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Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

Walker, Michigan, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Research and developer people leader based in Battle Creek, MI for a Chicago based company. People leadership of a diverse pool of technical talent to development products to meet the demands of the consumer and customer. Liaison between marketing teams to ensure alignment of decisions related to product innovation/renovation across cookies, cones, and crusts. Collaborated with global research & development and quality colleagues from Italy on best practices in food development and quality practices (ingredients and processes). Interfaced with supply chain and quality partners to refine and implement strategies that would support internal and external capabilities and provide quality products to consumers.

Battle Creek, Mi

Led cookies, cones, and crusts technical R&D scientists through the transition and divestment to the Ferrara Candy Company. Collaborated with marketing, supply chain, engineering, and quality partners to ensure alignment with innovation and renovation decisions across the platforms.

Battle Creek, Mi

• Primary liaison between marketing teams to ensure alignment of decisions related to product innovation and renovation across multiple veggie food forms.• Manage allocation of people resource days to provide the maximum return. • Interface with Supply Chain and Engineering partners to develop and implement strategies to ensure appropriate internal and external capabilities to deliver quality products to consumers. • Project management; lead cross cross-functional team for a bi-annual technical event (2016 and currently) designed to increase top line innovation growth resulting in a total of 6 ideas.

Battle Creek, Mi

• Strong collaboration with Marketing and cross functional business partners. Proactively directed, developed, and aligned the portfolio to the Cookies Business Unit Innovation and Pipeline strategy. Strong contributor to front end development; qualitative and quantitative consumer diagnostics. • People leadership and development of a diverse pool of technical talent to develop products that met consumer and customer demands while also delivering the top and bottom line results. • Interfaced with Supply Chain and Engineering partners to develop and implement strategies to ensure appropriate internal and external capabilities to deliver quality cookie products to consumers.

Battle Creek, Mi

• Proactively directed, developed, and aligned the portfolio to theWholesome Snacks Business Unit Innovation strategy.• Interfaced with Supply Chain and Engineering partners to develop and implement strategies to ensure appropriate internal and external capabilities to deliver quality products to consumers.

Battle Creek, Mi

• People leadership and development of a diverse pool of technical talent to develop products that met consumer and customer demands while also delivering the top and bottom line results. • Collaborated with marketing partners on 36-month innovation/renovation portfolio management tool for retail and on the go cookie projects.

Battle Creek, Mi

• People leadership and development of a diverse pool of technical talent to develop products that met consumer and customer demands while also delivering the top and bottom line results. • Primary liaison between KNA and Canadian marketing teams to ensure alignment of decisions related to product innovation across multiple food forms in Wholesome Snacks.

Battle Creek, Mi

• People leadership and development of a diverse pool of technical talent to develop products that meet consumer and customer demands while also delivering the top and bottom line results.

Battle Creek, Mi

• Progressive responsibilities as a strategic sensory business partner in multiple business units (Frozen, Snacks, and International). • Provided cross functional support and leadership to guide, develop, and execute appropriate research.

Kalamazoo, Mi

• Led and directed food service professionals (24 direct, 90 indirect) on effective methods, operations and procedures.• Interviewed, selected, trained and supervised staff.

Oakbrook, Il

• Progressive responsibilities in product development; prototype development of innovation products, one innovation resulting in an international launch.• Responsible for ensuring quality, consistency, sensory characteristics were maintained during start up.• Led global product quality calibrations and maintained golden standards for global products.• Management and development of technical employees.

Chicago, Il

• Implemented sensory testing, shelf life program, consumer testing, trained and motivated panelists.• Utilized statistical analysis system for data and reporting.