Dennis Smith
VP Engineering Mars Health & Wellness Platform
- Role
- VP Engineering Mars Health & Wellness Platform at Mars
- Location
- Carson City, NV, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Dennis Smith
Accomplished professional providing over 20 years of proven success in engineering management, project management and production. Experienced in developing company manufacturing strategy, handling large,$150MM+ budgets, leading and developing teams, handling multiple projects, deadlines and budgets simultaneously. Practical knowledge across a wide range of industries including packaging, plastics, food, pharmaceutical, specialty chemical, and petro-chemical. Managed and general contracted projects from production improvements and upgrades to green field plant construction with budgets from $10M to $150+MM. Expansion into roles of Sr. management, sales support, marketing, product design and developmentSpecialties:* Engineering Management* Leadership & Developing Team Leaders* Capital Planning & Management* Strategic Planning* Team Building / Leading / Accountability* Product Commercialization* Resource Management* Packaging Equipment * Process systems design & development* FMECA & Risk Management* Business Operations * Project Management* Finance & Marketing* Specifying & Researching Equipment
Experience
VP Engineering Mars Health & Wellness Platform
Dec 2023 — Present · Carson City, NV, US
VP Engineering for KIND, Nature\'s Bakery, and Tru Fru
Education
University of Michigan
MBA, Buisness
1998
Purdue University
Bachelor of Science, Engineering Technology
1990 — 1994
Purdue University
Bachelor's degree, Engineering
Skills
- Spc
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Packaging
- Engineering
- Plc
- 5s
- Kaizen
- Commercialization
- Process Engineering
- Strategic Planning
- Quality Assurance
- Root Cause Analysis
- Automation
- Business Process Improvement
- Team Building
- Management
- Manufacturing
- Continuous Improvement
- Project Management
- Lean Manufacturing
- Plastics
- Six Sigma
- Leadership
- Injection Molding
- Process Improvement
- Product Development
- Start-Ups
- Manufacturing Operations Management
- Project Engineering
- Engineering Management
- Packaging Design
- Team Leadership
- Operations Management
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