Manage third party Contract Manufacturers. Auditing Private Label manufacturers in the Nutritional, Home cleaning and Personal Care industries in order to award production contracts. Extensive work with Research and Development Phd's, Chemists, Chief Counsel and QA/QC Directors in launching products and validation cGMP processes at contract fillers. Extensive background in directing the Purchasing and Planning Operations in the Cosmetics and Personal Care industry. Direct experience working with designers and chemists in the launching of new products, sourcing and costing all raw materials and finished goods, working with auditors, supervising A/P and A/R. Possess entrepreneurial spirit and interested in early-stage startups as well as companies moving to the next level.Specialties: Evaluating capacity planning of contract fillers. Negotiation, world wide sources for packaging, knowledge of importing and freight forwarding, purchasing and planning, product development, inventory management, contracting for outsourced production.
Listed skills include Product Development, Forecasting, Management, Cross Functional Team Leadership, and 15 others.