DAVE NICLEY

Jerome, ID 83338 Cell: (208)914-84

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dn77aa44@westpost.net
CAREER SUMMARY
Energetic executive with over 20 years extensive, successful experience in Opera
tions Management, Plant Management, and Engineering Management in the Food Manuf
acturing industry. Positive results relating to:
* Exceeding Financial Goals (Direct/Indirect Costs)/Lean Manufacturing-Continuou
s Improvement
* Growing highly engaged Performance Teams
* People/Product Safety - Positive results with 3rd party audits (AIB Gold - BRC
)
* Extensive P&L Analysis & Action Plans
* Quality Improvement/SPC Process Implementation, Sanitation Excellence
* Internal/External Customer Relations
EXPERIENCE (Frozen Vegetables, Soups, Tortillas, Cakes)
Plant Manager - LambWeston, Conagra Foods, Twin Falls, ID (750 Associates)
2008 - 2009
* Deliver on Goals in:
Safety, Quality, Costs, Efficient/Safe Work Team, Regulatory Requirements
* Growing Continuous Improvement Plant Culture
* Built Capital Budget
Accomplishments:
* Safety:
- Significantly reduced Plant Incident Rate ( 35%)
- 5S Expansion
* Cost:
- $1.5mm Positive Variance
- W-I-P Reduction (5mm lbs. > 2.8mm lbs.)
- Throughput Improvement: Form of OEE Expanded
* Quality:
- Expanded Quality Improvement Plan with measurements
* Environmental:
- Assisted in implementing Energy Optimization Initiatives:
- Water Use - Boiler Economizer - Gas Burning
Regional VP of Manufacturing - Mission Foods, Fife, WA 2007 - 2008
* Four Manufacturing Facilities - 900+ Associates
* Operations Cost of Sales Attainment
- Product Benchmarking
- Product Waste Optimization
* Satisfying Service to Sales Requirements
* Product Giveaway Improvement:
- Packaging/Processing
- Root Cause Analysis Processing
McCain Foods USA (In 1998 McCain purchased the Ore-Ida Foodservice Division) 19
99-2007
Director of Operations Strategy & Planning - Lisle, IL 2005 - 2007
Direct Reports - 5 Technical Services employees
Operations Savings Initiatives Coordination ($12mm)
Support operations logistics opportunities - W-I-P, Days of Inventory
Overseeing of Building Capital/Operating Budgets (4 facilities)
Accomplishments:
* Case fill rate of 99.4%, plants' capacity at over 95% w/little impact on case
fill rate
* Capital Spend of $40 Million - commissioning positively accomplished
* Leading operations in company "Zero Trans Fat" conversion
* "Go to Market" Planning Model - Rep for Operations (Days of Inventory)
Plant Manager - Plover, WI - 9 Direct Reports 2003 - 2005
Led a combined union and non-union facility of 650 employees (2 separate sites)
Overhead Budget - $31 million, Direct Cost Budget - $115 million
Accomplishments:
* Raw Material Utilization (+8%)
* F'04 - Direct Cost Variance $2.4 Million; Overhead Cost Variance $320,000
* F'05 - Direct Cost Variance $980,000; Overhead Cost Variance $224,000
* Incident Rate Reduction 12%
* AIB Gold Certification
* New Product Development
Plant Manager - Othello, WA - 8 Direct Reports 1999 - 2003
Led a non-union facility with 550 employees
Overhead Budget - $22 Million, Direct Cost Budget - $100 Million
Accomplishments:
* Reduced direct costs by 8% in the last two years (Became Low Cost Producer)
* Plant was #1 (from 22nd) on the World Wide Performance Matrix
* Consumer complaint reduction of 45%
* Recordable Incidents reduced 20%
* Implementation of Department Fiscal Activity Plans tying to corporate goals
Ore-Ida Foods, Inc.
Senior Manufacturing Manager - 7 Direct Reports 1992 - 1999
Led a union facility with 800 production employees
7 Direct Reports
Accountabilities included production, quality, sanitation, savings, and safety
Accomplishments:
* New Products: Battered Fries, Pallet Mashed Dehydrated Potatoes, IQF Hashbrow
ns
* Consolidation of Quality and Production Disciplines
* Maintenance Operator Process built (Associate Level)
* Grew culture of accepting accountability/responsibility difference
TQM Coordinator 1989 - 1992
Coordinated the building of TQM Process in 3 facilities (2,200 employees)
Functional Supervisor for 3 facility Senior Production Managers
Support operational issues at corporate office
Manager Industrial Engineer - Chef Francisco, Eugene, OR
1989 - 1989
Concentrated Soups, Sheet/Layer Cakes, Pancakes
Manager Industrial Engineer - Ore-Ida Foods, Inc., Burley, ID 1985 - 1989
Product Direct Cost Development
Development of Shop Floor Measurement Processing
EDUCATION
B.A. Accounting, Boise State University, Boise, ID
University of Utah Executive Development Program (MBA Courses)
IVEY School of Business (MBA Courses)
UC Berkley - Re Engineering
University of Michigan - Executive Communication Skills