Christy N. Email & Phone Number

San Diego Metropolitan Area

Greater San Diego Area

Supported quality team of seven engineers and managers. Provided extensive reporting and product support with responsibilities of factory audit reviews and approvals for 125 vendors and 225 factory's, on-time audit compliance which improved from 45% to 95%, non-compliance resolutions, product incidents reporting and resolutions, created and managed standard operating procedures, document control process, created a robust vendor scorecard, presented data to leadership monthly, product approval reporting and releases, processed inspection debit notes/ invoices.

United States

Greater San Diego Area

Provided support to the team when staff was minimal for two years. I Learned and developed the skills needed to be a Quality Engineer. I managed 60 vendors within multiple categories of dog, cat, small animal, reptiles and aquatics treats and supplies along with cat and dog litter. I managed vendor onboarding, product test plans, third party product testing, product speculation sheets, product incident concerns, product withdrawals and recalls. Reviewed and approved product guaranteed analysis and claims on product packing, product test results and final production samples. Daily cross-functional team collaborations.

Greater San Diego Area

Buyer for Litter, Litter accessories, Clean-Up, Dog, Cat food and treats categories.Managed inbound and outbound inventory functions supporting ten distribution centers, on-line business and 1500 stores with average annual sales of 225 MM. I managed product withdrawals and recalls at stores and distributions centers. Collaborated with vendors on product compliance resolutions. Facilitated monthly forecast meetings with vendors, adjusted demand forecasts and lead times in system. Collaborated with strategic business units related to GMROI, Turn, In-stocks and fill-rate. Worked closely with merchants, space planning, quality assurance, sourcing, assortment analysts, demand analysts, logistics, regulatory, distribution centers and vendors.

Greater San Diego Area

- Product Manager, Proprietary cookbooks; Sr. Publishing Coordinator; Operations Analyst

General Studies

General Studies

Continuous Improvement Techniques

Quality Technician Preparation

Food Safety Haccp For Retail Establishments

Principles Of Internal Auditing

Investment Buyer

Buyer-Replenishment Analyst