Courtney Laird

Experience

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  Staff Management

  Jun 2007 - Jun 2011

  Contractor

  Mars Chocolate- Elizabethtown PlantWorked through the temporary agency Staff Management (under contract with Mars) as a line leader, machine operator, general worker (packing), research and development (lab experience)

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  Kellogg Company

  Jun 2011 - Jul 2012

  Production Supervisor

  Kellogg Muncy Bakery- Responsible for Pop-tart production line from processing to warehouse with approximately 30 employees in a union environment. This was a baking process on a continuous production line. Responsible for effectively managing changeovers, line performance, crewing and labor efficiency.

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  The Hershey Company

  Jul 2012 - now

  Change Manager- responsible for implementing a new Lean manufacturing system in multiple plant sites. Implemented Lean systems in a total of four sites; Hazleton PA, Stuarts Draft VA, Granby QC, St. Hyacinthe QC, improving equipment reliability and operator ownership.Currently, I am supporting the HSY Lean Leadership Pillar and multiple sites across the Hershey network, focused on implementing leadership standards around goal setting and performance behaviors. Hershey Lancaster- Twizzler PlantResponsible for Conventional Extrusion Processing Area with approximately 60 direct reports in a non-union environment.

  • Peanut Butter Business Unit Manager

    Dec 2021 - now

  • Business Unit Manager Conventional Twizzlers

    Jul 2020 - May 2022

  • Lean Program Lead

    Jan 2016 - Jul 2020

  • Production Supervisor

    Jul 2012 - Jan 2016