Ifelayo Disu

Experience

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  Cadbury Nigeria PLC.

  Sept 2010 - Aug 2011

  Management Trainee

  November, 2010 – December, 2010Management TraineeFood Drinks Electrical engineering unit• Bill of Quantity development for materials required for Preventive maintenance and Corrective maintenance• Planned for preventive maintenance jobs (prepared checklists, etc)• Supervised heat extraction project  January, 2011 – May, 2011Food Drinks Unit (Sanitation and Safety Lead)• Led weekly safety workplace inspections• Identified safety gaps and ensured closure of the gaps• Installed safety and GMP signages across factory• Coordinated safety meetings• Led weekly GMP inspections• Together with quality manager identified GMP gaps and tracked closure of gaps• Developed checklists and schedules for regular cleaning of equipment and ensured strict adherence to schedule• Worked with the product development manager and was involved in Product Innovation projects (Documentation, liaising with team members to ensure that timelines are met) June, 2011– December, 2011Food Drinks Unit/ Continuous Improvement (Food Drinks)• A member of the commissioning team of Food Drinks Packaging factory (phase 1)) Was partly involved the installation of the Gericke powder distribution systems, All fill machines, Zalking capping machines Cascaded trainings to the operators on the shop floor• Led GMP/ safety inspections, ensured closure of gaps• Best Practices • Initiated the Green room concept in Food Drinks which is currently being sustained(Transfer of Best Practices)• Initiated the 5s concept in food drinks (5s on the desks, floor markings etc)(Transfer of Best PracticesInitiated Idea generation, Implementation in Food DrinksOrganised staff recognition awards for work excellence and brilliant idea generations Show less

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  Mondelēz International

  Sept 2011 - Jun 2018

  Manage New Product Development; Product and Packaging Renovation and Commercialization; New Market Entry Projects for Middle East and West Africa at optimum cost & qualityResponsible for:• Leading cross-functional teams in the development and implementation of a broad, coordinated set of projects to meet the revenue, volume, growth, productivity and quality goals and priorities within a category.• Facilitating the definition of project scopes, goals, tasks and resource (people and cost) requirements; resolve or assist in the resolution of conflicts within and between projects or functional groups; develop methods to monitor project progress and provide corrective action if necessary.• Ensuring that project scopes and timing take into consideration minimizing waste (raw, pack and finished goods write-offs) and reducing complexity (utilizing existing asset platforms, managing sku proliferation) to the business system.• Organizing productivity workshops across functions (R&D, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Procurement, Manufacturing, Brand, Finance controlling) with a view to COGs reduction, Ingredients standardization/substitution, Renew the Category Growth COGS as well as leading and managing productivity projects.• Enabling best practice sharing by ensuring all projects are properly closed out and key learning’s are documented. • Initiating finished good Masterdata setup and communicate completed information to all stakeholders so all information systems can be properly set up to produce, ship, sell and invoice products. • Managing the traded unit (non-regulated) graphic process ensuring compliance with all company policies and communicate completed information to all stakeholders. Show less Continuous Improvement Engineer• Expanded the green room concept to include other factories on site• Installed safety and GMP signages across site• Implemented 5s across site (floor makings in compressor room, Boiler house, HVAC area• Installed idea generation boxes across site ( over 100 ideas generated and 75 implemented)• Rewarded employees for cost saving, waste reduction & CI ideas & initiatives • Tracked Overall Equipment Efficiency/Global Efficiency in Food drinks factory• Drove higher efficiencies through CI initiatives, efficiency workshops, brainstorming sessions, Root Cause Analysis (Fish Bone diagrams, why why analysis etc) • Attained a 5 % increase on Overall Equipment Efficiency and Global Efficiency in Food Drinks factory in the last one year• Increased awareness on reducing waste on the floor through interactions on the floor and in Green room meeting• Co-initiated Total Productive Maintenance meetings with Manufacturing Maintenance Manager• Coordinated manufacturing operations meetings • Participated in Minitab and Measurement System Analysis trainings and worked with these tools for analyses and in preparation for Six Sigma Line assessment• Co-organised and Co-facilitated Integrated Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training for second stream of participants • Coached and monitored Green belts in carrying out cost saving and process improvement projects in their respective areas• In collaboration with the Candy team and CI team, drove down the glucose and sugar negative variance in Candy factory down by 30%• Carried out Measurement System Analysis in Candy factory for Six Sigma Line Assessment• Together with the Manufacturing Plant Manager, Manufacturing Finance Manager, Continuous Improvement Area Manager, Procurement Manager, responsible for manufacturing productivity savings (conversion productivity & procurement productivity savings) Show less

  • Project Commercialization Management Specialist(Innovation & Renovation)

    Jun 2015 - Jun 2018

  • Continuous Improvement Engineer (Supply Chain)

    Sept 2011 - May 2015
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  Unilever

  Jun 2018 - May 2020

  Strategic Assistant to the Supply Chain Vice President, West Africa
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  Nestlé

  Jun 2020 - now

  • Category Development Manager

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Senior Idea to Launch Project Manager - Innovation & Renovation

    Jun 2020 - Aug 2024