Member of Canopy Growth’s Executive Team. Accountable for organizational and operations strategy and execution. Developed and led a global team of Manufacturing, Cultivation, QA, Procurement, Supply Chain, Customer Experience and Continuous Improvement professionals. Supervised 7 direct reports, with 1,500 indirect reports.***Value Added***✔ Transformed global supply network and supporting organizational structure, reducing 47% of total operating costs.✔ Renovated cultivation strategy and plant genetics portfolio yielding 30% improvement in product attainment to spec.✔ Increased manufactured pieces per min by 75% and doubled effective capacity in hyper-growth product category over 4-month period through vendor partnered continuous improvement initiative.✔ Reduced critical path lead-time from plant-harvest to finished good shipping by 60%, reducing inventory holdings and improving time to market by 22 days. ✔ Delivered employee engagement strategy yielding 17% YoY increase in Engagement Index as measured by Gallup global survey. ✔ Created and led live, interactive, global and site-specific Operations townhalls; available to all Operations employees.

Accountable for developing and leading Planning, Logistics, Distribution, Warehousing, and Customer Operations functions for Canopy Growth globally. Supervised 6 direct reports, with 200 indirect reports.***Value Added***✔ Improved Forecast Accuracy by 45% through restructuring team accountabilities, implementation of planning software and supporting business processes.✔ Established global service standard, associated success measures and structured accountability improving Unit Fill by 15%.✔ Developed and resourced holistic Inventory Management Strategy with established controls, reporting and accountability, reducing aged and obsolete product by 50%.

Accountable for end-to-end strategy, process, and execution across demand planning, supply planning, transportation, distribution & warehousing, and customer service functions; enabling Weston Foods' $2.2B North American business. Administered $285M operating budget; planning accountability for 42 manufacturing sites, 65+ frozen & dry warehouses, and 6 customer care operations. Supervised 7 direct and 188 indirect reports. ***Value Added***✔Implementation of standardized, integrated, cloud-based demand & supply network planning tools. ✔Designed and Implemented Freight Management Strategy: including Transport Management System implementation, carrier experience and mix strategy, RFP and market timing strategy; yielding $3MM in Y1 savings & recognized by FreightWaves with a 2020 Shipper of Choice award as selected by US National carriers and drivers.✔Identified opportunity to consolidate 3PL Warehouse holdings, simplifying operation and reducing total inventory position. Negotiated 18% cost reduction in 3PL WH spend.✔Developed and strengthened the Supply Chain Leadership team while delivering transformative organizational design, consolidating four independent business units under one Weston Foods banner. ✔Identified, developed and implemented Segmented Inventory Management Strategy; yielding (8%) in annual savings. ✔Established and Steering Committee member for Weston Foods Sales & Operations Planning process.✔Established standardized reporting across Weston Foods: service level, on-time delivery, inventory management and health, freight and shipping spend and efficiency. ✔Built customer focused culture in operations and stabilized customer fill rate to 98.5% target. ✔Created and led Interactive Supply Chain town hall format; available to all Supply Chain employees.✔Served as Integrated Supply Chain Lead representing end-to-end Operations functions in developing and implementing corporate Stage Gate process.

Multi-site Manufacturing accountability, overseeing total manufacturing operations across 6 unionized food processing facilities. Executed food safety, health & safety, quality, and manufacturing efficiency programs. Supervised and mentored 6 direct reports, 67 salaried employees, and 450 hourly employees. Administered $57M operating budget. ***Value Added***✔Drove successful introduction of new capabilities through $40M in capital investment projects. ✔Led installation of new line, expanding category capability & capacity, met quality and efficiency targets, sold total line capacity 12 months ahead of schedule. ✔Removed bottle-neck in continuous process operation in major bread facility; reduced waste by 26% and downtime by 22%.✔Introduced Automated Guided Vehicles, which reduced shipping labour by 75%.✔Installed first organic line, introducing new capabilities and access to new market for Weston Foods.✔Implemented bakery-level town halls, which were available to all hourly employees, led by Bakery Managers, and supported by leadership and hourly unionized employees. ✔Reduced total accidents by 48%, outbound load ready time by 4%, process waste by 2%, and operating costs by 1.2%.

Led Supply Chain for $400M business including customer warehouse and DSD delivery to 1,200+ customers. Developed national warehouse strategy for 9 third-party and 7 company operated warehouses. Led demand planning, seasonal & promotional sales forecasting, capacity planning, and supply planning. Managed $30M in Operations spend. Supervised 5 direct and 16 indirect reports.

Planned and executed daily movement of $1M in perishable food business from manufacturing to store shelves; administered $18M transportation budget. Supervised 8 direct reports including schedulers, planners, analysts, and unionized dispatch operations.