Ownership of all cross-business ingredient reformulation and packaging change COGS reduction projects.Over-delivery of aggressive fiscal COGS reduction target, while building up pipeline of future projects.Organized and facilitated 17 brainstorming sessions across business and production facilities to identify and reduce operational waste.Education and promotion of usage of Continuous Improvement tools across division.Responsibility to write and edit monthly Cost Reduction and Continuous Improvement newsletter.

Created and maintain Product Health Scorecards, monitoring financial, warranty, competitive, and market trends for all products across four product segments. Led multi-functional Six Sigma Green Belt cost reduction project with savings of $373,500 at close and potential retroactive savings over $1M. Project developed redesigned process for determining appropriate metrics and timing of ending product life cycle (obsolescence). Championed community partnership with local food shelf and currently serve as corporate liaison to the food shelf. Supply Mobile Generator Product Management team with miscellaneous analysis on sales, margins, market trends, and competitive information as requested.

Supported firm Associates with numerous on-going administrative tasks including project tracking, coordination, expense reports, document processing and brochure production.Site Administrator for consultant's FTP-style (shared network) websites for users around the country.Collaborated with Marketing team with extensive research on building renovations and brand benchmarking to increase the organization's visibility and national recognition.

Created Building Emergency Evacuation Plans for 44 buildings in Academic Health Center at University of Minnesota. This required innovative solutions for complex departmental and spatial systems, compiling a sustainable contact list for over 100 academic and clinical departments, as well as coordinating collaboration among five emergency, administrative departments and every involved academic and clinical department. (Contract position)