Griffith Foods

Executive Assistant

• Providing High level administrative support to 4 global executives, including managing calendars, scheduling meetings, expense management, and coordinating arrangements; drafting and editing correspondence, presentations, and communications on behalf of the executives.
• Arranging comprehensive domestic & international travel logistics for executives, including flights, accommodations, ground transport, and detailed travel itineraries
• Act as the primary point of contact between executives and internal/external stakeholders, building and maintaining strong relationships with all stakeholders.
• Manage and organize sensitive information, documents, and data with a high degree of confidentiality.
• Serve as one of the primary points of contact for facility-related inquiries and office service requests.
• Manage inventory of office supplies and equipment; proactively order replenishments as needed.
• Assist in the development and execution of strategic initiatives by participating in strategic meetings, conducting research, preparing reports, and providing insights and follow up action items to support decision making.
• Assist in the planning and execution of key projects, ensuring that deadlines are met and goals are achieved.

Business Analyst

• Overall responsibility for global supply chain reporting ensuring timely reporting, data accuracy and maintenance
• Develop roadmap for global supply chain reporting and plans to deploy reports to global supply chain leaders
• Collaborate with data architecture team to design and maintain data models and metrics in the enterprise data warehouse
• Develop and maintain KPI definitions for global supply chain functions and create appropriate documentation that allows stakeholders to understand the KPI definitions
• Create Power BI reports for the global supply chain teams
• Develop and manage Global Supply Chain Power BI workspace to centralize dashboards for supply chain stakeholders

Supply Chain Business Analyst

Systems Engineer

• Responsible for the development and support of the server computing environments and ensures stable performance for all environments through performance monitoring, basic tuning, and systems maintenance of all assigned Datacenter systems.
• Support, refine and deploy Microsoft technology stack including on-prem server migration to Azure.
• Help support Disaster Recovery expansion needs and Global backup services.
• Follow lead of Datacenter Director for the architectural, integration, maintenance, upgrade and support services of Griffith Foods datacenter technologies used worldwide.
• Systems analysis, support, development and capacity planning for Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Azure Environment, Microsoft Windows Server, VMware vSphere (V6.x & V7.x), Commvault Backup Systems, Storage Area Networks (IBM Flashsystem), Microsoft Office 365 Cloud Services, Disaster Recovery Services, Data Center Server security solutions.
• Support server, domain, email, and virtualization project delivery, installations, configurations, updates and deployments.
• Ensure all Datacenter systems are regularly backed up and conduct system restore validations.
• Assist in delivery, design, testing, and ongoing support of the Disaster Recovery Plan.
• Provide documentation on processes and best practices to be followed by the Service Desk team and perform cross training for other team members as needed.
• Manage, monitor, patch, resolve issues, and ensure correct documentation for server hardware and software applications is created in a timely manner.
• Perform performance tuning and assessment, problem determination and root cause analysis on Datacenter systems.
• Help design, deploy, and maintain Azure-based datacenter infrastructure solutions to meet business requirements and performance objectives; implement and manage Azure resource management policies, access controls, and security measures; monitor Azure infrastructure performance using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, assess architecture needs, and design scalable Azure solutions.

Data Centre Systems Engineer

Manager

• Develop and maintain global planning and logistics policies and procedures.
• Provide analytical support for demand planning, S&OP processes, production scheduling, procurement, and capacity planning/utilization.
• Leverage models and tools to identify cost-saving opportunities and drive continuous improvement.
• Evaluate and validate global requirements for potential contract manufacturers and external warehouses.
• Support contract renewals and onboarding processes to ensure alignment with operational needs.
• Serve as global champion and facilitator and implementation support of key technologies such as Blue Yonder (demand planning/scheduling), Dynamics 365 ERP, and S&OP systems to improve process consistency and performance.
• Identify and develop GPS/Lean opportunities in warehousing, transportation, and planning/scheduling to enhance global supply chain efficiency.
• Maintain centralized reporting and data for planning, logistics, and warehousing globally by partnering with information management to build/maintain models used for analytics.
• Support the Global Sustainability initiative by tracking sustainability related metrics, identifying improvement areas, and collaborating with 3rd-party logistics providers and regional teams to implement sustainable transportation practices.

Senior Manager, Global Planning and Logistics

Director

• Provide strategic direction and leadership to Griffith Foods North America Planning & Logistics teams across the United States, Mexican and Canadian Sites, and businesses, including various contract manufacturer locations and warehouses.
• Develop and execute the overall logistics strategy for the NA business through oversight and coordination of production planning, forecasting, raw material procurement and transportation of goods at the manufacturing facilities, 3rd party manufacturers, and outside warehouses, in alignment with Griffith Foods Global standards.
• Driving production plans, inventory control strategies, and replenishment schedules to reduce waste and ensure efficiency.
• Leading key initiatives including network analysis and simulations, long range capacity management and network activation.
• Managing the end-to-end logistics strategy.
• Being a key leader of the S&OP process including Facilitator for the Supply, Integration and Business Reviews.

Director, Planning & Logistics

• Manage all activities for continuous improvement and performance enhancement globally
• Employ Lean methodologies and tools to continue the Lean Transformation across 26 plants worldwide
• Drive and lead performance improvements throughout the organization
• Train and coach on Lean methodologies to eliminate waste and drive performance
• Provide tools and direction, assess current state, and identify focus of improvements
• Lead 2 direct reports and 6 indirect reports (regional CI leads) to meet project/department milestones and budgets
• Support harmonization of standards across global plants
• Travel globally (~40%) and work hybrid from Alsip, IL (1-2 days/week)

Global Director – Lean Manufacturing

Engineer

Developing standards, guidelines, and internal best practices while engaging with regulatory bodies and industry groups to stay informed of external best practices.
Work within a global team, harmonizing technical platforms and specifications globally.
Ensuring engineering and manufacturing practices comply with regulations, and monitor & integrate updates to industry standards.
Developing and monitoring KPIs to assess the impact of standardization efforts.
Conducting audits to verify compliance.
Providing expertise on the application of standards in design, development, and production including assisting project teams in interpreting and applying standards.
Identifying and implementing process improvements to enhance efficiency, safety, and product quality.
Incorporate environmental objectives into product design, and manufacturing processes.
Revising standards based on project defect analysis and feedback to design.
Developing and delivering training on industry standards, regulations, and best practices.
Partnering with stakeholders to integrate standards into capital projects.
Exercise functional authority over technical standards for roles such as Maintenance Managers, Production Supervisors, Process Improvement Engineers, etc.