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Developed annual operating budgets and forecasts for manufacturing operations.
Wrote business proposals resulting in the introduction of new equipment and new manufacturing techniques to expand manufacturing capabilities.
Wrote request for proposal for Enterprise Resource Planning software acquisition
Wrote manufacturing proposal for a water bottling facility to process and bottle spring water.
Wrote procedural manuals for equipment maintenance programs.
Developed and wrote quality assurance procedural manuals and procedures to facilitate product recall.

Developed and mentored teams of support staff including production supervisors, purchasing coordinators and R&D personnel.
Managed the expansion of manufacturing facilities to facilitate company growth. Successfully directed two stages of expansion at Rogers' chocolates, increasing manufacturing capacity by 150%.
Managed product development projects resulting in the launch of many new products into the marketplace.

Developed a manufacturing inventory control system designed to control all aspects of sales order entry, sales and production planning, MRP, work order control and customer invoicing.
Developed product-costing software to predict the cost of product labour, materials and fixed costs.
Developed systems to automate the generation of product ingredient, nutrient and allergen information for manufactured food products.
Created a graphical shop-floor scheduling system to create and track manufacturing work orders.
Created product recall software to track the movement of materials and products through the supply chain to facility product recall.

Created 50+ food formulations for the confection industry.
Implemented the only commercial application of post-tempering in North America, resulting in a substantial increase in shelf life of chocolate-coated confections.
Reformulated over 20 food items to eliminate trans fatty acids in foods.