À propos
•Industrial Plant management •Financial & Statistical Analysis •R&D Management •Six Sigma & Program Management •Business Process Streamlining •Cross-Disciplinary Teamwork •Marketing Strategy •Fluency in French, English and Creole •Conversational Spanish
Expériences professionnelles
Apr 2013 — Apr 2015
Plant Manager
cannex Sa · Privé
• Responsible of the daily operations of a Tetrapak Dairy plant from finances, sales and accounts receivables, production, purchasing, to research & development (R&D) and human resources (H&R);
• Managed the budget; created and analyzed financial reports to identify trends, issues and opportunities;
• Consulted with the Sales & Marketing team about pricing and branding strategies within a competitive market;
• Reorganized the staff responsibilities and developed key reports to ensure a better flow of information which reduced inefficiencies such as overstock of raw materials, production stoppage, delinquent accounts payables;
• Planned the monthly production schedules for eight products lines while taking into account raw material availability, sales forecasts and maintenance downtimes needs;
• Required development of operating procedures and referral documents for all departments to ensure consistent training and knowledge transfer;
• Developed written policy to address HR issues and facilitate consistent and fair management of 180 employees;
• Led purchasing meetings and maintained supplier relationships to ensure good planning and good payment terms;
• Led R&D projects from proposing brand names, overseeing logo and packaging design, formulas development and testing, ordering of material samples needed and final approval of formula and package;
• Managed Tetrapak new manufacturing equipment projects for production capacity improvement;
• Represented Cannex SA at international Food& Beverage fairs and local dairy related conferences;
• Represented Cannex SA at Business Associations such as American Chamber of Commerce, Forum Economique.
May 2012 — Mar 2013
marketing director
Tropic SA/Groupe Coles · Privé
• Developed and implemented marketing strategies for six (6) brands with team of six employees;
• Promoted the company’s image through Marketing communications including but not limited to advertising, public relations and collateral development;
• Established point of sales deals with key customers to ensure product presence and proper display;
• Developed and structured a national promotion campaign “Anba Bouchon’m Bèl” for three Brands which involved sourcing prize items, order of special packaging materials, determine control system to avoid forgery, negotiate contract with artists and media for on air prize reveal, talk on radio to promote campaign;
• Assured successful product branding for main sponsoring of concert event of the artist Sean Paul;
• Represented the company at media and sponsoring event which involved presentation and interviews;
• Ensured the proper administration of the marketing office from payroll to budgeting and banking.
Jun 2007 — Aug 2008
Six Sigma Black Belt/Project Manager
Praxair · Privé
• Received Praxair Quest for Excellence Award for identifying, sponsoring and executing Six Sigma project, achieving annual cost savings of $50,000 and undercutting cycle time requirements by 10 days;
• Working with a team, led six (6) large scale production projects, generating annual savings of $210,000;
• Managed 60+ projects simultaneously to increase efficiency across two manufacturing plants, reducing costs by $1.9M and exceeding business productivity goals by 33%;
• Reduced project cycles to less than 150 days and achieved 96% participation level in Six Sigma program across multiple plants through cross-functional collaboration;
• Performed business forecasting and project analysis in collaboration with financial analysts; briefed senior management on annual productivity budgeting plans.