Michele Eidam - Principal Consultant, Mespired

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Work Background

OFFICEPRO, Inc.Vice President Operations and International Development

May. 2022 - May. 2023Kuala Lumpur · Remote- Established an Asia-based team of 5 employees to provide around-the-clock sourcing and testing support, resulting in an 80% reduction in labor costs. - Led the development and implementation of a streamlined technical recruiting process including ATS adoption and business process automation, resulting in a 40% increase in qualified candidates and generating an additional $825k in revenue.

Found & SeekCo-Founder & CEO

May. 2021Singapore- Enabling organizations to better manage their equipment along the circular economy reducing time spent locating equipment by 80% and capital spending by 20% - Secured $100,000 in pre-seed funding from a top-tier venture capital firm, allowing us to launch our asset management platform in less than 4 months and scale our team from 2 to 9.

AntlerEntrepreneur

Jan. 2021 - May. 2021Singapore · On-site

Kellogg CompanySnacks Technical Innovation Director

Sep. 2018 - Dec. 2020Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaTechnical Innovation Director for the Pringles Low Speed Platform serving Asia, Middle East, & Africa leading a team of Subject Matter Experts & Technical Masters to: - Deliver breakthrough improvements - Drive out loss via lean and six sigma - Digitize manufacturing & bring to life Smart Factory - Develop equipment & work process innovations - Lead new line start ups across the globe

Taco QuestFounder

Jan. 2017 - Dec. 2018United States · RemoteSocial impact e-commerce venture that sells taco and quest inspired merch with a portion of all profits going to mental health causes. Created in conjunction with a 50 state taco tour called #letstacoabout that raised $10,000 in donations for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

The Erika Legacy FoundationExecutive Director

Jan. 2016 - Dec. 2017Edmonton, Canada AreaCo-founder of foundation in honor of best friend Erika Elkington that's dedicated to funding and inspiring breakthroughs in the way our communities think, talk & support the contributing factors of suicide, mental health, and general well being

Procter & GambleGlobal Operations Platform Manager

Jan. 2015 - Dec. 2016Kansas City, KansasResponsible for operational excellence and impeccable initiative delivery for P&G’s global Dish Soap manufacturing, which included 30+ lines at 12 sites in 5 regions across 4 standard equipment platforms and multiple legacy technologies. - Supply Chain Synchronization - Platform Life Cycle Management - Global X-Function Team Leadership - Strategy & Systems Development - Change Management - Digital Value ChainTransformation

Procter & GambleGlobal Strategic Communications Manager

Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2015Cincinnati AreaWorked with the Chief Product Supply Officer and Global Leadership Team to engage and inspire the 70,000+ people of Product Supply through regional deployments, quarterly newsletters, site engagements, weekly special interest stories, videos, and other innovative messaging. Not only did this require properly crafting and communicating the Vision, Strategies, Capabilities, and results needed, but also sensing the organization and influencing leadership.

Procter & GambleGlobal Packing Engineer

Jan. 2010 - Dec. 2014Cincinnati AreaResponsible for development and design of packing equipment for global air care projects, as well as the delivery of all North American scope. This includes creation of global equipment standards, technical oversight and project management of both global and regional projects, cross functional technical team leadership for upstream innovation and downstream optimization. In addition to my primary responsibilities, I was the engineering owner for the business unit’s Academia & Innovation Partnership Program Worked extensively with internal and external resources in Singapore, China, Thailand, India, Vietnam, Japan, Spain, Germany, UK, and Belgium.

Procter & GambleOnsite Supplier Start Up Manager

Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2010MalaysiaLed the startup of an onsite packaging material supplier by integrating a globally diverse team with core team members located in Beijing, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, and Portugal including 19 different resources of 10 different nationalities.

Procter & GambleTechnical Packaging Department Manager

Jan. 2006 - Dec. 2008Kansas City, Missouri AreaLed the development and implementation of an on-site technical packaging department. This included the creation and roll out of foundational work systems, as well as securing necessary resources. As the department leader, I ensured the team met our obligations to the other functions and external suppliers. The department was the liaison between central R&D and the site for initiatives. In addition, we owned supplier material quality, packaging material cost savings, and technical capability building. This range of responsibilities required a daily focus for material/machine interaction issues and a long term focus for systemic fixes and initiative delivery.

Procter & GambleDistillation Process Engineer

Jan. 2003 - Dec. 2006Sacramento, California AreaThe Sacramento plant was a chemical manufacturing facility that produced fatty alcohols, fatty acids, and fatty esters. As the process engineer, I was responsible for leading the process area to deliver on all the key result areas and had over 20 direct reports. In addition, I was responsible for technical troubleshooting, capability building, rolling out and adapting Toyota Production Systems to a 50 year old chemical plant, and was the SPOC and area start up leader for all distillation projects.

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