Dan Mueller
Senior Manager, Operational Excellence at The Campbell’s Company | Driving World-Class Manufacturing Excellence | Cross-Industry Leader (Pharma, Medical Device, CPG, Food) | Building High-Performing Teams
- Role
- Senior Manager, Operational Excellence Pepperidge Farm Process Improvement, Lean Transformation at The Campbell's Company
- Location
- Lancaster, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Dan Mueller
I lead transformation at the intersection of operational excellence, people, and…
Experience
Senior Manager, Operational Excellence Pepperidge Farm Process Improvement, Lean Transformation
Sep 2025 — Present · Denver, PA, US
Leading Operational Excellence at Pepperidge Farm’s Denver facility, where we produce iconic Milano cookies, Goldfish crackers, and signature breads. My focus is on embedding Operational Excellence as a way of working—driving measurable, sustainable improvement across safety, quality, cost, and service.Highlights:• Deploying Campbell’s OpEx strategy (Operating System, Management Infrastructure, Mindsets/Behaviors/Capabilities) enabled by Industry 4.0 technologies.• Leading cross-functional OpEx teams and Kaizen events to improve Balanced Scorecard metrics.• Running diagnostics and Tactical Implementation Plans to optimize performance across workstreams.• Serving as lead trainer for continuous improvement tools—building capability from the frontline to leadership.• Driving Zero Loss analysis and enabler pipeline development to capture cost savings and strengthen quality.• Supporting the deployment of all World Class Manufacturing (WCM) pillars across the facility.• Partnering with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, Finance, HR, and Logistics to align strategy and execution.
Education
Penn State Harrisburg
MBA
2004 — 2008
William & Mary
B.A.
1988 — 1992
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