Part of McKinsey’s Global Operations practice and Implementation service line.Managed CxO clients and McKinsey team (reporting directly to the board) at tier 1 European Automotive Components supplier through an organization wide transformation to return business back to profitability.Managed McKinsey team and coached senior clients (GMs at Fortune 100 Packaging company) to deploy manufacturing work systems and deliver long term productivity and cost discipline (up to $1B savings).Led CPG client through manufacturing transformation across multiple sites. Set savings strategy across the P&L and improved productivity while managing through COVID-19 disruptions (exceeded targets by 10%).Retooled global sourcing strategy for Fortune 100 Packaged Food client and expanded supplier base in a consolidated industry. Reorganized portfolios for optimal savings (~20%) and coached global/remote clients with supplier negotiations across $0.5B in spend.Delivered 15% productivity improvement across business units at Field Services client by standing up a KPI driven performance management system and coaching/training multiple managers/supervisors.Implemented digital and analytics tools at Grocery client and collaborated with business unit leaders across the organization to identify strategies to capture procurement saving of 15-25%.

Led Kellogg's international growth and expansion projects in the Global Innovation & Nutrition Team with focus on breakthrough innovations and supply chain efficiencies.Led technical teams through process scale-up to deliver top line growth. Projects included commercialization of a major renovation of the biggest kids’ cereal brand in Europe, expansion of major savory cracker brand into Latin America, and introduction of a new gut health focused product into Europe.Managed testing and validation of new low cost production technology for emerging markets to deliver against Kellogg's expansion goals in Africa.Developed technical expertise in extrusion, puffing, cereal grains and flour cooking, food drying, coating systems, heat and mass balance, and packaging equipment. Expanded knowledge in food formulations, nutrition, nutrition labeling, and global food regulations.

Supported initiatives throughout the Kellogg's North America Supply Chain to deliver improved production and cost efficiency targets year-over-year across multiple facilities.Led network optimization project to deliver bottom line growth and cost reduction of $27MM through enabling of increased capacity (25%-50%) and product relocations across multiple sites in U.S.A., Canada, and Mexico Managed data analysis and validation driven implementation of process/management changes on the front end of supply chain. Influenced Plant Managers/VPs to deliver multiple productivity improvements (up to 50%) Worked directly with VPs from supply chain, finance, IT, and R&D in a cross functional change management project to deliver an integrated process harmonizing the food costing process across the entire North America network.Developed technical expertise in extrusion and puffing technologies with focus on throughput maximization; becoming a subject matter expert within the company.

Kellogg's Omaha Plant Process Optimization and R&D Projects Lead Reporting to R&DLead and point of contact for all R&D projects and initiatives at Kellogg's largest cereal production facility in Omaha, NE.Applied data-driven troubleshooting to production line performance issues and delivered sustainable solutions across operations, maintenance, and quality as part of Kaizen focused Lean teams. Managed a finance, operations, and logistics taskforce to reduce inventory write-offs by $200K/month through analysis of historical usage data. Coached plant leaders to implement changes and tracked recurring impact. Developed expertise in mass and heat balance, grain and flour cooking, coating systems, and packaging equipment.

Morning Foods Innovation and Renovation TeamCollaborated with marketing and supply chain partners and led scale-up of new innovations from pilot plant to internal and co-manufacturing plants. Delivered net sales volume of $27MM in 1 year.Launches included a brand new category of hot cereal which involved working with novel technologies and third party manufacturing partners.Developed expertise in food formulation and nutrition labeling.

Contributed in development of a synthetic for spinal cord injury using electrospun polyamide carbon nanofibers. Provided chemistry background for research group to develop new experiments in order to determine the chemical structure of the nanofiber and protein complex. Learned and performed scans using a Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM) in tapping, friction, and other modes to generate quantitative analysis. Collaborated in writing proposals, publications, and creating illustrative diagrams. Featured in two scholarly publications. Designed a poster summarizing the research and presented at several research conferences.