An established Operations / Production Professional. With both Tertiary and extensive practical experience within the FMCG, Wheat "Flour", Maize Milling, Oat Milling, Daily Fresh Bread Baking industry including related grain processing thermal applications, combined with the relevant, proven expertise, in GMP, OHS, JIT, MRP, Food-processing, Quality-assurance, Food-safety, Product traceability, Production scheduling, Process enhancement, raw material purchasing, packaging operational coordination within related in-house external service industries. A result driven, outcomes based individual with a clear historically proven and established record of accomplishment. Undertaking detailed process analysis, auditing of overall equipment process effectiveness “OEE”, resource application, through research, historical and current performance measurement’s and systematic application utilisation of RCA’s, aligned with Lean Manufacturing methodology, principles, 5’s & 20keys (Kaizan of Operations) including Competitive Manufacturing Methodology. Geared at optimising available resources through operational excellence including Budgeted Business Working Capital. An phenomenal leader with an exceptional passion and inherent ability to engage, develop and motivate teams through empowerment, ownership, responsibility, establishing a collaborative and accountable site culture, resulting in achieving, and in most instances exceeding business expectations related to resource application, availability, productivity, and yield realisation. Affecting definitively and positively on outcomes affecting, both RONA and annual budgeted EBIT business expectations. Proven ability in developing teams, including but not limited to implementing performance management systems, establishing and setting agreed “KPI’s” (key Performance Indicators), training and employee development in relation to both Business and individual current and future Hierarchy of needs “Maslow” in order to establish and entrench sustainability and continuity of business. Exceptional operations management expertise developed and refined across and within large- scale multifaceted production environments both locally “Southern Africa 27 years,” and internationally “Australia and New Zealand 17 years.”