Clint Hughey Email & Phone Number

Denver Metropolitan Area

As the Director of Impact, I collaborate closely with our CMO and Director of Marketing to strategically communicate our organization's positive social and environmental contributions. I spearhead sustainability and social responsibility initiatives, guiding the long-term vision and effectively managing our philanthropic budget. My expertise extends to health food systems and supply chain management, where I develop sourcing guidelines that promote sustainable practices and ensure ethical sourcing. In my role, I forge impactful partnerships with local non-profits and actively engage with communities through our restaurants, enhancing brand awareness while fostering meaningful change.- Headed sustainability and social responsibility initiatives, guiding long-term vision and managing a $500k+ philanthropic budget.- Developed sourcing guidelines promoting sustainable practices and ethical sourcing, enhancing the supply chain's resilience.- Forged impactful partnerships with non-profits and engaged communities to amplify brand awareness and drive meaningful change.- Designed impact metrics and tracking systems to cross-functionally manage and report environmental and social outcomes.- Cross functionally managed our B-Lab Impact Assessment, created a strategic improvement plan, and established long-term impact goals.- Chair the Snooze Change Maker Advisory Committee which drives continued improvement of social and environmental initiatives.- Sit on Snooze’s DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) Taskforce.- Member of UC Denver’s Managing for Sustainability Advisory Committee.

Santa Cruz, California, United States

As a business system manager at ASO, I work enthusiastically alongside the executive team to bring data-driven business solutions to increase efficiencies across the organization. Examples of projects I lead include project management and implementation of our new integrated ERP system, building business intelligence platforms, cyclically identifying KPIs, and most passionately leading our sustainability initiatives. My leadership style empowers others to get excited about long-term vision objectives. - Facilitate cross functional collaboration among company executives and departments leads to develop strategies to streamline and improve company operations and set short/long term initiatives- Project managed and implemented a new company wide integrated ERP and operating system- Create SOPs and training documents for key roles, processes, and onboarding new team members- Develop real time BI and dashboard platforms from the ground up with Power BI which allows our sales and management team easy access data visualizations at their fingertips- Manage the research, vetting, and selection of our new ERP/MRP system improving efficiency for our entire team by leveraging technology-based solutions- Responsible for implementing and measuring our sustainability initiatives- Improved supplier relations by improving our reporting metrics as a service provider- Manage third party IT service provider and facilitate company-wide tech solutions- Responsible for supplier forecasting, grower reporting, and auditing liquidations- Query and build our Fair Trade™, B-Lap, sustainability, and ad hoc reporting

Santa Cruz, Ca

- Develop real time BI and dashboard platforms from the ground up with Power BI which allows our sales and management team easy access data visualizations at their fingertips- Build and manage weekly, quarterly, and annual reports highlighting sales trends, program fulfillment, and organizational KPIs- Improved supplier relations by improving our reporting metrics as a service provider- Build plug and play costing models to calculate per case cost of private label packaging for customers such as Whole Foods, Costco, and Trader Joe’s improving turnaround of program bids- Responsible for supplier forecasting, grower reporting, and auditing liquidations- Organize supply chain and procurement of 7 international suppliers of over 2 million cartons of perishable produce annually- Query and build our Fair Trade™, B-Lap, sustainability, and ad hoc reporting

Santa Cruz, California, United States

- Design, develop, and manage proprietary planning module which tracked customer programs and supplier forecast which details discrepancies between the two- Cyclically work with sales team to identify missed opportunities and variance in customer programs- Improved efficiencies within the sales department by developing system and standardized processes- Built reports to track expected verse actual to better manage customer programs

Santa Cruz, California, United States

- Managed and tracked customer programs- Coordinated with Account Managers to facilitate orders- Audit orders for correctness- Communicate with warehouse and logistics to confirm accuracy

Santa Cruz, Ca

Saturn Café is a quintessential Santa Cruz institution built on the powerful vision of social justice, community, and the environment. I managed 30+ outstanding team members, including 6 shift leaders. In an industry with high turnover, I cut our rate by half through modeling a respectful and empowering environment. In addition to leadership of the team, I was responsible for the business operations of the restaurant using technology and data to track sales and performance to reveal insights driving future objectives and strategy.• Accountable for restaurant operations: staffing, labor percentage, training, and performance reviews• In charge of community management through events, networking, and public relations• Optimized POS system and instituted methods to track sales and operational performance• Implemented new sales training program that led to an increase in sales by 20% while improving customer satisfaction and experience• Overhauled a successful customer service initiative which resulted in a full star improvement on Yelp• Improved spatial layout of café leading to increased efficiency and productivity for staff and patrons

Santa Cruz, Ca

Upon graduation from SJSU, I founded Blackboard Catering combining my innate entrepreneurial spirit and years of experience managing restaurants; Blackboard Catering became a beloved brand in the Santa Cruz community. Through creative marketing initiatives and collaborative efforts with local businesses, I was able to have a consistent annual sales growth of 300% in the first 3 years of operations amidst the economic crisis of 2008. • Successful planning and execution of events up to 600 patrons• Collaborated with likeminded local businesses to cross promote events leading to double digit increases in sales and win-win marketing opportunities for both parties• Preformed end to end client management: proposals, price negotiations, sales contracts, and budgets• Devised and optimized a creative price structure that promotes customization, based on a customer feedback loop that allowed for flexibility of budget size and increased customer satisfaction• Maintained a below industry food cost of 25% and low overhead through key partnerships

Mba: Managing For Sustainability, Gpa: 4.0

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration, Management And Operations, Dean'S List