(laid off due to restructure)Responsibilities for: R&D, Product development, New Product Launch / Project Mgmt., Demand / Inventory Planning, Master Production Scheduling, Customer Experience and Sales Operations.

• Negotiated 10% of spend as cost avoidance despite COVID inflationary pricing pressures and security of supply.• Successfully lead the performance turnaround from key thermoforming supplier from 63% OTD to 95% OTD while removing $500K excess inventory within 9 months including revamping KPIs, resetting safety stock strategy and creation of monthly S&OP meetings.• Conducted strategic RFI / RFQ for new injection molding supplier as part of $1.5MM replacement tooling initiative. Project lead for weekly tech transfer calls while scaling to $2MM annual spend profile. Completing Supply Agreement negotiations within 11 months.

As CEO and Founder of Nutrition Commission, I provided personalized nutrition and lifestyle coaching for individuals struggling with chronic illnesses. By creating innovative strategies and personalized plans using food as medicine, clients facing autoimmune diseases, breast cancer, and metabolic syndrome experienced significant improvement in their overall quality of life.

• Responsible for demand planning, forecasting, inventory management, procurement and new product development project management.• Created the S&IOP process that more closely aligned to real-time performance metrics resulting in inventory reduction of 25%.• Led the digital transformation & transition from excel-based spreadsheet management of PO placement and demand planning into MRP system within 4 months.• Transformed the new product launch management department into a weekly project management structure with key activities driving greater transparency, decision-making and on-time to launch dates.• Established department dashboard for KPIs to drive continuous improvement and a culture of accountability.

• Part of Consumer Goods Practice leadership team in developing industry-specific action plans to improve results and restore value for clients.• Collaborated with professionals from various industries to identify issues and implement custom solutions.• Achieved a $3MM revenue increase annually through strategic planning and execution.

(Reporting into COO); • Global responsibility for transformation of demand planning, inventory mgmt., strategic sourcing, product costing, technical operations (pkg/formula) and new product launch management for privately-held, OTC/non-OTC Direct response Beauty business.• Creation and execution of Technology roadmap/ digital transformation for automation of processes, enhanced Oracle functionality, collaborative vendor portal ("Connect2G|R") and Center of Excellence reporting driving towards a 2-wk service proposition.• Restructured responsibilities & organization towards a highly engaged and empowered team, including recruitment of key strategic hires. Consistently coaching and developing the associates as part of the transformation towards world class.• Transformed global sales planning process with introduction of S&OP designed to align on media spend, support sales growth and margin targets while mitigating backorder & excess inventory exposure.• Introduced and implemented a 7-step strategic sourcing initiative for 90% of contract manufacturing spend; incl all templates, processes, stage gate, stakeholder mgmt., transition and risk mitigation plans resulting in 10% annual savings; (translating to 30-40% reduction in conversion cost, 40% reduction in lead-times and 50% reduction in minimum order quantities).• Delivered 3-yr cumulative cost savings of $15MM against cost of goods, maintained less than 3% backorder, reduced working inventory levels by ~35%, & mitigated $10MM worth of inventory destroys through process improvement.• Deployed critical Service Level Agreements and Governance process for external strategic partners and internal supply chain organization for improved performance & accountability.• Introduced Product Stage Gate concept for approving product development ideation to improve transparency, including formalizing product costing, design for manufacturability responsibility, and improving speed to market via product launch management.

(Reporting into VP of Global Sourcing, NA)• Successfully led the execution of the 7-step (ATKearney Model) strategic sourcing initiative (SSI) capturing 100% of NA and EMEA network volume to contribute to Global Integrated Manufacturing Strategy within 6 months; resulting in 10% savings, working capital improvement and transformation of Avon's supply chain.• Ensure financial operating plan is achieved through execution of supply base strategies, understanding of market conditions and cost drivers, established rebate programs, and PPV tracking.• Responsible for driving global sourcing contract manufacturing initiatives across the regions (LATAM, APAC and EMEA); ensure alignment of supply base strategies; development and deployment of best practices and policies / procedures.• Realigned organizational structure from planning to strategic sourcing responsibilities including industry assessment, market knowledge and analysis, process understanding, menu-based pricing framework, should-cost modeling and contract negotiations.• Oversee new product innovation supply chain solutions for contract manufacturing organization to support 40% churn in Beauty Business (Fragrance, Color Cosmetics, Personal Care, Skin Care, Wellness, and Mark). • Additionally responsible for providing direct support and coaching to the Sourcing Managers and Associate Managers within the contract manufacturing department. • Department lead for continuous improvement activities related to service, cost and quality for the Avon Representative.

- Key areas of emphasis within Mars Food Group (Uncle Bens and Seeds of Change): Logistics, Sourcing, Material Management and Intellectual Property.- Responsible for the contracting, material management, transport and logistics of conventional and organic food ingredients for boxed grains, frozen, and ready-to-heat categories while ensuring on-time delivery and quality requirements were met for MARS Contract Manufacturing.

• Responsible for the development and execution of the Torrance, CA and Mexicali, MX sourcing strategy including delivery, quality, and inventory performance for annual spend of $250M and staff of 55 employees.• Successfully improved supplier performance from 72% on-time delivery to 93% within 7 months through Supplier Business Review meetings with top 20 worst performing suppliers and weekly supplier recovery meetings.• Developed and presented Annual Operating Plans for cost reduction targets, annual spend projections, and departmental project plans to support matrix organization and census requirements.• Created organizational design in support of separating two procurement teams into stand alone units through recruitment, hiring, development of associates within 6 months and including transition of procurement spend to Mexicali ownership and management.

• Remotely manage strategic operations and P&L accountability for a web-based, catalog, and retail business (located in Santa Fe, NM) valued at $3.5 million in annual revenue with responsibility for attaining growth targets and ensuring efficient, cost-effective operations. • Successfully researched, drafted, and implemented cohesive marketing strategy and managed all key media channels to successfully realize sales plan of 16% growth within six months.• Improved overall profitability of entire product offerings by 8% thru establishment of “Sustainable Business Review” process incl. researching and resetting pricing strategy as well as cost negotiations with vendor base on a sku level within 4 months.• Redesigned organization into Strategic Business unit including creation of role profiles, conducting local salary surveys, creation of new pay and bonus structures, and rewriting job descriptions within 3 months.• Created departmental policies and procedures, vendor specifications, and supplier selection criteria.

• Oversaw a $30 million raw material and logistics supply strategy for pet food specialty ingredients (Whiskas & Pedigree Brands) and Uncle Ben’s meats. Managed two direct reports.• Served as functional expert and trainer for implementation of a Contract Configuration Management System (CCMS) for the raw material group. • Implemented a JIT pipeline that achieved $1 million in savings while serving as co-project lead for a dry ingredient network optimization for the Columbus plant.• Achieved 20% cost reduction from monopolistic vendor within 9 months through development into strategic partner.• Optimized ingredient supply and logistics pipeline resulting in a 10% savings against annual spend in less than four months.

- Competitively bid and negotiated 70% total spend for LTA development, resulting in 85% reduction of supply base and $1M in annual cost savings.

Project lead to create the first ever, global composites forecast model for the supply base, Presented in the Annual Supplier Symposium with 150+ supplier executives across the industry. Responsible for implementation and on-going forecast governance.