Maruchan is a Japanese-American brand of instant ramen noodles, cup noodles, and Yakisoba produced by Toyo Suisan of Tokyo, Japan. The Maruchan brand is used for noodle products in Japan, and as the operating name for Toyo Suisan's division in the United States, Maruchan Inc. In 1972, Toyo Suisan entered the American market with Maruchan USA, and in 1977, established a plant in Irvine, California. Maruchan has other plants in Richmond, Virginia, and one in Bexar County, Texas. Maruchan produces over 3.6 billion packages of ramen noodle soup a year. In the United States and especially Mexico, Maruchan ramen is widely popular. Since 1977 Maruchan has grown steadily and has become an industry leader in North America. Maruchan is a Japanese word composed of two parts, maru and chan. Maru means round, as in the shape of a ball or a happy child's face.

Nellson Nutraceutical LLC., is the leading full-service nutrition bar & powder nutrition provider in the USA and Canada outsourcing an ongoing commitment to excellence. Headquartered in Anaheim, California with production locations in Anaheim and Ontario, California, Salt lake City, Utah, and Anjou and Lachine, Quebec. Founded in 1962, Nellson has over 50 years of diversified expertise in nutrition platforms for bars and powders, serving the wellness, sports nutrition, weight management, snack/breakfast, and functional market segments. Nellson offers technical capabilities, quality assurance and operations, flexible production, research and development, and sales and marketing support.Over the past year Nellson LLC., has demonstrated this commitment with the opening of our state-of-the-art bar facility in Ontario, CA and manufacturing upgrades to the Anaheim, CA and Salt Lake City, UT, powder facilities. Together, these investments provide the capabilities and technologies to create the latest on-trend nutritional bar and powder products.

Innovative Hearth Products (IHP) is a top supplier of high-end fireplace solutions generating $130M revenue per year with 3 manufacturing sites in the US and extensive engineering expertise. IHP is a part of the Comvest Partners Private Equity Investment Portfolio.Managed, developed, implemented material handling strategiesManaged cost effectiveness, labor utilization and boosted productivitySuccessful implementation of SAP at the West region with respect to supply chain processes

Ventura Foods is an international provider of quality food products for food service, food ingredients, retail and export with sales exceeding 2.8 billion. Ventura operates multiple manufacturing, packaging, distribution and sales locations throughout the US and internationally with an employee base over 2500.Developed and implemented supply chain and logistics initiatives to drive profitable growth with major customers - YUM brands, Subway, Sysco, and JIBContinues improvement and development in Safety, Quality and maintaining KPI'sWorked with core functional groups, focused on SIS/Productivity

Lead the development and execution of customer supply chain initiatives to drive Organization’s efficiency and profitability to a higher level standardDeveloped and implemented supply chain and logistics initiatives to drive profitable growth with strategic customers and worked hand-in-hand with sales team to ensure execution of all promotional displays Supervised 20 to 25 employees across multiple shifts on site/DC Communicated effectively to site and team resources involved with carrying out the successful implementation of LMS and minimized Down TimeTracked Labor Efficiency Files to improve ProductivityOptimized Productivity 45% through weekly development and implementation of weekly performance monitoring and reporting methodologiesRegulated and Communicated information to and from the Quality Control Department and sites to provide more accurate information between the departments through the usage of Audits and Cycle CountsSecured net savings of $260,000 annually through Loss Analysis for the siteTrained all employees on Warehouse Management Systems, Radio Frequency functions, Graphic User Interface functions and Labor Management SystemsTrained, Coached, developed Performance, set expectations, provided feedback mentored and recognized the Front line teamAdministered all company policies and procedures including KronosAble to handle problem solving abilitiesPrepared costs estimates by period to Finance for Annual Operating PlanSupported sites in Crisis Management situations and provided feedback and solutions to resume normal operationsSOX Documentation and complianceSupported and maintained AIB and Good Manufacturing PracticesProvided Safety Leadership delivering 12 consecutive years without any loss time incident on site

Managed P&L responsibility for $10,000,000 AOP. Identified opportunities to eliminate waste Supported 4 PepsiCo sites in the West: Fullerton, Buena Park, Tracy and Stockton Provided Customer Service Reporting, Order Status, Facility Capacities, Labor & Dock Scheduling, Product Availability issues, DC Manager & Customer Service Support, Planning Support and SIS analysisLead the Finance Manager role for Fullerton site with AOP planning and forecasting Managed 3PO sites by aligning agreements and commitments within the contracts

Lead a Large Format District of 14 RSR's to a 10% annual growthOwnership and accountability for executing promotions and display events for Retail and Chain customers ensuring portfolio of new and high growth brands are sold and distributed Supported retail customer relationships with merchandising, planograms, schematics, space, equipment both primary and incremental within budgets and scope of the AOPUtilized historical data to create and plan sales goals with unique selling stories that support brand portfolio. Worked independently and effectively with cross functional teams creating positive results and a win-win situation Executed new item and brand introductions with flawless Sales executions resulting to capture extra volume Knowledge in Category Management, more emphasis on executing “Presence” of new products and Go to Market StrategiesSupported Change Management to Union free Workforce by campaignsSupported Human Resources in Recruitment, Hiring, Selection, Staffing and Career Fairs for the San Jose site Rolled out Pre-Pick delivery systems and worked with the Operations team to improve Product Availability for the DSD systemsReceived H W. Lay Award for the West region among 18 regions nationally

Lead large and small format customer developments in Fairfield County, Connecticut for the New England region Developed growth of all emerging Frito Lay brands Portfolio, generated higher revenue and market share Independent entrepreneurial leadership specializing in increasing new brand awareness and growth especially for single serve segments Added new businesses/accounts with Power of one approach creating a win, win situation for Large and Small Format accounts Collaborated and lead volume driving strategies for Frito Lay brands in select markets. Identified opportunities, strategies, tactics and executed plans for marketsSupported Trade shows in Greenwich, CT creating positive customer relationships Developed growth and volume for Inner city Independent customers