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Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia

Accountable for delivering the planned potato requirements and quality for Australia and for achieving service targets to customers across the Australian snacks business across all channels.• Achieved quality targets through weekly supply meetings with Agronomy Managers to ensure contract compliance by focusing efforts on key quality and performance drivers and adjusting supply plans to maintain compliance based on quality, demand and service. Also initiated the provision of quality data to enable the team to understand and improve performance.• Elevated efficiency by participating in collaborative agronomy planning sessions to ensure that the National supply plans were balanced against cost, quality and service targets. These sessions facilitated grower engagement and have ensured that the company is in a strong position to meeting demand changes and production requirements, particularly during periods of volatility, with minimal cost impact.

Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia

Accountable for delivering the planned potato requirements and quality for Australia and for achieving service targets to customers across the Australian snacks business across all channels.• Achieved quality targets through weekly supply meetings with Agronomy Managers to ensure contract compliance by focusing efforts on key quality and performance drivers and adjusting supply plans to maintain compliance based on quality, demand and service. Also initiated the provision of quality data to enable the team to understand and improve performance.• Elevated efficiency by participating in collaborative agronomy planning sessions to ensure that the National supply plans were balanced against cost, quality and service targets. These sessions facilitated grower engagement and have ensured that the company is in a strong position to meeting demand changes and production requirements, particularly during periods of volatility, with minimal cost impact. • Executed the agronomy logistics strategy which has led to the achievement of full year forecast by sourcing supply from the least cost growing regions to meet production requirements. Led the development of an agronomy supply logistics dash board scorecard to track and understand the impact of the agronomy supply chain on business cost impact and identify quality improvement opportunities.

Sydney, Australia

Accountable for delivering the planned potato requirements and quality for Australia and for achieving service targets to customers across the Australian snacks business across all channels.• Achieved quality targets through weekly supply meetings with Agronomy Managers to ensure contract compliance by focusing efforts on key quality and performance drivers and adjusting supply plans to maintain compliance based on quality, demand and service. Also initiated the provision of quality data to enable the team to understand and improve performance.• Elevated efficiency by participating in collaborative agronomy planning sessions to ensure that the National supply plans were balanced against cost, quality and service targets. These sessions facilitated grower engagement and have ensured that the company is in a strong position to meeting demand changes and production requirements, particularly during periods of volatility, with minimal cost impact.

Sydney, Australia

Led a team of five front line managers with a total of 75 employees to manage the NSW Supply Chain team. Focused on warehousing and distribution, fostering team development and enhancing capabilities by designing and implementing learning programs in cost management, quality improvement and service excellence. Led the transition of the Rydalmere Distribution Centre to become a lead operation in the region by ensuring all KPI targets were achieved while proactively addressing OH&S opportunities.

Sydney, Australia

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Dallas, Texas, Usa