Jill Thrasher

About Jill Thrasher

My career background has been steady and progressive within Retail, Foodservice and B2B Food Manufacturing as a leader and contributor. Due to my passion for developing bench talent to appropriately fill a company\'s future roles and with my strong work ethic, I\'ve been fortunate to lead, execute and deliver results on multiple assignments across BU\'s and categories in both Operations and Quality positions.What I\'ve Enjoyed About My Career Path- Working across the Supply Chain to drive cost and quality improvement while delivering productivity goals and waste reduction- Being energized in high paced work environments, remaining calm under pressure, while leading my team through times of crisis- Learning both Operations and Quality from the plant floor up to corporate leadership; these roles have given me a common sense approach to problem solving.What Are a Few of My Accomplishments?* Developed cross functional teams to champion and deliver net productivity, growth, quality and brand maintenance projects through the use of category roadmaps and dashboards.* Exceeded net productivity targets for 4 years in a row driven by cross functional category team effort.* Collaborated with company leaders to develop an innovation process, including stage & gate process which led the company to manage \'unconstrained thinking\' that delivered significant growth.* Focused on waste elimination as an input to manage sweat down from gross to net productivity and improved metrics of Product Management Review Feel free to contact me at: j••••••••@gmail.com ManagementPeople ManagementExecutionTeam BuildingLeadershipProcess ImprovementProject ManagementStrategic Planning

Experience

1. Plant Manager

   Marathon Cheese Corporation

   Jul 2021 — Present · Booneville, MS, US

Education

• Michigan State University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Food Science

• Eastern Illinois University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Skills

• Quality Assurance
• Product Development
• Sap Products
• Haccp
• Food Industry
• Forecasting
• Continuous Improvement
• Food & Beverage
• Food Safety
• Quality System
• Operations Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Ingredients
• Gmp
• Food Science
• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (Haccp)
• Food Processing
• Food Manufacturing
• Management
• Supply Chain
• Sap
• Supply Chain Management
• Production Planning
• Lean Manufacturing
• Business Development
• Food