Site Director @ Pharmavite, LLC (August 2012 - October 2019)
Plant Manager - Site Director @ Pharmavite, LLC (October 2007 - July 2012)
Shift Manager @ (August 2005 - September 2007)
Petfood Raw Material Purchasing for North America @ (April 2003 - July 2005)
Purchasing Manager @ Ethel M Chocolates - M&M Mars (August 1999 - March 2003)
Corporate Packaging Material Buyer North America @ (July 1997 - March 1999)
Shift Manager @ (April 1995 - June 1997)
Technical Buyer Capital and MRO @ (April 1990 - April 1995)
Project Engineer @ Dove Ice Cream - M&M Mars (August 1988 - April 1990)
Project Engineer @ Genreal Foods Kool Aid (January 1985 - August 1988)
Lance Buchanan Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
BS Mechanical Engineering
1982-1984
Eastern Illinois University
Pre-Engineering
1980-1982
Lance Buchanan Skills
Manufacturing Operations Management
New Plant Start-up
Project Engineering
Lean Manufacturing
Supply Chain Management
Packaging
Six Sigma
Management
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Process Improvement
GMP
Manufacturing
Purchasing
Kaizen
Continuous Improvement
Leadership
Supply Chain
5S
Product Development
Cross Functional Team
Strategic Planning
SQL
Customer Service
Cross Functional Team Leadership
Marketing
Negotiation
Quality System
Business Process Improvement
Lance Buchanan Summary
Lance Buchanan, based in Anaheim, CA, US, is currently a VP Operations Gummy Manufacturing at MeriCal®. Lance Buchanan brings experience from previous roles at MeriCal®, Herbalife and Pharmavite, LLC. Lance Buchanan holds a 1982 - 1984 BS Mechanical Engineering @ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. With a robust skill set that includes Manufacturing Operations Management, New Plant Start-up, Project Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management and more. Lance Buchanan has 3 mobile phone numbers on RocketReach.
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