1. Michael Conley
Personal data:
Address:3406 S. Crosspoint Ave., Boise, ID 83706
E-mail: mjconley@icloud.com
Phone number: 208-891-8494
Profile:
Extensive experience in Food Manufacturing,Operations and Supply Chain.
Management ranging from Contract Manufacturing to Supply Chain as well as Food Safety and
Quality Assurance.
Managed successfulprojects and teams, domestically and internationally, meeting deadlines,
while achieving quality, cost and service goals.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate multifaceted projects on to successfulcompletion in
collaboration with cross-functionalteams.
Spanish speaker
Skills:
Food Manufacturing/Operations Contract Manufacturing Negotiations
Speak Spanish Cross Functional Team Building Merger/Acquisition Assessment
Supply Chain Management Quality Assurance Food Safety and Sanitation
New Product Commercialization P & L Responsibility
Unit Cost Management Continuous Process Improvement
Work Experience:
Contract Manufacturing Manager, ConAgra Foods / Lamb Weston,Eagle, ID
October 2007 - June 2014
Project management, negotiations,contract management, cross-functionalteam management,
product commercialization. Responsible for quality, customer service, inventory, finished goods
production,material planning, cost control, cost reduction and vendor relations at the Contract
Manufacturing facilities. Merger/Acquisition assessment team, Appetizer plants.
Technical Manager, Lamb Weston-Meijer, Wisbech,Cambridgeshire, UK
June 2006 - October 2007
International facility start-up,facility certification(s), Business (SAP) and QA systems
implementation and startup.
Quality Assurance Manager,ConAgra Foods / Lamb Weston,Quincy, WA,
January 1995 - June 2006
Responsible for Product Quality, Food Safety, Plant Q.A. staff, complaint resolution, coordination
of relationship with customers and corporate Q.A. Managed Food Safety and Quality Systems
Audits (3rd party and Customer)…always (without exception) achieving superior ratings.
Project Manager, Lamb Weston - Qyriat Malachi, Israel
March 1994 - December 1994
International facility certification(s), systems'implementation and startup. Joint venture
assessment.
Production Planning Manager, Lamb Weston - Kennewick, WA.
April 1990 - April 1994
Logistics: DRP and MRP systems and group/team management. Understanding of supply chain,
scheduling,and inventory management.
Industrial Engineer/Tech Services, Lamb-Weston, Richland Washington.1985-1990
Unit cost development, Plant budget preparation and presentation,Labor analysis and reduction
project. Managed plant information systems (analyst and technician). Managed plant sanitation
2. (supervisorand leads).
Production Superintendent,QA Supervisor, Lamb-Weston, Richland Washington. 1983-1985
Ordering raw product,daily crewing, managing frontline supervision.
Production Supervisor, Connell, Washington 1982-1983
Front-line supervision.
Education:
Oregon State University
B.S. Food Science and Technology 1976 – 1981
Boise State University
B.A. in Spanish Language and Literature 2012 - Estimated Fall 2016, (9 credits needed)
Skills and Training:
Negotiations Training
Northwestern University (Kellogg Extension Course), Chicago, 2009 & 2012
Negotiation Skills and Strategies.
Self-Audit Development Certification,
Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) Coventry, UK, May 2007
Development of internal audit management systemto ensure successfulexternal verification,
validation, and certification.
Project Management Training,
Boise State University - 2008
Project plan and critical path development, resource assignment,progress tracking, management
reporting.
Instructor: Food Safety and Sanitation,
Process Quality Training:
Basic instruction in Food Safety, including HACCP, GMPs, Microbiology, Sanitation, Foreign
Material, Inspections,etc.
Language Skills:
English - Native
Spanish - Advanced Intermediate