliability through critical spare parts and implementing cross-functional communication matrix enabling fast multi-region support contingency.

Highlights:

• Quality
• Quality Assurance
• Lean Manufacturing
• Management
• Manufacturing
• Root Cause Analysis
• Leadership
• Equity