- Scaled the Supply Chain facet 10x, ensuring pandemic related shipping disruptions on our international inbound supply of materials did not impeded revenue growth.- Owned the strategic long-term development of the department while managing the day to day of: transportation (container, intermodal, & truck), procurement & sourcing, planning, inventory and order management.- Implemented 11% reduction of material COGS through cross-functional cost savings drive, by leveraging internal and external partners while utilizing; contract negotiations, strategic sourcing, packaging/pallet optimization, re-formulations, supplier changes, and supplier consolidation. Implemented vendor scorecarding system. - Integrated the supply chain function onto an ERP, encompassing multiple warehouse locations, customer & vendor PO management, and material/item product cost detail. - Led Supply Chain through 6 SKU re-commercialization resulting in 30% reduction of per unit COGS, in under 3 months. - Reduced direct to consumer logistics spend by 26% while increasing service level through courier rationalization and sourcing process.- Led procurement and business discovery process of acquisition of packaging machine, through sourcing to installation.

My Team and I developed and executed on: ingredient and packaging cost savings, materials sourcing, co-manufacturer search & onboarding, acquisition due-diligence, new product commercialization, and 3rd party logistics solutions for supply chain facets in the food industry.

Managing the day to day of a category of spend; quickly solving supply issues to avoid plant shut downs, negotiating pricing agreements to secure volume, and working with all types of vendors to ensure business needs are met. Reporting out all department savings by period and budgeting costs for following fiscal year for finance. Savings opportunities have been implemented through a variety of methods such as; strategic ingredient sourcing, implementing longterm supply agreements, RFP process, and supplier negotiations, delivering in excess of six digits of savings annually.

Drove sales through a combination of cold calling, upselling walk-in customers, and by creating strategic partnerships with similar target market businesses. Designed and Operationalized cold chain courier fulfillment system for shipping perishable food products to residential addresses, growing reachable customer base and eliminating non-cost competitive existing delivery option.