David Phillips
- Role
- R & d Sr Manager - Global Gum Base and Global Product Science at Mars
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About David Phillips
Business Process Improvement | Team Leadership | Revenue…
Experience
R & d Sr Manager - Global Gum Base and Global Product Science
Jan 2015 — Present
Regularly deliver Engagement ratings within the Gallup survey in the 90th+ percentile, managing a high-performance team comprised of 10 direct reports. Key Roles and Responsibilities: Developed and qualified a unique cleaning material for gum manufacturing, improving associate working conditions, ergonomics, and safety, while delivering $170-$250K annual cost savings per location. Created numerous new formulations of gum and managed multiple continuous product improvement opportunities. Drive annual base portfolio cost savings initiatives in excess of $2M over the course of 4 years, and manage product development process from concept to approved prototype.
Education
Dominican University
BS Food Science
Northwestern University
Master of Product Development
Skills
- Consumer Products
- Food Science
- Product Development
- Continuous Improvement
- Sap Products
- Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (Fmcg)
- Visio
- Customer Insight
- Research and Development (R&D)
- Project Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Sharepoint
- Management
- Manufacturing
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