Brad Kohane

Background

About Brad Kohane

Leadership style:Passionate leader driving trust for success. Goal:• Maintain my proven success while providing necessary support to my co-workers enabling them to maintain their high levels of effectiveness.Summary of Experiences:• Managing project improvement initiatives- Utilized quality-based focus groups to identify effective and sustainable improvements from a packaging and process perspective- Selected and installed packaging equipment for a line that fills 50 million pounds of product annually that also dueled as a cost reduction project- Created a hazard assessment form to help standardize employee safety.• Managed the Quality Labs (Product, Materials, Microbiology, Analytical) for 4-years while overseeing successful inspections (internally and externally) while adhering to budgetary guidelines- Created an expansive, yet easy to manage quality metric database for products, chemical materials, packaging components, and vendors to help lead cross-functional group efforts to improve processes, as well as to monitor quality trends.• Ensuring quality process improvement initiatives, such as change management, water generation, and cleaning/sanitizing, met industry standards within the Cincinnati Plant.• Proficient on a wide range of computer applications, such as SAP and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio)