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Wilmington, Delaware, Us

Wilmington, Delaware, Us

- Leader of Ashland Specialty Ingredients’ global quality team - Integrated ISP Planning and Quality teams into Ashland and their Global SAP system.- Completed Quality Risk Assessments and achieved independent cGMP Certifications on new industry standards for pharmaceutical excipients, personal care ingredients and food ingredients, EXCiPACT, EFfCI, and BRC, across the manufacturing plants. - Provide Quality updates at Board of Directors’ meetings.

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- Leader of Sales & Operation Planning and the Materials Management team managing $400 million of global inventory on $1.5 billion in sales. - Developed key metrics, software tools, and processes to meet customer demand forecasts while maximizing profits and efficiencies aligned with commercial expectations. Implemented product allocation methodology to maximize asset profitability leading to record profits in 2011.- Optimized production planning, inventory, and product allocation strategies after a critical raw material sole supplier declared Force Majeure. Facilitated teams and qualified alternative international suppliers for imports of this hazardous raw material. - Developed a new Profit Maximization model with Product Management.

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- Responsible for quality across 17 manufacturing plants globally.- Implemented a new Laboratory Information Management system across 17 manufacturing plants globally for testing and sample management with cGMP validation. - Designed and implemented a new customer complaint system with workflow and CAPA’s. Decreased confirmed customer complaints by 13% over five years.- First pharmaceutical excipient supplier to receive USP Verification for monographed products.

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- Integrated new products and 5 acquisitions by aligning sales and marketing with operations to balance customer demand forecasts and supply. - Improved ROA by improving asset utilization, reducing contract manufacturing costs, advising on sales pricing, and implementing product allocation strategies to maximize asset profitability for products in short supply.- Led S&OP meetings balancing supply and demand forecasts and aligning actions to minimize delinquent orders and disruptions. Personal Care product delinquencies reduced 12% over five years.- Advanced software statistical demand and supply tools, sales tools, and capacity planning analyses to advance efficiencies in the overall supply chain.

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- Led Quality for ISP’s Medical Device Division and successfully achieved FDA compliance through improved quality management systems. Received the Presidents’ Above and Beyond Award, 1999.- High Impact Account facilitation leader for ISP Customer Partner initiative that lead to exceeding business goals.

East Rutherford, New Jersey, Us

- Improved cGMP quality systems compliance for Pharmaceutical actives. Received Presidents Award, 1996.

Senior Leadership Development Program

Problem Solving And Project Management

Essential Facilitation Techniques

Quality Manager Certification

Regulatory Affairs Certification

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemical Engineering