Tabby Conrow

Experience

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  Ashland

  Feb 1998 - Aug 2003

  Compliance Coordinator

  Previous positions with Hercules (now Ashland):Reliability EngineerMaintenance Administrator

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  Holcim

  Aug 2003 - Apr 2009

  Maintenance Engineer

  Previous positions with Holcim:Reliability EngineerMaintenance Supervisor

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  General Mills

  Apr 2009 - Nov 2021

  Provides leadership for the execution of the Planned Maintenance Pillar in support of Zero Loss Culture at 23 North America manufacturing sites. Conducts loss analysis and develops strategic plans to drive system reliability improvements on business priority platforms with remote and on-site support of a global engineering team based in Mumbai, India and with collaboration of site maintenance leadership. Facilitates and organizes meetings and topics for the Maintenance and Reliability Managers Community of Practice and both coordinates and provides onboarding and mentorship of site maintenance managers. Has a passion for and is consulted on all maintenance data retrieval, analysis, education and goal setting and is considered the company subject matter expert. Show less *Manage career development and performance of 9 Manufacturing Engineering Associates*Train and develop Manufacturing Engineering Associates in principles of Reliability Engineering*Maintenance Lead Coach for Foundational Systems Activation (GMI Continuous Improvement Program) - coach Defect Handling and Breakdown Elimination processes*Provide standards, training and feedback for Safety and Quality risks and improvements*Utilize Maintenance Cost Loss Tree to identify and drive component improvements and productivity*Determine root cause to component failures and implement/recommend maintenance strategy to reduce loss*Provide technical mastery standards and training content*VP of Women in Operations Network (Plant women's support group, ~46 members)*Women mentor (cross-functional and global, mentoring women in their development/career progression) Show less Glidepath Project Manager - lead Team responsible for driving reliability improvements on the Bars Production line to increase System Utilization and capacity while delaying a major capital investment of approximately $40MM by 1-2 years. Department’s fiscal results: budget $1.9MM favorable; overuse $1.3MM reduction; production throughput 1.4MM bars per day increase; Wrapper equipment MTBF 260% increase; change over time 20% reduction (6285 man-hours of sanitation, providing 420M EQC’s per year) and overall SU 49.1% increase. Finished 1.3% above Spring Plan in system performance (all 3 lines ahead of SP goal, comparable to a small bars line), without any capital spend. Team received the Corporate 2011 Continuous Improvement Champion Award. Show less

  • Corporate Supply Chain Maintenance & Reliability Manager

    Aug 2016 - Nov 2021

  • Senior Reliability Engineer I

    Sept 2012 - Aug 2016

  • Reliability Engineer II

    Aug 2011 - Sept 2012

  • Glidepath Team Leader

    Jan 2011 - Aug 2011

  • Maintenance Team Leader II

    Apr 2009 - Jan 2011
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  EMA, Inc.

  Dec 2021 - now

  Focused on supporting clients in maintenance, engineering, and work process leadership, Enterprise Asset Management Systems (Maximo, SAP) – material master and plant maintenance - including assessments and selection, quality assurance and compliance, continuous improvement, maintenance planning and scheduling, process re-engineering, budget planning and management, benchmarking, resource development, project management, change management, maintenance data retrieval, analysis, education, and goal setting. Show less

  • Principal Consultant - Business Development

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Practice Group Manager - Asset & Work Management

    Dec 2022 - Apr 2024

  • Senior Consultant - Asset & Work Management

    Dec 2021 - Nov 2022