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Steve Taulaulelei

Steve Taulaulelei

Summary

An award-winning Leader with Highest Engagement score in 2020 at Dairy Goat Co-operative. Achieved the most improved Engagement score in Gallagher operations after 8 months into the role a Production Manager and Warehouse Manager for EFA stores 2022. I am a passionate with growing leaders, optimistic, and naturally good at supporting others to thrive through coaching, influencing, problem solving, solution focused and most of all getting the best out of the people that I lead. Production management professional knowledgeable about allocating resources, optimizing production and increasing output with hands-on and dedicated approach. Articulate and professional problem-solver with good relationship-building abilities. Proficient in planning and implementing innovative production strategies.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Production Manager Animal Management and Warehouse Manager (EFA)

Gallagher Group
02.2022 - Current
  • Responsible for Final assembly of iconic global innovative products for Animal Management
  • Managing larger team in Manufacturing and Warehousing team
  • Key Transformation Leadership at Gallagher
  • Managing our highest risk on site – heavy lifting
  • Introduce semi-automatic pallet lifter on my first 3 weeks in my leadership role
  • Outcome eliminated historical back injuries for Electronics Assembly team
  • Created an environment for Leaders to Thrive, transformed and instilled a higher performing culture in challenge environment
  • Transformations changes in growing leaders in Performance leadership and Management
  • Lifted the bar in terms of KPIs and better business outcomes in delivering results by setting overall Efficiency rate from 82% to 90%
  • Implemented KPIS for EFA warehouse team in June 2022, Outcome, improved efficiency and pick accuracy
  • Best warehouse Team on site with great performance culture and thriving workforce
  • Drive Quality improvement with right first time mindset, coach and mentor leaders with effective problem solving, reduced assembly and process errors with introducing first pass yield for energizers at 98%, previously was at 95%
  • Lead transformation projects with Argon group, Site lead for Single Piece flow and Problem solving for Quality projects.

Canning Process Manager

Dairy Goat Co -Operative
01.2017 - 01.2022
  • Manage the Canning operation of Goat infant formula, embedded fantastic leadership culture and maintaining high regulated infant formula standards
  • Responsible for managing day to day operations, budgets, strategic planning, and projects
  • Manage a 24/7 Canning Plant operations, 6 direct reports and team of 65 staff
  • Experienced and versatile leading other plants in DGC, Blending and Can Manufacture plants
  • Highly regulated infant formula standards, lead and managing Quality was critical
  • Projects and Capex work - Successfully lead and manage project of building a medium care section as part of the Infant formula Requirements for Canning Plant 13 million capital investment
  • Staff development – training and upskilling staff to meet MPI standards in infant formula regulations and requirements
  • Strong focus of optimization of process, reduce waste of daily giveaways of 3 grams of powder for average of 50,000 cans, which was equivalent to 30K giveaway of yield powder per daily run
  • Use DMAIC methodology to solve the problems which we saved more than million dollars of giveaway powder in 2018
  • Achieved targets in Canning, best output of 3 million cans in one Month during the pandemic challenges, lead while working from home for 2 months during lockdown
  • Our OEE rate lift from 73% to 81% in 2021
  • Plant rate continue to lift from 2019 to 2021 at 100 cans per minute to 125 cans per minute
  • Plant size changes reduced from 3.5hours to 2 hours in 2019 enable the Canning plant produce 200,000 extra cans per annum
  • Highest Engagement score on site as team at 82% and highest individual score as a manager at 91%.

Site Project and OMAR lead (Lead Re registration China Audits)

Dairy Goat Co-Operative
05.2016 - 03.2017

Canning Plant Senior Team Leader

Dairy Goat Co-Operative
07.2008 - 04.2016

Production Team Leader

Canpac Fonteraa
03.2004 - 06.2008

Education

Leadership Learning and Skills -

Post Graduate Diploma Management Studies -

Waikato University
01.2017

First Line Management Leadership, NZQA level -3 -

01.2011

Bachelor Social Science and Political Science -

Waikato University
12.2003

Skills

  • EMPOWERING AND NUTURE LEADERS FOR BETTER TOMORROW
  • RELATIONSHIP BUILDER
  • INFLUENTIAL LEADER
  • ANALYTIC ABILITY
  • CULTURE AWARENSESS AND INTELLIGENCE
  • COACHING AND TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP
  • COMMUNICATION
  • POSITIVE STORYTELLER
  • FACILITATION
  • RISK MANAGEMENT
  • TEAM PLAYER
  • PROBLEM SOLVER
  • NETWORKING

Personal Information

Title: EXPERIENCED PEOPLE LEADER AND OPERATIONS MANAGER

References

Supplied upon request

Community Service

  • Coach Hamilton Old boys junior rugby in the last 5 years.
  • Assistant Coach Waikato Police Rugby Team 2023 / 2024

Timeline

Production Manager Animal Management and Warehouse Manager (EFA)

Gallagher Group
02.2022 - Current

Canning Process Manager

Dairy Goat Co -Operative
01.2017 - 01.2022

Site Project and OMAR lead (Lead Re registration China Audits)

Dairy Goat Co-Operative
05.2016 - 03.2017

Canning Plant Senior Team Leader

Dairy Goat Co-Operative
07.2008 - 04.2016

Production Team Leader

Canpac Fonteraa
03.2004 - 06.2008

Leadership Learning and Skills -

Post Graduate Diploma Management Studies -

Waikato University

First Line Management Leadership, NZQA level -3 -

Bachelor Social Science and Political Science -

Waikato University

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