Chuck Lacy

Project Manager / Consultant @Oxford Global Resources

Business Analyst🧑‍🔬 Engineer🧨 ConsultingFood Engineer

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY • 30 years of Operations experience in Food & Beverage manufacturing utilizing Process Improvement disciplines to realize targeted results regarding equipment utilization and labor optimization. • Experience with successfully delivering capital projects across multiple industries has resulted in working with multiple equipment vendors to find the right solutions for projects related to case packing, conveyance (in-process and finished goods), palletizing, filling, bagging, blending, and minimizing waste streams. • Over 15 years spent working dedicated off-shifts, which drives my understanding for the need to cover all shifts / perspectives when assessing projects, determining solutions and developing training processes. EXPERIENCE DEPTH • Operations Improvement leader with a history of achieving improvement objectives. • Built teams of 6-24 people into effectively cross-functional units that have consistently resulted in savings of $2 million per annum. • $408K annualized butterfat savings at Borden. • $600K annualized savings in the cooking process at Land O’Lakes. • $75K annualized savings in packaging operations at Land O’Lakes. • 292% Overtime reduction and eliminated 100% quality audit step of FG at Biery Cheese. • Kaizen leadership at Dr Pepper drove a 63% improvement in changeover times (changing products and package sizes) on the plant’s most diverse line. EXPERTISE • Solution Development & Implementation • DMAIC and P-A-V-A Methodologies Application • Vertical & Horizontal Team Integration • Performance Analysis • CI Program Implementation • Delivering CI in plant settings • Building Foundational & Sustainable Performance Practices • Environmental & Regulatory Compliance • Grain Milling & Processing (Rice, Wheat & Corn) • GMP Training & Sustainability • Chocolate & Sugared Confections • Dairy (Milk & Cheese) / UHT and UF • 24/7/365 Plant Operation Leadership • FDA • USDA • FSQA • SQF • Beverage • PSM • Juice (Hot & Cold Process) • HACCP • BRC • Successful audit

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Work Background

Oxford Global ResourcesProject Manager /Manufacturing Consultant

Mar. 2023Texas, United States

POWERSProject Manager

Feb. 2022 - Jan. 2023United States• Performed Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) practices implemented with client resulted in solving $40K per week loss of frying oil. • Served as a Management Consultant / Project Manager specializing in Operations Improvements with companies across diverse industries. • Completed performance analysis of several companies across the food & beverage industry, as well as 1 utility company. • Utilized effective client interaction to drive the development and implementation of tools, such as Short-Interval-Follow-up scorecards, front line leader performance auditing tools, and daily KPI measurements. • Measuring Startup effectiveness and implementing client step improvements resulted in an increase from 68% average startup effectiveness to 92% within 3 weeks of implementation, which is a 35% improvement in how the client started each day. • Engaged in daily developmental actions with plant Senior Leadership as well as front-line leaders to establish daily cadence with team and peer groups. • Completed on-floor studies of operations performance to identify efficiency improvement opportunities and waste reduction opportunities. Within first 6-weeks of project start-up my team and I had implemented initiatives to reduce labor costs by $309K annually and eliminate fryer oil losses of over $850K annually.

Bevolution GroupPlant Manager

Apr. 2020 - Feb. 2022Frostproof, Florida, United StatesBevolution Group is a beverage company that specializes in juice, juice concentrates, blends, mixers and bases.

BordenSupply Chain Director - Central Texas

Jan. 2019 - Apr. 2020Dallas and AustinBorden processes and packages all configurations of milk products from single serve containers through 5-gallon bag-in-box containers, as well as totes and tankers of high % butterfat products.