Lorelei P. Milo has over 15 years of experience in manufacturing operations and quality assurance roles. She has a proven track record of driving cost savings, improving production processes, and ensuring quality standards. Her experience spans multiple industries and includes roles as an operations manager, process engineer, quality assurance manager, and production supervisor. She holds an MBA in Operations and a B.S. in Biology.

1. 13495 Turtle Pond Lane Palos Heights, Il. 60463
Cell phone: (708)803-4493
email: lpmilo@outlook.com
Lorelei P. Milo
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CAREER SUMMARY:
An MBA graduate with several ofyears experience in the manufacturing industry.
Experienced in quality assurance, production, sanitation, plant operations and distribution.
Demonstrated strong management skills, customer relations,improvement ofdepartment
production capability and team development. Accomplished at quickly adapting to a
changing work environment.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Clorox Company Jan. 2003 - August 2015
Clorox Bleach Plant, Chicago, Il.
Operations Manager June 2012 – August 2015
 Reduction in process failures from 24% to 12% in one year
 Drove a costsavings initiative ofover a $1 million on changing over the bottle wheel
in the molding department
 Led a ZEC event to reduce changeover time by 50%
 Lead the Safety Committee to over 5 years incident free in the plant
 Lead several packaging teams through AM Steps 1-3 on the packaging line
 Oversee the packaging and molding department with a staff of 22 employees
 Reduction ofquality upsets from 5/year to zero
 Worked with company project leaders to help drive cost savings initiativesin
vendor label change,testing ofdifferent resin in molding, various testing of
materials for corrugate efficiency and costsavings as well as testing ofdifferent caps
Chicago PDC Manager Feb. 2008 – June 2012
 Lead and implemented costsavings project of$100k in storage ofcharcoal in the
facility
 Achieved case fill rates ofover 99.5%per year
 Achieved over 93%OTD per year
 Lead and implemented a productivity/safety project by utilizing double forks and
quick charge batteries in the warehouse increasing pmplh by 20%
 Lead a safety project ofutilizing a global wheel lock for locking out trailers
Hidden Valley Manufacturing(A Clorox Company), Wheeling, Il.
Process Improvement Engineer Oct. 2006 – Jan. 2008
 Lead a Kaizen Team to eliminate micro holds from ProcessDepartment
 Lead a Kaizen Team to reduce overstock ofraw materials in the cooler from
$525,000 to $175,000.
 Lead a Process Team thru Steps 1-3 ofAutonomous maintenance
 Completed several Capital projects on time and within Budget

2.  Created Job Instruction Breakdowns for performing CIP’s in process
Process Manager July 2004 – Oct. 2006
Oversaw24/7 processing department staffed with 24 hourly employees
 Successfully implemented practices/procedures for Food Allergens in Process
 Improved AIB audit results from Excellent to Superior rating with no
unsatisfactory issuesin the ProcessDepartment
 Assisted R&D with successful launch of newproduct formulas
 Hit budgeted numbers for ProcessDepartment during the Fiscal year
Packaging Supervisor Jan. 2003 – July 2004
Oversaw4 Bottled packaging lines and 4 Dry Packaging lines
 Change Agent for First Wave ofSAP in successful Implementation ofthe newsystem.
 Delivered Whiteboard Project schedule and crewing within budget
 Successfully implemented practices/procedures for Food Allergens in packaging Dept.
Rich Products Corp., Niles,Il.
Quality Assurance Manager May 2001 – Dec. 2002
Oversawboth the Quality Assurance and Sanitation departments.
 Worked on Liquid PIT Team to increase throughput from 254 gallons/hour to 317
gallons/hour without incurring any capital costs by reducing downtime and increasing
yield.
 Increased throughput on Base formula from 1200gph to 1440 gph.
 Increased throughput on Sysco/Squeeze pro formula from 24 lb/min. to 28 lb/min.
 Worked with Corporate Procurement in negotiating newPest Control and Sanitation
Suppliers.
 Eliminated quality issue with On Top product by reducing rotor speed
 Maintained and improved upon Superior AIB audit score
 Work with Corporate R&D to roll-out newproducts
Weekend Shift Manager April 2000 – April 2001
Managed a crewof11 employees.Oversawthe entire flowofoperations including shipping
and receiving, sanitation and maintenance on the weekend shift.
 Proficient at on time start-ups in the morning
 Increased yield on Pwp Colored pails by 4%.
 Achieved record number ofcases produced on shift for both gallon and 9 Filler lines
Production Team Leader May 1998 – March 2000
Supervised 14 employees along with up to 8 temporary employeeswhile managing the daily
flow ofoperations. Developed employee skills by utilizing a skill block certification system.
 Facilitated in the startup of 3 newproduction lines
 Reduced foaming issues on certain products and lines to improve production and to
achieve a better overall product

3. Quality Assurance Coordinator October 1997 – May 1998
Improved overall quality systems through Statistical Process Control,HACCP, GMP
audits, analytical and sensory evaluations.
Mullins Food Products, Broadview, Il.
Assistant Quality Assurance Manager 1988 – 1996
Handled daily start up issues while overseeing a crewof3 people.
 Troubleshot equipment and improved lab procedures by automating equipment for
titrations, fat analyzers and bioluminescence.
 Initiated Statistical ProcessControl in the lab and out on plant floor.
Fearn International, Franklin Park, Il.
Quality Assurance Technician 1984 – 1988
Conducted various quality tests at critical points in the process to insure a quality product.
EDUCATION:
Keller Graduate School ofManagement, Oakbrook, Il.
MBA in Operations, April 2002.
University ofIllinois, Urbana – Champaign, Il.
B.S. in Biology, 1984.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, SAP, QAD, Optiva and Wonderware
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Professional member ofthe Institute ofFood Technologists
American Society for Quality
International Who’s Who of Professionals
REFERENCES:
Available upon request