Amit
Patel
Operations & Business Leader
15+ years directing high-volume manufacturing operations, leading cross-functional teams, and driving measurable performance improvements across the food & dairy sector. Where financial acumen meets plant-floor execution.
The person behind
the results
I'm a PMP-certified operations leader with a rare combination of deep plant-floor expertise and strong financial foundation. My career spans 15+ years at Agropur — one of Canada's largest dairy cooperatives — where I've grown from Pasteurizer Technician to Operations Supervisor, leading increasingly complex teams and initiatives.
What sets me apart is the ability to translate corporate financial goals into tangible shop-floor outcomes — whether that's eliminating downtime, optimizing workforce planning in unionized environments, or driving continuous improvement across entire business units.
With a B.Com in Accounting & Audit and a Canadian Securities Course with Honours, I bring a financial lens to every operational decision — a perspective that's rare on the plant floor and valuable in the boardroom.
- Project Management Professional (PMP)Project Management Institute (PMI)
- Canadian Securities Course (CSC) — HonoursCanadian Securities Institute
- B.Com, Accounting & AuditUniversity of Baroda
- Certification in Basic Microbiology & SanitationGFTC
Operational Leadership
Project & Process Engineering
Financial & Technical Acumen
Professional
Experience
- Directs daily plant operations for a high-volume production facility, overseeing output exceeding 100K litres/day while maintaining rigorous quality and safety standards.
- Coaches and manages cross-functional teams of 40+ employees, driving an 8–12% increase in operational efficiency.
- Applies PMP frameworks to minimize cross-functional bottlenecking and implement proactive risk-management strategies, slashing unplanned downtime by 10%.
- Spearheaded workflow optimization initiatives that elevated production schedule adherence to over 95%.
- Central point of contact between Production, Supply Chain, QA, and Engineering to ensure 100% regulatory compliance.
- Partnered with plant leadership to translate corporate objectives into daily floor execution, driving a 15% overall performance improvement.
- Led execution of 10+ continuous improvement projects annually using PMP principles from inception to delivery.
- Chaired RCA initiatives with Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, and Production teams to permanently eliminate recurring downtime.
- Provided financial justifications and asset-performance reporting for CAPEX planning and infrastructure investments.
- Directed floor operations and safety compliance for a 145-person unionized workforce across Production, QA, and Maintenance.
- Led changeover optimization initiative that slashed asset downtime by 20%, substantially increasing throughput capacity.
- Guided cross-functional RCA teams to reduce repeat equipment errors by 15%.
- Owned tactical labor forecasting, production scheduling, and shift resource allocation across all shifts.
- Monitored high-volume automated processing systems and participated in Lean manufacturing initiatives that reduced material waste and optimized run efficiency.
Measurable
Impact
Let's connect
I'm open to senior operations, plant management, and business leadership opportunities across the GTA and Durham Region. Whether you're looking for a proven operations leader or want to discuss a project, I'd love to hear from you.
Available for full-time roles, contract engagements, and strategic consulting conversations.