Managing global purchasing environment with responsibility for 12,000+ SKUs and oversight of global supply partners and channels. Continuously seeking to maximize margins and reduce waste. Collaborate with China office, to ensure accuracy with suppliers.* Appointed as a Steering Committee member for the transition to a new international 3PL partner. Responsibilities include data migration validation, inbound and kitting control procedures, SKU migration coordination from current to new warehouse, and re-routing OTW containers to new location. (Ongoing)* Identified as SME (Subject Material Expert) for new ERP migration to NetSuite. (Ongoing)* Established a quarterly SKU PIP program to review/monitor over 350 under-performing SKUs with Sales and Marketing teams. Target goals include a 50% increase in demand over the next 3 months, $250K in additional revenue per quarter and $300K in excessive inventory reduction.* Continuously working to improve forecast accuracy by monitoring sales trends and establishing quarterly meetings with our top distributors to improve communication channels across all departments. Achieved a 12.5% reduction in YoY excess inventory and a 22% reduction in YoY out of stocks.* Reduced re-order values and increased turns. Established new purchasing guidelines and inventory policies, fine-tuned new product ordering practices, and developed SOPs including re-ordering, PO management, warehouse inventory removal and product discontinuation. * Negotiated on average a 12% cost reduction with suppliers by monitoring market trends and indexes. Improved lead times by 10% by offering financial incentives and establishing vendor score cards.* Work closely with Finance and other functions to ensure procurement financials and KPIs are met.

Responsible for 30 million dollars in purchases encompassing glass and P.E.T bottles, plastic and metal caps, corrugated products, fresh, frozen and shelf-stable ingredients. Communicated with vendors on a daily basis to ensure PO/invoice accuracy, product availability, on-time delivery, problem resolution, forecast accuracy, and consistently work to strengthen the customer/vendor relationship. Worked with multiple departments, including commercialization, sales, production planning, and the factory to ensure proper, on-time delivery of materials.* Established monthly meetings with multiple vendors discussing current topics, helping to identify and minimize future issues. Typical actions include shifting vendor’s production schedule, identification of forecast discrepancies, and industry knowledge sharing. These have allowed both companies to better serve each other’s needs while reducing overall inventory between them.* Assumed buying responsibilities of two Senior Buyer desks upon their departure. On hand inventory of glass bottles reduced from 5.5 days on the floor to 3 days. Late deliveries or shortages of raw ingredients, as tracked by a daily report log, reduced by 80%. * Requested to assume purchasing responsibilities of oil tanker program from Category Manager. Requires daily analysis of tanker volumes versus daily consumption rates, and daily interaction with multiple department members. Reduced demurrage charge by $15K in six months.*Created a VMI program with corrugate vendor. Allowed for 6 weeks of forecasted inventory to be stored at local warehouse allowing for a better just in time delivery schedule at no additional cost to Chelten House. Corrugate pallet spaces reduced by forty percent.

Provide purchasing functions across multiple categories including fresh and frozen food services, beverages, supplies, and strategic sourcing encompassing all 650 wawa stores in the Northeast. Worked with vendors to ensure client’s (Wawa’s) KPIs were exceeded, resulting in a 99.4% fulfillment rate on non-vital tier 2 items and a 99.99% fulfillment rate on critical top priority items.Personal Achievements:⇨ Launched a multi-drop-trailer program between a regional carrier and McLane’s Kissimmee, FL warehouse. ⇨ Developed offsite warehouse storage program. Coordinate the daily inbound and outbound activities of four remote warehouses, encompassing 75 items, utilizing multiple common carriers.⇨ Overhauled purchasing practices of all Wawa branded teas for entire Florida market.⇨ Negotiated rates with multiple common carriers in order reduce freight rate by over $100K per year⇨ Worked with client on resolving supply chain issues. Managed common carrier network in order to ensure product availability. Coordinated between vendors and carriers on pickup & arrivals, established new carriers relationships, and identified opportunities for possible future savings resulting in over $350K per year in savings for two major suppliers.

Established and ran a successful locally independent food truck in the Delaware/Maryland region. Created an aggressive 4 month project plan identifying key milestones and potential areas of delay. Worked with local manufacturer to design truck. Established relationship with marketing company to create a brand. Developed menu, social media content, and marketing plans. Identified various vendors with a focus on quality.

Recruited for expertise in financial analysis and cost containment. Assisted CEO with improving profitability by driving operational efficiencies for industrial lumber company with hyper-competition. Charged with identifying and improving all areas including purchasing, IT, inventory control, AR and facilities management.

In short-term contracted position, served as financial analyst for retail division, analyzing weekly and monthly sales trends and forecasting. Conducted comprehensive sales analysis of new store location to evaluate effectiveness of new retail concept. Analyzed product sales to determine potential revenue impact of discontinuing specific product lines.