Aamir Mausoof
Director Of Operations at LIVEKINDLY Collective
Director Of Operations at LIVEKINDLY Collective
Dynamic manufacturing executive and change agent driving operational excellence in diverse manufacturing facilities through employment of continuous improvement, lean and six sigma methodologies. 

Extraordinary record of achievements in safety, reduction of quality complaints, increased productivity, and direct and indirect cost reduction. Proven ability to build and lead effective teams through careful recruitment, hands-on mentoring, and one-on-one coaching.

Regularly present KPI's to C-Suite and Board as well as work cross functionally with sales, marketing, supply chain, R&D and customers.

Significant achievements in the last 5 years:
- One year plus without injury at multiple sites 
- 50% reduction in customer complaints within the first two years 
- 4% increase in OTIF  within the first two years  
- P&L reduction of 5% within the first two years
LIVEKINDLY Collective
https://www.linkedin.com/company/livekindly-collective
Director Of Operations
New York City Metropolitan Area
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Gobble
General Manager East Coast
Responsible for all Gobble east coast vision, operations, logistics, quality, and procurement

Lead a national Quality strategic initiative to drive all customer error down to 1% in all areas of logistics, fulfillment and quality driving it through boots on the ground team building, root cause and correction

Delivering cost per box and hours per box aggressive targets of $5/box and 0.30 hours/box through aggressive optimization and efficiency focus

