
Daniel Classen
Results Driven Strategic Operations Leader with extensive understanding of business fiscal and performance needs with the skills to... | Lewiston, Maine, United States
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Daniel Classen’s Expertise Results Driven Strategic Operations Leader with extensive understanding of business fiscal and performance needs with the skills to “right the ship” of organizations that have significant operational challenges. My expertise provides strong leadership to turn these organizations around by: • Creating and implementing correct processes and procedures • Identifying and instilling technical competencies • Addressing poor process improvement practices and converting to significant operational gains with improved reliability by managing measurable KPI’s • Driving continuous improvement efforts and coaching methodology • Establishing effective engineering and operational processes and systems • Applying spending discipline and controlling costs to properly manage tight operational budgets • Facilitating employee engagement, commitment and buy-in • Assessing, identifying and correcting poor technical implementation strategies of capital improvement projects • Implementation of TPM governance I utilize a holistic approach addressing engineering, operations, fiscal and employee resources to produce highly productive organizations while focusing on cost containment. Career accomplishments and highlights include: EXECUTIVE ACHIEVEMENT *Driver for top-down change in underperforming engineering and maintenance organizations (60+ employees) for flagship factories. Last two positions have been complete replacement of underperforming factory leadership teams. *Clear expectations & positive atmosphere that mended cultural rifts among employees *Interim CFO role handling capital budgeting, reporting, & cash flow analysis *MBA from Carnegie Mellon University PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS *Planned Maintenance spend improved 211% from 18% to 56% *Maintenance programs reorganized to improve adherence to above 94% from sub 30% COST CONTROL *Aggressively managed 5+ Million Maintenance Budgets to within 1% annually *Provided leadership in Continuous Improvement projects that accounted for 4.5MM project savings *Lead teams utilizing TPM tools (GSTD/BDA) for Continuous Improvement OPERATIONS IMPROVEMENT * Significant paradigm shift in engineering & maintenance organization contributed to 26% factory performance gain * Successfully lead World Class Manufacturing (WCM) and TMP efforts for PM Pillar compliance and step change.
Daniel Classen’s Current Industry Sazerac
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Classen’s Prior Industry
Vishay
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International Paper
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Arapahoe Utilities And Infrastructure
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Maximum Sports Solutions
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Unilever
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Nestle Waters North America
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Sazerac
Plant Engineer and Reliability Manager - Buffalo Trace Distilery
Sat Jul 01 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Sazerac
Plant Engineer and Reliability Manager - 1820 Spirits
Thu Oct 01 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Thu Jun 01 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Nestle Waters North America
Senior Factory Engineering Manager
Tue Aug 01 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Thu Oct 01 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Unilever
Reliability / TPM Manager
Tue Apr 01 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Tue Aug 01 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Maximum Sports Solutions
Owner
Mon Aug 01 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Tue Apr 01 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Arapahoe Utilities And Infrastructure
Vice President - Operations
Thu Feb 01 2001 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sat Oct 01 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
International Paper
Inventory Control Manager - Printing Papers Sector Business Operations
Mon Nov 01 1999 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Thu Feb 01 2001 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
International Paper
Quality Assurance Manager - Ticonderoga Mill
Sat May 01 1999 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Fri Oct 01 1999 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
International Paper
Team Leader for #7 Paper Machine - Ticonderoga Mill
Fri Nov 01 1996 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sat May 01 1999 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
International Paper
Technical Services Manager for PS&D - Ticonderoga Mill
Thu Jun 01 1995 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Fri Nov 01 1996 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Vishay
Engineering Section Supervisor | Senior Product Engineer
Mon Jun 01 1987 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sun Aug 01 1993 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)