Douglas Piel

Background

About Douglas Piel

Leader with 15 years experience in consumer goods manufacturing. Mentor who has built successful teams in start-up operations that has resulted in large scale profitability. Great understanding of scheduling, process flow, and value stream mapping. Motivator who achieves goals by incorporating process improvements and identifies strategic problems with-in the manufacturing process. Experience & Knowledge Team Building Restructuring Continuous Improvement Lean Manufacturing Inventory Reconciliation Warehouse Management Logistics Coordination Customer Service Conflict Resolution Union negotiations Budgeting USDA,HACCP,SQF BCPS, Oracle, SAP Human Resources Buying (raw & retail) Sales Principal Manufacturing Duties and Responsibilities including: • Review, analyze and plan daily production schedule to drive daily performance standards. • Implements strategies to optimize manufacturing capabilities, systems and equipment. • Understands and is proficient in using shop floor control programs. • Implements and maintains departmental budgetary goals. • Responsible for setting, standardizing, and monitoring key process measures to improve efficiencies and reduce costs. • Assures that the Production Departments’ are properly organized, staffed and directed, and that employees are properly qualified, trained and supervised to perform their duties effectively. • Implement corrective actions, based on root cause analysis, where performance falls below established metrics. • Coordinates with Plant and QA Managers to respond to customer complaints and evaluates complaints for trends. • Knowledge of manufacturing equipment.