Lead all supply chain functions including Procurement, Logistics, and Supply Planning. Develop and implement strategies to ensure superior supply chain effectiveness, compliance with all standards and regulations, and customer service. Develop flow for Procure to Pay processes, foundational core of the Supply Chain. Oversee and accountable for all aspects of supply chain policies, objectives, and initiatives, including a $600MM annual budget, standards, variances, and implementation of continuous improvement in all aspects.

Instrumental in transforming the Dole Procurement Department into a first-class team focused on development of strategies and execution for all direct and indirect materials. Drive excellence, development of team members and razor-sharp focus on growing Dole profits through continuous improvement in supply chain processes. Focused on processes for Procure to Pay including forecasting, supply planning, warehouse receiving and accounts payable processes. Achieve Operational Excellence for the business through projects aimed to improve the supply chain processes and cost savings. Foster mindset of strategic development of each category. Develop standards for RFP’s, analysis, KPI’s, supplier relationships, risk management, and accountability.

Identify supply chain process opportunities and lead cross-functional team to address gaps by creating work streams that link the supply chain with the required elements of forecast/accuracy, inventory strategy, warehouse complexity and customer policies. Developed plan/requirements for creating, hiring and executing a supply chain customer logistics/service team to provide dedicated service team supported by supply chain processes/improvements. Introduced concepts such as master production scheduling and warehouse complexity models to increase capacity, cut costs and enhance service

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Developed detailed proposal to provide more robust service, planning & Operational Forecasting. Led transformation efforts to re-engineer and develop business processes/flows to drive improvement in all areas of the supply chain - productivity, streamline and standardize processes, and overall better supply chain connectivity and financial accuracy. Developed project plans to move the proposal to action across functions.

Perform root cause analysis enterprise-wide to drive continuous improvement of production and warehousing systems, employee development and facilities management, including crisis and risk management and SQF certification/maintenance. Conduct ongoing gap analysis to discover and optimize operational efficiency, improving EBITDA and driving enterprise value. Determine relative profitability of product line items in addition to establishing a standards-based approach to addressing critical and complex scheduling challenges and manage inventory. Implement and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) across all functions and multi-site operational facilities.Consolidated 3 operating plants into one, improving profitability by $28MM annually. Built supply chain system network to improve product quality, customer service levels, productivity and gain efficiency through standardization of best practices, creating measurable performance targets and ability to identify and remove barriers. Reduced finished goods cost by integrating quality control into pre-packaging processes and ensuring food safety traceability from source to distribution.Achieved/exceeded all food safety compliance requirements by developing a comprehensive sanitation process, culture and SOPs.Reengineered the Order through Delivery process by designing and implementing a system that revamped picking/loading procedures based on customer-driven specifications, reducing labor cost by clustering labor around peak demand.Minimized working capital cost by utilizing key performance indicators to measure yields, direct labor and PPV.Developed diversified team of demand forecasting, production planning, production, logistics and warehousing professionals across multiple sites with expertise in finance, quality assurance, food industry operations, lean manufacturing and training.Reduced equipment downtime through development of JDE system driven Preventative Maintenance Program.

Given responsibility to manage change across national organization by furthering cross-functional integration. Apply operational and financial rigor to refining metrics and empowering management decisions based on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Develop a roadmap and the systems required to achieve standardization, establish best practices and build teams across multiple manufacturing facilities. Merge customers and integrate product development efforts and facilities acquired though Mergers & Acquisitions.

Reporting directly to the CFO responsible for transforming customer service function into a Sales/Customer Support Information Hub by enabling cross-functional integration of sales, purchasing, receiving and inventory. Tasked with conducting root cause analysis of company performance, mapping the logistics and supply chains and developing KPIs.