David Bertini Email & Phone Number

United States

Purchasing and planning; I procured raw materials, packaging, consumables, equipment, services, real estate and IT-solutions, including demand planning, forecasting, capacity planning, scheduling, and optimization. Additional duties included product development, project management, and inventory management.• $ 600 K – From concept to production, 2-week launch for newly developed and procured product.• $ 250 K – Source, negotiate and manage key packaging vendor for product and services. • $ 750 K & 83% OH Inv. Reduction & 2x Speed to Market through an innovative solution. • $ 500 K & 2x storage efficiencies which allowed us to retain key customer. (Product Design & Optimizing)• 75 % transition to sustainable packaging materials; FSC, H2R, PCR 30% & PCR 60%• 30-40% increase in scheduling efficiency by enhancing capacity planning tool & training team members.• 30% reduction in miss balanced inventory; too long, or too short.• ERP Module Implementation Demand & Forecast Planning, supporting processes, tools & KPIs. • Chair weekly PPS Meeting (Production, Planning & Sales) as well as quarterly S&OP meetings.• Establish guidance documents, terminology, training, and automation for scheduling.• 150 + Projects Developed & executed meeting timelines and budgets.• 90 + Process mapped and consolidated into 10 main supply chain projects.• 100 + reports and tools built for data analysis; commodity market position report, pricing matrix, quality specification database, work order analysis, freight costing etc.

Sacramento, California Area

Management of the 3rd Party distribution center including inventory and process control.• Contract Management; ,negotiate, create and manage purchase & sales contract reconciliation. • Managed inventory levels, projections, import documentation & scheduling.• Cost control and revenue management by developing optimal freight lanes, optimizing processes, sourcing lower material costs, and reduced inventory holding costs.• Logistics Management - Secured key freight rates, reducing costs by 4 cents a pound saving $250,000 or (30%).• Transformed short order notice customers into advanced order customers.

Woodland Ca

Key member of the operations management team, responsible for supplying, scheduling, producing and shipping products to meet and exceed customer’s demand.• Operations supervisor for 30 + employees, including managing warehouse & inventory.• 95% of product turn around per month, reducing inv. Costs (Lean Manufacturing Project Leader)• 260 K saved, 1.5% reduction in waste, milling shrinkage. (Project as Lean Six-Sigma Site Program Leader)• Maximized equipment utilization – Supporting Highest Sales Ever, efficient equipment output. • HACCP and food safety team member.• Responsible for traceability, and organic audit documentation.• Created, issued and closed work orders.• Allocation of finished goods to fulfill orders.• Initially worked as a line worker, then machine operator.

Yuba City, California Area

Responsibile for customer experience from 4pm to 7am, resolving conflicts, maintenance and security for 120-room full-service hotel, which included a full restaurant, lounge and 300-person convention center.• 20% increase in customer acquisition/sales. • 50% reduction in amenities upgrade project.• Initial role was maintenance, maintaining property perception and room standards.

• Work with plans, inspections and permitting process.• Finish Phase – install fixtures, plumbing, electrical and finish detail work.• Rough in phase – laying groundwork for plumbing, concrete and carpentry work.• Laborer – Digging holes and laying our equipment and materials• Job site clean-up and maintenance of work environment.