- Responsible for the performance of critical external supply chain manufacturing locations with a focus on General Mills snacks products- Lead recoveries at locations and coordinate cross pillar recoveries to ensure that business needs are being met and prioritized- Play a role in maintaining and managing supplier relationships while assessing risk & opportunities

• Led and managed an incredible team of demand planners in the Snacks OU, driving a one planning team culture between demand and supply• Recovered & maintained OU forecast accuracy and bias RUN KPIs green following SC and business disruption by partnering with the business and establishing BPM recovery process• Influenced the BUs and OU to make strategic decisions about the forecast by bringing cogent analysis of relevant external macroeconomic factors including pricing elasticity, inflation, and fiscal/monetary pandemic policy.• Successfully led the OU and my team through the integrated planning transformation to OMP with zero turnover, strong cross functional engagement and promptly addressing month over month concerns

• Experienced demand planner across for multiple business units and sales channels in the Meals and Baking, Snacks, and Canadian operating units• Responsible for the demand plans on popular brands including Old El Paso, Totinos, Gushers, Fruit by the Foot, Chex Snack Mix, Bugles, and Pillsbury Toaster Strudel• Built, pitched, and implemented the fulfillable demand tool company wide – an analytics solution that enabled the organization to quantify supply constraints during the pandemic and valorize the demand plan. • Received 7 crystal ball awards for the most accurate monthly forecast and implemented reconciliation process for allocations that drove KPIs for MAPE/Bias green.

- Lead role in the F21 global ocean bid to develop the bid sheet, carrier strategy and mitigating macro factors in the ocean market - 30MM in spend. Successfully collaborated with a culturallydiverse team to meet project deadlines, incorporate previous bid debrief items, and capture the full scope of GMIs global ocean lane network.- Company subject matter expert for new ocean/air initiatives as it pertains to their system and operational implementation as it pertains to logistics, procurement/negotiation of ocean rates, andunderstanding of incoterms.- Project lead for migrating the global trade team SharePoint site and developing both the new site and team’s agile behaviors and capabilities. Drove strong team buy-in with the understanding of how to work differently and sustain system changes to drive improvedorganizational practices & workflow capabilities.- Responsible for export product planning of meals, baking, sweet/salty snacks, and convenience & foodservice products. - Successfully led the product launch of project IHOP, a potential 0.5MM business, to meet critical deadlines for Latin America.- Launched a new Global Market Tools site that will enable growth by providing US export customers with a centralized hub to launch new exports- Led the development of a centralized KPI/metrics scorecard for the Global Trade Service team’s metrics, which is creating increased external visibility to the team's performance and capabilities.- Received SLT recognition certificate of excellence for managing the business and being a team player.

- Responsible for procurement, systems management, and operational support for global ocean and air freight - Team member for two global ocean RFPs providing pricing and transit time analytics. Provided operational insight, data preparation/analysis and decision recommendations for global lane awards and carrier strategy.- Created/facilitated a centralized global rate request process to acquire ocean and air freight rates. Ran multiple mini-RFPs during the fiscal year due to poor incumbent performance. Generated $200k USD in savings on 110 lanes.- Developed/implemented monthly KPI reporting for global ocean shipments and North America imports/exports- On-time ocean vessel performance of 86% while in role – Global Average in 2018 of 72% per SeaIntel- Company subject matter expert for new ocean/air initiatives, system implementation, and operationalization - Operational point of contact/escalation for booking onsites for both US imports/exports

Material Handling Team Lead- Acting manager of the material handling/warehouse team (21 direct reports)Processing Planner - Yogurt Base (April-August 2017)- Responsible for ordering all bulk ingredients and planning the production schedule- Automated the process for planning bulk ingredient usage over next 10 daysOveruse Team - Logistics Lead (January - May 2017)- Identified and quantified a discrepancy between butter fat % in milk — costing the plant ~$1.4M/year.- Engaged sourcing/R&D/engineering to investigate the discrepancy — plant equipment recalibrated- Developed and implemented a new process to optimize batching utilization ~$155k/year- Aligned plant policies with the network for partial fruit totes/flavor pails. ~$40k/year- Overuse team recognized with F17 Crystal Cup AwardLogistics Planner - Finished Product Planning (September 2016 - Provide Ongoing Support)- Managed the production schedules for three of plant's six packaging lines. Had end-to-end planning ownership of raw material and finished product - SAP-APO to determine demand for SKUs and delivered optimal schedules to the lines- SAP-ERP to order and manage the flow of raw materials into the plant. - 12 weeks worth of covering for the logistic manager on service calls with the network

Raw Material Planner- Responsible the planning of 173 raw materials (corrugate, flavors, pasta, and spices) for the Vineland, NJ Progresso Soup plant- Maintained raw material inventory levels in accordance with needs of the production planner, master scheduling, and the business team- Identified and implemented improvements for ordering raw materials with suppliers- Collaborated with the Plan for Every Part team to optimize working capital & inventory control

• Member of the engineering support team for capital project RENA during the final phase of the project. Concurrently managed multiple individual and team assignments. Completed significant SOP training.• Investigated the benefits of a process improvement proposal for a new disposable sampler for cell counting. Method reduced 80% of current process time, total cost, and health and safety (HSE) risks.• Led the designing of the racking configuration for the new warehouse. Collaborated with supply chain department to develop an optimal configuration for material demand, inventory policy, and room for increased capacity.• Supported environmental qualification (EQ) and risk assessments of RENA spaces as a subject matter expert.• Conducted walkdowns of 19 RENA systems to capture critical part information and helped to lead the effort to define a three phase process of identifying systems, capturing information, and assessing the information.• Designed and ordered equipment and furniture for new RENA spaces. Met with end users to establish needs. • Helped lead the effort to establish and meet all HSE signage needs for new RENA spaces per SOP requirements.

- Formulated and programmed potential trading strategies into VBA for back testing. Conducted simulations and collected results using Excel and SQL. Analyzed the performance of tested algorithms, identified strengths/weaknesses, and presented the results to management.- Designed quantitative models of market indicators to optimize the performance of company’s trading strategies.- Participated in daily conference calls to headquarters in order to discuss company performance and research initiatives. - Handled live trading. Managed and monitored active strategies, ensuring that all orders sent in by the algorithms were executed. - Currently in an advisory role.

- Oversaw process of web page production for new products with Wayfair’s two 3rd party vendors in India and Vietnam and acted as liaison to ensure they had all project materials to meet production deadlines. Prepared and sent 15-20 new projects every day to 3rd party vendors using Excel (each project containing multiple new items). - Uploaded new product images for each of these projects. Communicated daily with vendors to ensure they had all project materials to meet production deadlines. Completed 2,000 new projects accounting for 200,000 new products. - Distributed completed projects to quality assurance teams, and was trained to perform QA audits. Used SQL daily to query Wayfair’s databases. Set all completed products live on the website at the end of each day. Trained two employees for my role. - Doubled the department’s production of product web pages from 30k to 50-60k per month.