GS1 US, a member of GS1, is a not-for-profit organization that brings industry communities together to solve supply-chain problems through the adoption and implementation of GS1 solutions. More than 200,000 businesses in 25 industries rely on GS1 US for trading-partner collaboration and for maximizing the cost effectiveness, speed, visibility, security and sustainability of their business processes. They achieve these benefits through solutions based on GS1 global unique numbering and identification systems, bar codes, Electronic Product Code-based RFID, data synchronization, and electronic information exchange.

• Responsible for defining strategic opportunities in North American market, translating strategies into specific opportunities, and defining offers and positioning for the sales and marketing teams.• Owned the creation, go-to-market strategy, execution, and evolution of the company’s supplier collaboration program – including P&L, revenue goals, program vision, and cost estimates. Managed direct and indirect program resources as well as external company partnerships.• Identified, established, and managed of company partnerships, including analysis for company mergers and acquisitions and development of non-traditional revenue streams. • Coached sales, product, and operations teams, co-authored industry magazine articles, and secured speaking engagements at industry conference.

• Identified market need, developed, and launched a vendor collaboration program for two of the top 5 grocers in the US; resulting in a 1200% increase in the client services revenue for the North American market within 18 months. • Recruited, trained and managed a team to scale and manage program - including registration, retailer management, customer support, financial management, third party outsourcing, and sales efforts. • Developed go to market expansion for European retailers.

• Implemented strategic technology improvements for the product design and development business capability to shape organizational culture, optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help the company evolve and grow. Championed technology project visions throughout the merchandising organization, while communicating project progress and issues to Senior Executive Leadership.• Translated high-level goals into executional plans. Leveraged consumer, market, and financial analytics to translate strategies into profitable enterprise growth. Performed high-level scoping and cost/benefit analysis of potential new opportunities and prioritized/sequenced projects accordingly.• Developed and defined enterprise technology strategy to streamline and enhance costing and negotiations capabilities (detailed component level costing, development of independent should cost, and interactive bid comparison) across 1,000 internal and 6,000 external users. Developed financial business case resulting in 276MM+ in savings over 7 years.

• Managed development and launch of private label grocery products and facilitated relationships with contract manufacturers. Identified new vendors and product lines to drive sales growth through improvements in product quality, logistics, and assortment.• Identified and implemented process improvements in the product development and design process. Collaborated with store field leaders to improve in store job aids to increase compliance resulting in product quality and cost improvements. • Developed and implemented a product costing tool for all co-manufactured private label food items across 207 vendors.

• Served as trusted advisor to Senior Business Vice Presidents on high value, confidential, management consulting projects in marketing, operations, sales, and technology. Demonstrated strong ability to lead and project manage while providing thought leadership.• Led multinational, integrated management system implementation across 8 divisions, 27 factories and 8 diverse head offices of Nestle USA and Nestle Canada. Created and managed change network for of 40 people, across multiple sites. Owned presentation of critical information, audit reports, key risks and appropriate corrective actions/remediation plans to Top Executives.• Coached, developed, and directed work of junior consultants and analysts on skills in problem solving, strategy consulting, and written and verbal communication to project stakeholders.

• Developed and produced over 250 items for US and Canadian markets under the Stouffers and Lean Cuisine brands. Executed product reformulations for flavor, nutritional, and cost improvements. Coordinated consumer testing for in home use tests and central location tests. • Collaborated with manufacturing team members, marketing, procurement, supply chain and R&D to smoothly implement process changes to production routines as a result of new product offerings, cost savings and equipment.• Led and implemented raw material and labor savings of $18.7MM for the Lean Cuisine and Stouffers brands. Executed product changes from concept to production within two month timeline. Received Nestle’s Excellence in Execution Award.