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Lehi, Utah, Us

Provo, Ut, Us

• Purchased all Vivint home security cameras, connectivity devices, and other supporting devices from overseas suppliers in Thailand, Taiwan, China, Indonesia, and South Korea totaling over $200M annual spend.• Headed production, supply, and logistics planning for 4 major new product launches in 2022.• Material management of supply-constrained electrical components including gap analysis, supplier production and shipment planning resulting in air freight cost savings of $300k.• Led cost-out initiative of refurbished materials resulting in annual cost savings of $250k.• Achieved $85k annual tariff cost avoidance by sourcing new suppliers outside of China for 11 auxiliary products.

West Valley City, Utah, Us

• Managed inventory control throughout the supply chain – dietary supplement manufacturing operations in Peru, contract packaging in the United States, and global sales and distribution – with average of 4 annual inventory turns of key products.• Handled demand planning and purchasing for all 68 SKUs and warehouse supplies.• Sourced international and domestic suppliers for new product development, resulting in cutting initial planned cost by 12%.• Sourced new indirect goods suppliers, cutting packaging costs by 40% ($280k annual savings).• Planned and coordinated set up of $800k manufacturing operation including construction of cleanroom, procurement of machinery, and hiring of staff.

West Valley City, Utah, Us

• Set up and registered new Utah fulfillment center as part of company move from San Francisco to West Valley City.• Managed fulfillment division and implemented LEAN measures to drop order fulfillment time by 30%. • Oversaw all domestic and international freight and parcel shipments.• Negotiated better shipping rates with carriers, cutting shipping costs by 10%.• Streamlined inventory control and sales tracking by cutting out excess tracking systems and consolidating, resulting in $20k annual cost savings.

• Managed a mass-market floral distributor, supplying floral arrangements, bouquets, and supplies for supermarkets throughout the Intermountain West.• Handled all purchasing and procurement, sourcing from South American and domestic vendors.• Supply chain management spanning from sourcing international vendors to import and distribution logistics to mass production planning.• Increased sales 16.5% from 2015 to 2017 by creating and implementing multiple product lines for several grocery store chains.• Increased EBITDA 5.6% from 2015 to 2017 by cutting excess labor costs and reducing inventory loss through accurate forecasting.

• Managed general warehouse operations including inventory control, mass floral design production, and product delivery.• Sourced new vendors as warehouse supply purchasing agent, cutting supply costs by 5% annually.• Oversaw administrative office functions such as accounts payable/receivable and company accounting software usage.• Used Kaizen principles to increase pack-out and shipment processing efficiency by 10% during high-volume holiday periods.

-Owned and managed commercial construction termite control operation.-Handled all scheduling, billing, and project bidding while managing pest control applicators.

Murray Hill, New Jersey, Us

-Assisted Senior Engineer Project Manager in the development of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC).

Logan, Utah, Us

-Tested and prepared laboratory sessions for undergraduate students in Introduction to Biosensors course.