Michael Gedeon has over 20 years of experience managing global manufacturing and supply chain operations. He is currently the Production Manager at Mona Lisa Foods, a food processing facility specializing in high-end chocolate products. In this role, he oversees all production functions including planning, quality control, employee training, and new product development. Previously, he held management roles in retail where he improved merchandising and inventory practices. Gedeon is skilled at creating and launching new products, developing motivated workforces, and driving operational efficiencies to increase production outputs.

1. MICHAEL GEDEON
Hendersonville, NC 28791 | 828.707-8308 Cell | mikegedeon@yahoo.com
Summary
GLOBAL MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT | PRODUCTION | PURCHASING | HUMAN RESOURCES | SALES & MARKETING
Leadership at the Intersection of Profitability & Customer Satisfaction
Contributing Revenue Growth, Performance, and Product Innovation
20+-year career delivering quality & performance improvements in start-up, M&A, high-growth, and mature
industries in highly competitive business environments.
Bottom-line, quality-driven expert in new product development,
functional & profitable production lines, and training that motivates
teams to highest quality and production rates. Knack for finding
alternatives to complete the task at hand. Willing to Travel & Relocate.
 Stickler for quality and efficiency, using exceptional creativity,
problem-solving, and contingency planning skills to ensure
delivery that always exceeds expectations.
 Leverage exceptional organizational skills, discipline, and
follow-through to plan and execute projects from initial
concept through resource allocation to completion.
 Analytical, decisive manager who incorporates integrity, lean
management, and world-class planning skills to ensure optimal
efficiency, employee relations, and productivity.
Of Note: First to draw Callebaut’s attention to Mona Lisa Foods while customizing a product for Dawn Foods (a
Barry Callibaut customer) for a trade show. They liked it, and then acquired it.
SKILLS
Strategic Production Planning | New Product Development | Team Leadership & Development
Efficiency Improvement | Lean Management | Production Increase | Staff Training & Cross-Training
Quality Assurance | New Product Design & Launch | Regulatory Compliance & Safety | Maintenance Supervision
Documentation Reporting & Verification | Employee Scheduling/Payroll/Attendance | Highest Integrity
LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES
PRODUCTION MANAGER • 1993-Present • MONA LISA FOODS, Hendersonville, NC
Food processing facility offering high-end finished chocolate/fondant products to wholesalers, distributors,
brokers, manufacturers, and retailers globally. A division of $14-billion Barry Callebaut with 56 global sites,
it is the only gourmet facility in the Americas.
Hired at start-up facility; rapidly acquired increasingly accountable management responsibilities, with direct
leadership and P&L responsibility for 56 employees and operating functions throughout $20-million site.
Start-up Strategic Planning & Leadership:
• Key contributor to design of new production lines, new product innovation, product quality, layouts for molds,
order picking, shipping, inventory controls, safety, payroll, hiring/training (all staff), purchase of product
packaging, marketing strategies. Negotiated all vendor pricing pending owner’s approval.
SNAPSHOT
What types of problems am I best
at solving?
• Creating & customizing new
products from start to finish—cost,
feasibility, time frames.
• Creating a motivated work
force—hiring, training, evaluating,
promoting.
• New product production—
setups, run times, production cycle
times.

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• Planned production, monitored inventory levels, evaluated sales trends, built inventories running slower,
produced items early to meet demands in the peak seasons. Result—a 98% on-time delivery rate.
• With loss of key chocolate supplier, took on challenge of testing to find chocolate recipes that would work in
our equipment to produce quality product. After success in 3 months, meticulously blended in “unusable”
chocolate into existing chocolate to be used in production.
Business Development & Acquisition Contributions:
• Acquired by Barry Callebaut in 2012, met challenge to train a completely new work force in 40 days, with
required e-verification.
• Worked with Master Data team to integrate production goals, product weights, ingredient percentages,
packaging and shipping weights, and pallet configurations. Incorporated all products into SAP, including 500+
SKUs, do develop % of formulas for raw materials, production rates, packaging materials necessary to establish
costs within SAP.
New Product Development & Brand Management:
• Work with corporate on new product developments for international customers, transitioning concepts into
actual production. Determine equipment or molds needed, necessary modifications, test runs, labor needed,
cycle time/output, cost of product. Provide all production information, ingredient percentages, and best cost
efficiencies for packaging to determine product feasibility. Provide samples for marketing. Personally
developed exclusive line of cups for customer in Poland.
• Train, cross-train, monitor, coach, and evaluate 50+ employees and supervisors; manage payroll and
scheduling (including overtime and vacations). Result—Flexibility in scheduling to meet delivery deadlines.
• Continually improve production efficiencies and rates, decrease downtimes, implement lean management and
new product innovations, for a continuing sales growth of 15% annually.
• Increased efficiency in running lines, added and trained personnel, added 3rd
shift with cross-training, and
increased output. Company out-performed 14 other company sites in Americas Divisions to earn Top Achiever
Award, 2015, for 16% increased volumes and 98% in-full and on-time delivery rates.
• Meticulously attentive to accuracy of process orders, documentation, product specifications, quality, down to
repairs done by maintenance. Audited by and earned accreditation from the British Retail Consortium, the
global standard of the food industry, focusing on traceability, GMP accountability, production, ingredient
safety & recalls, raw materials, primary/secondary packaging, labeling, and logistics. All suppliers must meet
same criteria. Earned grade of A each time we were audited.
• Completed phase 2 of 4 phases of corporate quality culture program (to recognize issues in receiving,
production and shipping) involving team spirit, quality, innovation, and responsibility of all employees from
production floor up. Have led training seminars for 80 employees.
• In ongoing campaign to improve production, modified line to run product from smaller line. Result—35%
production increase while holding labor constant, and allowing us to keep line time open for large customers.
STORE MANAGER • 1990-1993 • HARLOWS TRUE VALUE, Garfield Heights, OH
Retailer: Sporting Goods, Hardware, Toys, Clothing
Merchandising | Scheduling | Point-of-Sales Displays | Department Organization
• Improved product mix and inventory control.
STORE MANAGER • 1986-1990 • J.A. CONLEY COMPANY, Chardon, OH
13-Store Retailer: Automotive, Sporting Goods, Hardware, Toys, Clothing
Merchandising | Scheduling | Point-of-Sales Displays | Department Reorganization
• Achieved highest percentage of proper SKUs rung up at check-outs (when check-out was done manually),
allowing buyers and company to accurately track goods sold and monitor inventory levels.

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STORE MANAGER | ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER • 1980-1986 • TURNEY DEPARTMENT STORE, Warren, OH
Retailer: Automotive, Sporting Goods, Hardware, Toys, Clothing | 50 Employees
• Aggressive in responding to customer needs and follow-up, trained employees to provide better customer
service and facilitate special orders. Markedly increased sales.
• Created an automotive department that sold exhaust systems, brakes, and radiators, rivaling larger
automotive stores and landing local service garage accounts.
• Instigated year-long planning of weekly print advertising.
• Trained staff on loss prevention.
• Despite youthful age, entrusted to create a (successful) merchandise mix (SKUs) for trade shows.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
EDUCATION B.B.A, Marketing, Kent State University, Kent, OH
• Self-financed solid education while performing full- and part-time in business
environments.
CERTIFICATION Coaching Certification, Marbach Program (Corporate Training)
TECHNOLOGY SKILLS SAP, Master Data, Kronos, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
FOREIGN LANGUAGE Spanish, studying Italian