Scott Lowthorp
Materials Manager at Cargill
- Role
- Materials Manager at Cargill
- Location
- Sidney, IA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Scott Lowthorp
Management and leadership professional in the food manufacturing industry. My management experience includes 5+ years as a front-line operations supervisor and 7 years as an area manager. I currently hold the role of Materials Manager for a further processed meats facility. I strive to build a team based work environment among a diverse workforce. I have experience leading teams ranging in size from 4 to 62.
Experience
Materials Manager
Sep 2011 — Present · Nebraska City, NE, US
Manage $30mm annual budget.Purchase all packaging, ingredients and MRO for the Nebraska City further processed meats plant. Develop and manage supplier relationships to create trust based partnerships. Continuously explore opportunities for cost savings and carbon footprint reductions. Lead a department consisting of two supervisors, four hourly management and 32 hourly employees across three production shifts.Achievements:• Implemented procedures that resulted in a positive P&I variance of over the course of one year.• Part of the team that implemented and sustained a Management Operating System that saved the Nebraska City facility over $3mm in 14 months and improved cash flow by almost $2mm.• One of five in-plant SAP Super-Users who help successfully deploy the Purchasing and Plant Maintenance SAP module in Nebraska City. • Organizational lead for annual United Way golf tournament for the past five years raising over
Education
Iowa Western Community College
Business
1984 — 1986
Bellevue University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Management
2010 — 2013
Skills
- Materials Management
- Lean Manufacturing
- Meat
- Food Manufacturing
- Manufacturing
- Warehousing
- Fmcg
- Food Industry
- Haccp
- Supply Management
- Business Process Improvement
- Sap Implementation
- Supply Chain Management
- Strategic Sourcing
- Collaborative Problem Solving
- Purchasing
- Process Improvement
- Food Processing
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Packaging
- Ingredients
- Frozen Food
- Shipping
- Budgets
- Food
- Gmp
- Six Sigma
- Food Science
- Management
- Team Building
- Leadership
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Control
- Coaching
- Cost Savings
- Food Safety
- Root Cause Analysis
- Forecasting
- Continuous Improvement
- Logistics
Find verified contacts for anyone on LinkedIn
Unifers gives sales teams verified emails and direct dials, enriched profiles, and outreach that lands in the inbox.
Free plan included · No credit card required
This profile is compiled from publicly available professional sources. Unifers is not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn. Request removal of this profile.