• Primary technical expert for lipids ingredient category, demonstrating technical and consulting leadership in ingredient selection, product formulation, process engineering, manufacturing scale up and troubleshooting• Build technical-commercial strategy and strategic supplier relationships in partnership with sourcing to support one of the company's largest ingredient categories• Direct the lipid ingredient technology team and establish prioritization strategy for 30+ global projects to balance timelines, develop team skills sets and maintain category pipeline• Commercialize $15MM+ in cost savings initiatives through direct project leadership and/or consultation• Improve reliability of manufacturing systems via enhanced pilot plant capabilities, analytical metrics and adoption of process modeling• Continually assess current and emerging technology landscape through research of market trends, suppliers, and oil sources

• Identified and commercialized technical solutions to mitigate category wide supply disruptions across 7 different billion-dollar brands. Managed stakeholder communication of complex technical problems to drive necessary project resourcing. • Advanced projects and quantified risk via analytical, product applications testing and results analysis• Managed daily work and priorities for team technician• Facilitated implementation of $10MM+ in cost savings initiatives while diversifying the supply portfolio• Established a gold standard specification structure and COA requirements for over 120 ingredients• Led cross functional sessions to evaluate viability and streamline cost savings, innovation, and product improvement work