Project Description

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Manager, Lean Manufacturing & Lean Supply Chain Operations

SECTOR
Consumer
Industrial
International

Our client is one of the world’s foremost suppliers of a wide range of high-quality fruit and natural ingredient preparations to customers in the dairy and bakery products industry, as well as the specialized beverage market. The company provides value-added services through logistical support, technical innovation, product safety and full transparency.

North American headquarters, located in the Cleveland metro area, also houses research and development laboratories, as well as one of the industry’s most advanced pilot plant facilities for testing and evaluation purposes. The company operates a plant in Fort Worth, TX, and its newest state-of-the art facility near Nashville, TN. A key US subsidiary in Winter Haven, FL, specializes in fruit juice drink bases, citrus purees, sherbet base purees and special emulsions for the beverage industry. The company’s Mexican operation is a vertically integrated fruit packing and processing facility, which produces fruit preparations for the Mexican market, while its fruit packing operation prepares frozen fruit for use throughout North and South America.

At approximately $150 million, our client is part of a global group based in France with annual sales of just over $500 million, comprising 20 plants and R&D centers located in 16 countries spread over six continents.

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