Design and implement a best in class distribution network strategy.

Lead improvement projects across the supply chain: transportation, distribution, customer ordering, order fulfillment, inventory movement, demand forecasting. Lead cross functional teams to deliver on cross functional savings projects. Develop and manage the success of KPI for all areas of the supply chain. Provide guidance to executive leadership through data analysis using various analytical tools. Developing a nation wide distribution network with 3PL partners. Mergers and Acquisitions: managing the integration of processes, employees, inventory, customers, and distribution of two recently acquired companies.

• Rewrote a scheduling program for over 450 different products resulting in an increase in daily adherence and weekly attainment of schedule• Designed and wrote a process capacity model program for two different processes -Improved understanding of the process which allowed for more accurate production forecasting -The model allows for schedulers, planners, and business managers to make more agile production decisions• Leads a ground-breaking continuous improvement project in a highly regulated food safety area -Manages a project team that consists of plant management from Food Safety, Quality Assurance, HACCP, Maintenance, Operations, Scheduling, and Human Resources -Developed a personnel work schedule that will reduce employee turn-over and increase overall process efficiency -Initiated the development of an innovative food safety wireless data tracking thermometer that will set a new plant standard for food safety temperature tracking -Initiated a preventive maintenance down time schedule that has increased through-put, machine efficiency, product quality, and decreases downtime costs• Redesigned a production line for more ergonomic efficiency, resulting in annual cost savings of $230,000 • Manage and track over 80 projects that resulted in an annual cost reduction of $3,400,000• Provides coaching and training to all production leads, managers and supervisors on the principles of data collection, lean tools, and project management to encourage a culture of continual improvement

• Supports two professors of Operations Management• Grade assignments for six class ranging from the 200 to the 600 level• Provide tutoring to students• Teach classes

• Managed 25 employees • Implementing lean methodologies to reduce inventory on hand and holding costs by 50%• Improved relations with suppliers • Planned marketing events that increased the sales of products by an estimated 25%

• Managed 30 employees • Recruited to manage a new location• Managed construction, equipment and inventory purchases for the stores grand opening• Fulfilled duties for both General and Kitchen manager positions• Hired all personnel • Wrote all SOP’s and trained personnel • Maintained 95% employee retention

• Worked 30 hours a week while also a full time undergraduate student