Dan Hill

Experience

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  Nestlé

  Apr 1999 - Aug 1999

  Manufacturing Management Trainee Intern
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  Nestlé

  May 2000 - now

  Lead and support teams in accelerating business improvements to quality and manufacturing for all Nestle businesses in North and South America. Drove business improvements in high priority business areas through a focus on critical practices that drive "High Performing Teams". Supporting all Nestle businesses in North America, including manufacturing operations. Deployed Focused Improvement (Lean, Six-Sigma, SMED, Loss Tree Analysis) and TPM methodologies across manufacturing throughout North America, including Food, Pet Food, Water, Infant Nutrition, Ice Cream, and Beverage categories. Deployed Focused Improvement (Lean, Six-Sigma, SMED, Loss Tree Analysis) and TPM methodologies across the Nestle USA foods business, with focused support in the Ice Cream category. Led the Operational Excellence initiative for Prepared Foods category, which delivered substantial improvements to total delivered cost through improvements to conversion cost, fixed factory overhead, material losses, and raw and packaging supply chain costs.

  • Senior Consultant, Procurement Enable Hub

    Aug 2022 - now

  • Senior Expert, Business Transformation, Zone Americas

    Mar 2021 - Aug 2022

  • Performance Expert, Zone Americas Quality

    Jan 2020 - Mar 2021

  • Management Practices Leader, Nestlé Continuous Excellence, North America

    Jan 2018 - Jan 2020

  • Focused Improvement Leader for Manufacturing, Nestlé Continuous Excellence, North America

    Oct 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Regional Focused Improvement Pillar Leader

    Jan 2014 - Sept 2016

  • Senior Manager, Industrial Performance, Nestle Prepared Foods

    Jul 2012 - Dec 2013

  • Factory Industrial Performance Manager

    Aug 2006 - Jun 2012

  • Senior Industrial Engineer

    Aug 2005 - Aug 2006

  • Industrial Engineer

    Feb 2004 - Jul 2005

  • Supervisor - Production, Maintenance, Warehouse

    Nov 2000 - Feb 2004

  • Operations Management Trainee

    May 2000 - Oct 2000