Stan Wood, MBA, MBB

Vice President Operations Initiatives

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. · Plano, TX

Present

Lead a team of people that are responsible for integrating newly acquired emerging brands into the KDP portfolio. Team is also responsible for development and implementation of major transformational initiatives across the company. Currently assigned to DSD transformation project across our DSD Route to market network. Also currently integrating a recent brand acquisition into the KDP brand portfolio.

Sr. Vice President of Human Resources

Dr Pepper Snapple Group · Plano, TX

Responsible for all aspects of Human Resources at Dr Pepper Snapple Group both US and International. Additionally served as the Head of Hr for a 7 month integration with Keurig Green Mountain reporting to CEO. In this role had responsibility for HR Business Partners, HRIS, Labor Relations of 67 union contracts, Recruiting for hires of over 8000 employees per year, Leadership Development, Diversity, Compliance, Compensation and Benefits.

Vice President Human Resources

Dr Pepper Snapple Group · Plano, TX

Responsible for Human Resource Management, Labor Relations, Leadership Development/Training and Talent Acquisition. Managed all field and corporate HR business partners dealing with employee and labor relations, engagement, etc. Responsible for overseeing and at times negotiating labor union contracts. Responsible for all aspects of talent acquisition and leadership development of the Dr Pepper Snapple talent pool.

Deployment Lead

Dr Pepper Snapple Group · Plano, Texas

RCI Deployment Lead Deployment lead for Dr Pepper's (RCI) Change Management program. Working with all areas of the business to implement and train employees in continuous improvement, lean six sigma, etc. Work with Sr. Leadership to develop strategies and key projects that will be implemented across the business. Department has contributed $106MM in savings back to the business in initial 24 months of the program. Mentor and train Blackbelts in tools and techniques of RCI. Major project - inventory reduction going from 50+ days on hand to less than 30 days on hand. Generated over $200MM in working capital back to business operations.

Master Black Belt Consultant

Quality Professionals International · Global

Selected as Deployment Lead for East Region for the USPS's implementation of a Lean Six Sigma Program. This was a consulting position designed to train and mentor newly hired Six Sigma Black Belts on how to successfully deploy a program and run effective projects. Successfully ran two Lean Kaizen Events, reducing error rates by 84% and 93% respectively. Left this Contract early to take position with Dr Pepper Snapple Group.

Director of Lean Manufacturing (Operations)

Pilgrim's Pride, Inc · Pittsburg Texas / Greeley Colorado

Responsible for building this newly formed department from the ground up with an emphasis on driving bottom line results. Our primary focus was to help rebuild a company back to profitability that was going through a bankruptcy process. In this position, I reported directly to EVP of Operations. Recruited, trained, coached and mentored lean managers (Blackbelts) and analyst staff (Greenbelts) in lean and other continuous improvement methodologies. Developed and implemented, with my team, a lean manufacturing culture through the Pilgrim's operational group (5S, Single Piece Flow, Lean Staffing, Standard Work, Generic Pull, Replenishment Pull, SMED, etc.) Served as the primary point of contact for lean operational improvements and PPC approach as presented to the creditor's committee with a commitment of $80M of results to the bottom line. Actual results for first year exceeded $100M, and as a result of this and other initiatives, the company emerged from bankruptcy well ahead of the ori…

Director / Controller

Transactional Processes & Process Improvement · Pittsburg Texas Corporate Office

Responsible for direct management and oversight of corporate Payroll, Time Keeping and Accounts Payable departments. Dually responsible for the Corporate Continuous Improvement Program which supported all centralized back office functions. In this dual position, I reported directly to the CFO. Directly responsible for time, payroll, and accounts payables functions of the company. The departments consisted of about 115 employees and about $8B in disbursements annually. Complete P&L responsibility for these three departments. Developed and implemented a Six Sigma Project approach within the accounting and finance functions to include complete program development, training of Champions, Project Managers, Blackbelts, Greenbelts, etc. In this role, I had 9 Blackbelts or Project Managers reporting directly to me. Corporate AP went from over $4 / invoice to less than $2 / invoice in less than 18-months under my direction. In total, 15 major Six Sigma Projects were completed under my guidance,…

Sr. Project Manager Lean Six Sigma Consultant

Proudfoot / Advanced Productivity Services · Mobile Position

Developed strategies and change management programs that were then implemented across the business by my teams. Most of the work was around lean techniques and key lean principles. Worked with 10+ fortune 500 companies such as AT&T, Caterpillar, FEDEX, etc.

Coo

Ithought.com · DFW Market

Formed an Internet start-up company with a group of college classmates from SMU. Maintained my consulting position while assisting with this start-up. Completely responsible for HR, Accounting, and Operations of this start up business, which eventually grew to 74 employees prior to the market crash. Although not directly over sales, was responsible for landing one of the largest accounts "AFLAC" during this business venture. We eventually ran out of money and had to shut down operations when the Dot.Bomb hit the market.

General Manager/Publisher

Recycler Classifieds · DFW Markets

Responsible for all aspects of a start up classified paper in the Dallas and Fort Worth markets. Managed the turnkey production process of a start up classified publication that included circulation, sales, printing, marketing, graphic production and administration of 45-50 employees and 20-25 contract delivery drivers. Complete office P&L responsibility.

Operations Management

UPS · DFW Market

Managed Hub Operations, Customer Service, Logistics, and several other departments in my 10+ years of management at UPS. This was a high volume, fast paced, union environment where each day required very accurate delivery of package schedules to maintain a high level of service excellence with tight labor and other cost controls. Managed up to 200 people at the end of my career.