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Natures Touch frozen foods acquired SunOpta's Sunrise Growers LLC in October 2023. • Lead the supply chain function for Natures Touch Frozen Foods with production locations in US, Mexico and Canada • Ensure exceptional customer case fill and inventory reduction efforts through acquisition • Oversee onboarding of new forecasting, ERP, and demand planning tools • Build foundational processes for S&OP with new operational capacities• Develop inventory management models (system-based) to evaluate options and impacts to purchasing, production, and inventory placement/replenishment decisions• Partner with the Logistics team in the design and management of an optimized supply network considering input and analysis on the location and size of warehouses to support network inventory, lower costs, and improve service• Provide production direction to the plant/site production schedulers in support of their weekly detailed scheduling processes• Coach, and mentor planning team members to grow team skills and behaviors required for success in their roles• Provide change management leadership to the team and for partner functions. Identify risks and assist in the development and implementation of solutions in the areas of people, process, and technology as the organization continues to evolve and grow

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

• Lead the supply chain function for Sunrise Growers Frozen Fruit and Fruit Snack platform with production locations in US, Mexico and Canada • Build foundational processes and tools for both S&OP and annual prime fruit pack planning to continually improve and meet organizational changes• Develop inventory management models (system-based) to evaluate options and impacts to purchasing, production, and inventory placement/replenishment decisions• Partner with the Logistics team in the design and management of an optimized supply network considering input and analysis on the location and size of warehouses to support network inventory, lower costs, and improve service• Provide production direction to the plant/site production schedulers in support of their weekly detailed scheduling processes• Coach, and mentor planning team members to grow team skills and behaviors required for success in their roles• Provide change management leadership to the team and for partner functions. Identify risks and assist in the development and implementation of solutions in the areas of people, process, and technology as the organization continues to evolve and grow

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

Edina, Minnesota, United States

• Lead and compile all Fruit and Fruit Snack customer pricing analysis/models• Assist with preparation of the annual budget and monthly/quarterly forecasts for the segment• Drive on-going development of the financial accounting and management reporting systems/tools to streamline reporting packages and improve analytical tools• Assist in spot selling opportunities • Preparation of standard monthly/quarterly management reports• Assist in product commercialization • Actively identify profit generating and process improvement opportunities and provide recommended actions to management• Develop/maintain financial models and other ad hoc analyses to provide relevant and insightful information on business performance• Drive for continuous improvement in standard processes and reportingSystems: Microsoft Dynamics, Hyperion, Oracle, Power BI

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Budget and Forecast 365M in annual revenue across 6 business units • Manage our national sales teams’ goals, tracking, and reporting• Provide/Produce/Create various Ad Hoc reports requested by our executive team• Provide/Produce/Create various internal systems updates, requests and changesSystems: SAP, Teams Software, CreaTeam (Access), Management Reporter, SQL, ClientPoint Paperless Proposal, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Office, Power BI

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Collaborate with business partners to develop easily understood, actionable models/visualizations to support sound decisions and drive results• Extract data from disparate systems and providing value-added analysis using various software applications such as Great Plains, WinTeam, FRX, Forecaster, SQL Server, Excel, and Access• Develop and maintain reports for forecasting, trending and results analysis• Develop and implement processes to streamline operations• Provide sound and meaningful recommendations on business issues raised by Senior Management resulting from analysisSystems: SAP, Teams Software, CreaTeam (Access), Management Reporter, SQL, ClientPoint Paperless Proposal, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Office, Power BI

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Preparation and analysis of customer and product pricing, programs and profitability• Analyze and prepare recommendations for CAA Management, Sales Management and General Manager • Facilitate preparation and administration of customer agreements/commitments • Participate in the preparation, analysis and communication of annual profit planning activities • Preparation of monthly and annual Commercial sales forecast information, including volumes, revenue and selling expenses• Monitor and assure business process compliance within the Commercial Trade Channel• Data Systems: SAP and Business Warehouse

Client Reporting:* Work with service providers on monthly non-reporting machine and commission shortages* Resolve rate variances and update SAP * Generate client specific reports and perform monthly research * Ensure accuracy and timeliness of period reports to clients* Ensure BV Fusion sales and commissions are comparable to client payments and reportsMonth-end Close: * Maintain SAP master* Produce month end GL entries* Format Commission File to identify machine adds, swaps, and RTV’s using info from the I-Vend Sync and operations* Send accounting adds to operations and swap/RTV information to Income DistributionAnalysis and Reporting:* Create trending analysis* Run established client reports using Business Objects and Access databases * Analysis (MS Excel) assistance in the Budget process Data Integrity Reporting:* Generate client reports and identify errors in setup* Follow-up with internal departments to ensure changes occurred, and Order Adjustments (OA) were created and processed* Reconcile machine inventory between JDE and I-Vend

Working with both vendors and clients on machine placementKey Responsibilities included customer service via intensive phone and log workDiagnose and solve online order errors for our Office Coffee Program

Work with vendor invoices on a daily basisAnalyze data entered from invoices for any discrepanciesCreate deposits for numerous OCS companies

Supervised a crew of five people and ensured quality and efficient work while working with a deadlineTrained new employeesHandled questions and concerns of homeowners

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Augsburg Football Team 2006, Augsburg Baseball Team 2006-2010Baseball Team Captain in 2010

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Activities and Societies: Football, Wrestling, Baseball, Chess Club, Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout)