➤ Oversaw the Purchasing Department for 3 production facilities – PA, NJ, WI.➤ Negotiated and Purchase Raw Materials and Packaging to support 19 Spray Driers.➤ Coordinated with 3rd Party Logistics to move raw and finished goods. ➤ Collaborated with multiple departments and upper management to ensure a clear line of communication throughout the company and ensure proper allocation of resources from beginning to end of production and delivery. ➤ Worked with multiple departments to develop a P2P (Procure 2 Pay) module with full visibility from requisition, purchase order, reception, and invoice.➤ Negotiated Packaging and Raw Materials contracts to save an estimated $200K in the first year.

➤ Overseeing the production of multiple fruit-based nutraceutical products at 3 domestic co-pack facilities for Naturex.➤ Running co-manufacturing for 4 international Naturex/Givaudan facilities in France, Spain, Italy, and Switzerland.➤ Setting up a forward frozen staging warehouse with Ocean Spray in Rotterdam to support international production.➤ Negotiating a 5% tariff on cranberry concentrate into Europe regardless of country of origin resulting in $800K savings.➤ Overseeing procurement of raw materials for all production location with an emphasis on Lean manufacturing and JIT.➤ Approving all invoices and assigning them to their associated budgets for entry by the accounting department.➤ Working closely with 3rd Party Logistic carriers to move all raw material in for processing and all finished goods out.➤ Collaborating with QA/QC to conduct all 3rd party audits as well as maintaining organic and kosher certifications.➤ Providing inventory control, detailed lot tracking, and accurate raw material turns with 3rd party storage warehouses.➤ Creating a raw material, color-coded tracking file in Excel that identifies lot and location of every bin, drum, or pail.➤ Working on a proprietary ERP system to ensure outside warehouse inventories are accurate and maintain lot traceability.➤ Maintaining multiple budgets within the ERP system for toll processing, logistics, and warehouse storage.➤ Processing all finished goods for inter-group orders through ERP system based on customer service sales requirements.➤ Improving process for inter-group orders by implementing blanket PO's and eliminating redundancy in order processing.➤ Meeting regularly with VP of Sales and Marketing to discuss sales forecasts, special projects, and new opportunities.➤ Working with 3rd party toll manufacturers to improve product quality and production throughput while saving costs.

➤ Drove logistics and manufacturing to introduce the retail division of sweet-dried cranberries and fresh fruit beverages.➤ Led initiatives emphasizing Lean manufacturing and inventory turns along with just-in-time production and delivery.➤ Secured outside 3rd party co-packers for facilities in PA, NJ, and WI to realize an annual cost saving of 7%.➤ Partnered with raw material suppliers, suppliers of plastic food-grade film, corrugated and artwork designers.➤ Led effort to implement retail display cases to highlight product in national supermarkets and big box stores.➤ Worked directly with the CMO on art design and social media campaign for the Funny Face Cranberry retail line.➤ Set up raw material movements in conjunction with production schedules to ensure throughput efficiencies.➤ Vetted and sourced carriers and arranged all inbound and outbound freight with 3rd Party Logistic companies.➤ Recorded all production data and monitored/documented all inventory movement with 3rd party warehouses.

➤ Vice President of Operations (Contract Position) – Patagonia Foods – 11/2009 to 01/2011➤ Senior Director of Procurement and Co-Pack Manufacturing – Island Oasis Frozen Beverage Company – 2007 to 2009➤ Director of Production Operations – Island Oasis Frozen Beverage Company – 2003 to 2007➤ Production Manager – Island Oasis Frozen Beverage Company – 1999 to 2003➤ Production/Logistics Coordinator – Island Oasis Frozen Beverage Company –1997 to 1999➤ Assistant to Production – Island Oasis Frozen Beverage Company – 1995 to 1997➤ Signal Intelligence Analyst/Senior Intelligence Analyst/E5 Sergeant – United States Army – 01/1991 to 10/1994