Andreas Karamaounas
VP, Manufacturing @ Nutricost / Owner of AKENCAP Consulting / Part-Owner of Sushi Restaurant Draper UT
- Role
- Vice President of Production at Nutricost
- Location
- Orem, UT, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Andreas Karamaounas
Passionate Chemical Engineer with a holistic experience across Business Management positions both in the front and the back end of medium and large sized entities in the Consumer Goods Industry. Procurement, Contract Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Pre-operations, Operations, Account Management, Sales, Senior Management.
Experience
Vice President of Production
May 2020 — Present · Vineyard, UT, US
VP of Production at EMP, overseeing all manufacturing of supplements in powder and capsule/softgel format. Responsible for a manpower of 300 employees spanning over 2 shifts, 6 days a week.Major Manufacturing Customers -Nutricost-Bucked Up-Jacked Factory-Transparent Labs-FNXKey responsibilities include -Daily reporting to CEO and ownership-Micro-Scheduling of weekly workload across all production and warehouse segments (Batching, Blending, Encapsulation, Powder-fill, Packaging, Warehouse)-Process Improvement across Production and Warehouse functions-Top level decision making-Weekly meetings with marketing and sales functions as well as purchasing and supply chain-Daily meetings with QC managementKey Successes -Production output increase by 42% after the conclusion of the first year-Implementation of in-house developed ERP system-Lead time decreased from 12 weeks to 9 weeks on average-Downtime reduction from 19% to a mere 1.1% YoY-Employee satisfaction and retention dramatically improved-Implementation of Preventative Maintenance schedules-Enhanced digital visibility and inventory accuracy. Inventory accuracy improved from 82% to 98.6%-Takt time reduced via re-designing warehouse processes as well as shapes of production lines as well as resource management-Reactivated de-commissioned equipment worth $1million dollars-Quality Control failures reduced by 77% by changing production processes on the floor level and inducing fail-safe measures and techniques without majorly increasing time spent on QC checks
Education
National Technical University of Athens
Master of Engineering (MEng), Chemical Engineering
2009 — 2015
University of Warwick
Master of Science (MSc), Engineering Business Management
2016 — 2017
Skills
- Engineering
- Autocad
- Public Relations
- Research
- Public Speaking
- Matlab
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Analytical Skills
- Aspen Hysys
- English
- Powerpoint
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