Targeting and achieving 25% reduction in food costs, inventory and waste through planning, crisp 4-week demand outlook and on hand utilization
Greater Philadelphia Area
Bakkavor
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bakkavor
Director Of Operations
•	Oversaw startup, construction and management of new 90,000 sq. ft. manufacturing site in San Antonio, Texas, growing fulfillment to 100k meals/month
•	Lead installation and commencement of high-speed automated process and packaging lines
•	Hired management team and all initial hourly associates, team leaders and supervisors, training hires to own the process within three months
•	Established an initial supply chain team bringing together plant demand planner, warehouse manager, scheduler, inventory manager and systems personnel to establish best in class plant process, certifying the site for USDA, FDA, State of TX, and customer approval within the first month of startup
•	Liaised with VP Supply Chain and Plant Controller to set yearly budget, conduct monthly P/L review and adjust forecasts 
•	Planned multi-trial test runs with R&D team to finalize product, insure food safety and document initial production
•	Focused plant personnel on customer satisfaction metrics, achieving 95% successful on time and in full delivery of all products, defect and complaint free during startup phase 
•	Meet weekly with VP Supply Chain and customer to review prior week activity and plan future production
San Antonio, Texas
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Blue Apron
https://www.linkedin.com/company/blue-apron
Senior Director of Fulfillment
•	Recruited to direct east coast manufacturing in NJ with responsibility for existing and de novo site, growing fulfillment to 800k boxes/month
•	Installed and started up automated material handling, pick to pack and pick to light fulfillment systems by liaising with Director of Engineering for machine design 
•	Initiated zero loss journey for safety by creating energy, process, and accountability for every employee, reducing injuries by 50% within first 90 days
•	Reduced quality defect rate by 30% through teaching employees six sigma process, empowering teams to deliver an increase in units packed/minute by 25%
•	Improved attendance from 65% to 85% through a data driven coaching and tracking system and drove an increase in OTIF from 96% to 98% through daily/weekly production planning and execution
•	Presented to C-Suite and executive teams key metrics of safety, quality, employee turnover, cost and productivity
•	Led the successful launch and start of a best in class 700,000 sq. ft. fulfillment center in Linden, New Jersey, hiring, transferring, and training over 2,000 employees
New York, New York
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Hale and Hearty Soups
https://www.linkedin.com/company/hale-and-hearty
Director of Manufacturing
•	Recruited to lead manufacturing and supply chain, reporting to CEO, with responsibility for multi-site union employee locations, ramping up production to 1 million pounds of soup/month 
•	Created a “responsibility for Safety” culture in the organization thereby reducing the injury rate by 50%
•	Established quality excellence and customer satisfaction through accountability, reducing complaints by 50% 
•	Executed a Lean, KPI and RCA focused culture in manufacturing with performance tracking, gap analysis, empowering employees for continuous improvement
•	Established team framework with factory hourly employees by creating leaders and co-leaders, empowering them with ownership responsibility culture (e.g. to work directly with planners and maintenance personnel)
•	Mentored team leaders with one-on-one instruction including problem solving skills, lean principles, promoting highest performers to salaried employees within a year
•	Reduced maintenance costs by 25% and downtime by 50% by utilizing best in class reliability approach
•	Liaised with CFO and CEO to create and present PowerPoint presentations in quarterly Board meetings regarding safety, quality, productivity and other significant manufacturing activity 
•	Implemented warehouse management system, reducing inventory losses by 5% and increasing OTIF by 2%
•	Drove continuous improvement in a fast paced, complex, and high SKU environment through an optimized focus on made to order scheduling, procurement, and production processes
•	Balanced P&L through a lean focus on labor, productivity and variable costs, reducing supply chain spend by $0.5 million
New York, New York
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Corbion
https://www.linkedin.com/company/corbion
Plant Director
•	Challenged union plants and union management to a “zero is possible culture” in safety, achieving multiple years without injuries through behavior, accountability, and leadership
•	Achieved a 50% reduction in total customer complaints resulting in less than 0.5 complaints/million lbs.
•	Managed all site certification of “A” in Global Food Safety Initiative (BRC)
•	Eliminated $1 million in operational budget (6%) while achieving a 5% OEE increase by reducing headcount by an average 25% and contract labor force by 75% through lean methodologies
•	Increased customer service averaging 2% while reducing working capital by 25% through a balanced “made to order portfolio”, demand planning and SKU rationalization
•	Negotiated successful union contracts for all three sites with a transition to a company sponsored benefits plan 
•	Implemented and sustained warehouse management system 
•	Presented regularly to CEO of the Americas on quality, safety, cost, delivery and productivity metrics
Greater New York City Area
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Louis Dreyfus Company
https://www.linkedin.com/company/louis-dreyfus-company
Plant Manager
Responsible for all aspects of manufacturing for the $500 million business in Savannah, Georgia. Started a $250 million sugar refinery delivering safe, quality product on time and within budget. Delivered 50% reduction in sugar loss through six sigma processes.
Savannah, Georgia
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The J.M. Smucker Company
https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-jm-smucker-co
Plant Engineer
Started up a $100,000 Bakery and Frozen facility. Successfully led all construction completion of a highly complex and automated plant.  Fully led and set up preventative maintenance pillar while supporting and leading other pillars of autonomous management and initiative management.
Scottsville, Kentucky
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The Dannon Company
https://www.linkedin.com/company/danone
Engineering Manager
Let all Engineering for the largest yogurt plant for the company in USA. Led five year master planning for the plant, leading new projects for fill/pack lines and process additions.
Minster, Ohio
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Energy Engineering
B.S.
University of Arizona
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Mechanical Engineering
Master's degree = not finished (24 units completed)
California State University, Fullerton
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Disaster and Humanitarian Relief
United Way
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Leading and supporting campaigns
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Children
March of Dimes
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Sponsor
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Salvation Army
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Committee Member
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Feeding America
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Sponsorship Coordinator
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City Harvest
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Sponsorship Coordinator
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Poverty Alleviation
Gateway Regional Chamber of Commerce
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Sponsor
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BRC
British Retail Consortium
SQF
SQF Institute
Problem solving
Kepner-Tregoe
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Stewart Savage
Website designer, photographer, owner at Abaton Consulting
Davis, CA
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Nate Kaufman
Learning and Development Lead at Carollo Engineers
San Francisco Bay Area
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Allen P. Coniglio, MBA,  MS, PMP
I make cool things happen
Trumbull, CT
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Kelly McCabe
Results-driven business leader
Denver Metropolitan Area
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Maria Estrada, Ph.D.
Metropolitan Group
Salt Lake City, UT
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Eric Brunamonti
Sr Advanced Electrical Engr
Dayton, OH
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Guadalupe Olvera
Trew assamble
United States
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Rebecca Tomlinson - Landreth
Multi-Industry Executive Consultant & Board Advisor
Tulsa Metropolitan Area
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Kevin Mahaney
CMMS Administrator at TREW
Mason, OH
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Aaron H.
Principal Solidity Engineer at Rainmaker Games
Greater Chicago Area
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Kelvin Rivera-Ledee
Parts Fulfillment Supervisor at TREW
Hamilton, OH
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Gloryvee Cordero, M.Ed., PMP, ABD
Senior-level executive seeking collaboration in creating a legacy by building a technology empire that impacts change.
Lutz, FL
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Jerod Batt
Project Manager Product Development at TREW Automation
Cincinnati Metropolitan Area
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Tejas Rane, PMP
General Manager at Fifth Season, powered by RoBotany
Pittsburgh, PA
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Craig Tomeo
General Manager at Anheuser-Busch InBev
Jacksonville, FL
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Vasili Zisis
Proven Executive Helping Companies Translate Their Business Goals to Reality.
Roslyn Heights, NY
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Lawrence Henrard
General Manager
Salinas, CA
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Sophia Manuel
Restaurant Manager at Diplomat
Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area
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Brett Herman
Hospitality, Business Operations Executive providing $$$ value to make your brand shine with extensive expertise in 🅡🅔🅥🅔🅝🅤🅔 🅞🅟🅣🅘🅜🅘🅩🅐🅣🅘🅞🅝
West Palm Beach, FL
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Charles Preston
General Manager at The Juicy Crab
Atlanta Metropolitan Area
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        I’ve had the pleasure of working with Aamir for a year at Hale and Hearty Soups, during which he was my direct supervisor. I was impressed with Aamir’s ability to quickly ascertain a situation, and be creative in solving both operational and quality issues. He played a key role in developing team leaders, which strengthened the organizational structure and created opportunities for professional growth.  Bernard Susai
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        "I had the privilege of working with Aamir In Plant Operations team for more than one year at The JM Smucker Company. Aamir is proactive, result oriented, responsible and technically sound manager and he is always ready to put all his energy and time to get the job done. He has an exceptional troubleshooting and analytical skill in process and packaging CPG Equipment. Aamir is a great asset to any company."

"In addition, Aamir is a well connected professional that always takes the time to support anyone is his network. He has a very impressive background and profile and I recommend Aamir as a CPG Management expert to connect with and consider for anything appropriate."
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