Supervision of the supply chain to ensure accurate material stock levels and customer order fulfillment. • Maintained processes and documentation, including releasing of purchase orders, creation of delivery reports, updated and invoiced supplier files accurately.• Monitored shipments of orders from fulfillment centers from initial ship point to final customer delivery.• Evaluation of raw material life cycles and landscapes to mitigate excess and obsolete inventory exposure by maintaining critical item lists.• Oversaw physical inventory to create accurate forecasts and demand planning.• Managed outside processes and vendors to maintain quality standards, on time delivery, performance expectations and profitability.

Materials management, including the procurement, allocation, distribution, and delivery assurance, ensuring customer demands are met on time.• Strategic sourcing of all raw materials, packaging, goods and services to support both domestic and international production facilities.• Creation and submission of purchase orders while maintaining best possible price, delivery, quantity, and item correctness.• Daily management of order transit status via ground, air and ocean logistic methods (including freight forwarding, overseas carriers, Federal Express, UPS, courier services).• Monitoring of vendors to ensure on-time delivery obligations are sustained and product quality standards are met.• Monthly inventory reconciliation, including discrepancy investigation, resolution and system corrections.• Interdepartmental communication of impactful inventory situations, potential delays in supply areas and alternative materials; provided information, assistance and recommendations as needed.• Corrective action/resolution of defective or unacceptable goods/services to determine root cause and establish necessary material disposition.• Accurate system and hard copy record management, including export and quality control documentation.

Developed inventory management systems for clients, including employee training and technical support.• Materials sourcing for small-scale food industry clients, including raw materials, packaging, facility and office supplies.• Logistics management (freight forwarding, Federal Express, UPS, courier services).• Built and maintained inventory control tracking matrices.• Maintained and updated client websites, including event calendar scheduling, blog/article posting and downloadable materials.• Managed e-mail marketing documentation, contact lists and mass mailings.• Reconciliation of client business checking accounts and online billing management.• Billing and invoicing management in QuickBooks for Deadline Met.• Provided online customer service support for clients.• Executed online social media presence, including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.• General clerical administration as needed (Word documents, PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets).

Strategic sourcing of all raw materials and packaging for Production, as well as all MRO materials needed for the manufacturing facility.• Strategic cost analysis on all purchased products utilizing such tools as quarterly vendor bidding projects, identification of market trends and affectations, supplier-side material information and manual tracking of pricing variances to ensure competitive pricing.• Initiation and execution of inventory control procedures including min/max levels, cycle counting and regularly scheduled physical inventories.• Daily interfacing with R&D, Production, Planning/Scheduling, Shipping/Receiving, AP/AR, Q.A./Q.C and executive management.• Creation of de facto MRP/ERP system utilizing complex, formula-driven Excel spreadsheets for planning/sourcing purposes.• Development and ownership of all bills of materials, as well as recipe and final assembly templates, for all saleable products.• Experience with pilot plant trials, new product rollouts and sourcing of prototype materials for customer projects.• Procurement and development of new suppliers, as well as solidifying and improving upon key existing vendor relationships to achieve maximum value for the company.• Verification and tracking of inbound shipments to ensure proper accuracy of costs, delivery, product quality, and inventories.

Managed all procurement of raw materials, packaging, goods and services in support of production within a daily (24 hr) JIT environment.• Purchased all MRO materials and supported Research & Development, including all necessary prototype materials. • Managed approved vendors, contract development, negotiations, and the inception of new procurement channels.• Developed new vendor relationships and procurement channels necessary to support new business and supply chain objectives. • Worked closely with Production Planning and oversaw Inventory Control to ensure zero production downtime. • Ensured the availability of production materials while simultaneously minimizing inventory carrying costs and exposure.• Expedited materials, cost tracking, and invoice management for procured items. • Daily follow up with suppliers to determine status of orders or delivery dates. • Worked directly with A/P Dept. to resolve any discrepancies with quantity, delivery, cost and quality. • Manual creation and ownership of bills of materials for all finished goods. • Maintained records on suppliers, purchase orders and pricing.

Direct supervision of the inventory control and purchasing teams.• Planning, coordination, and procurement of raw materials/packaging to meet contractual specifications and/or MRP forecasted requirements to support up to seven concurrent production lines.• Maintained secondary simultaneous supply chain for monthly seasonal gift pack business requirements.• Managed the procurement process from identification and thorough assessment of potential suppliers, analysis of proposals, and initiation of supplier recommendations. Maintenance of supplier performance with regards to quality, delivery and cost.• Supervised inventory management, RMA coordination and expedition of raw materials. Placement of requisitions and proposals, analysis of quotations, selection and/or recommendation of vendors and initiation of purchase orders for complex goods and services.• Ensured proper and timely receipt of goods per necessary logistical expedition.