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Windham, Nh, Us

Boulder, Colorado, Us

Boulder, Colorado, Us

Bedford, Nh, Us

In charge of small to large scale projects across 30+ distribution locations. Responsible for identifying stakeholders, developing project scope, assembling cross-functional teams, creating detailed project task lists and managing project meeting cadence. Led the warehouse realignment in the Boston distribution facility. Scope of the project included relocating the picking and warehouse function within the existing warehouse, overseeing multiple outside contracts, and the closure of the Woburn cooler service center (moved to the Boston facility).Created a new location in SAP and migrated necessary information from old location in conjunction with the physical move from Hartford to South Windsor CT.Led four internal office moves, to include construction timelines, furniture installations, IT implementations, and personnel moves

Oversaw demand planning, production planning and label creation functions in order to support company initiatives and customer requirements. Coordinate and direct all of the activities involved in the planning of all finished goods and raw materials from production facilities and co-manufacturers. All of these activities are to be managed in accordance with the company’s goals of safety, quality, regulatory preparedness, financial performance, environmental mission, inventory controls and customer service. This is a highly interactive position with peers in many other disciplines of the business. The ability to prioritize, be decisive and demonstrate good judgement is imperative in this role.

Managed employees in the development of planning tools for both Planning and Procurement and best practices to implement and action against them to better serve the department's internal customers.• Managed daily activities of direct employees in the weekly manufacturing scheduling process, label development process and procurement of raw materials and packaging as well as subcontracted products• Production/Planning lead for all new product and reformulation projects

Managed 3 full time employees in the development of inventory strategies and managed the coordination between Planning group & WellPet manufacturing location.• Managed the Supply Chain planning process in order to meet 97% case fill rate. Managed, tracked, reported and maintained appropriate inventory levels. Developed strategies to meet changing market and demand• Led the inventory draw down for distribution center closure that maintained high customer service fulfillment levels (97%) while successfully obtaining low forecasted end inventory for transfer • Designed inventory reduction program. Reduced inventory 17% between May – Sept 2012• Created all master data for finished goods, packaging, ingredients & formulas in IFS• Coordinated the monthly capacity requirements between Supply Chain Planning and WellPet manufacturing locations• Supervised monthly forecast process to develop a 13 week rolling forecast. • Developed and managed to the department budget to include 3 full time employees, travel, training, support contracts and miscellaneous needs

•Leader of 13 extended teams for $20 million dollar manufacturing expansion project to move operating strategy from 80% outsourced to 80% self-manufacture for dry food. Largest capital project in the history of WellPet.•Implemented established ERP system (IFS) in manufacturing facility. Developed/tested/documented new order to cash process between two locations•Primary liaison between the Indiana manufacturing facility and corporate office. Represented both process development.•Primary change agent champion for corporate culture merger between plant & corporate. Helped corporate office to understand a mfg environment and helped the mfg location understand the demands of the marketplace and understand the need for flexibility.•Developed/documented/trained/implemented new Order Management Process for Canadian customer orders - new regulations established in 2009 by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.•Project Manager for the on-schedule, on-budget transfer of WellPet’s East Coast DC•Coordinated new procedure to support a Positive Release process in alignment with FDA guidelines.•Documented and coordinated Year End Physical Inventory Process & validated all data files•Coordinated creation/change control of new product data process by creating a cross-functional Finished Product Spec process, developed control for information being added to the corporate ERP system and oversaw all data entry activities•Chair of Product Change Request Process by implementing and gaining cross-functional acceptance of change control process for Finished Goods•Developed and documented Standard Operating Procedures for the Operations Department•Maintained Corporate documents •Key support to sales for corporate initiatives such as: coordinator of product, pricing/order set up in established ERP system, coordinator of Distributor Consolidation Project, developed/published recall documentation and was key point of contact between office for the outside sales.

Responsibilities included facilitating the development of new items, reformulations and promotions through the Project Management Lifecycle Process. Responsibilities included the confirmation of required deliverables such as approved ingredient panels, guaranteed analysis, Marketing copy, trademark review, packaging samples, Operations and Quality review of product specifications as well as “Go to Market” needs.

Supervised all activities within the Customer Service and Consumer Affairs Department. Implemented customer specific profiles to ensure continued customer satisfaction in times of absence within the department and assisted with implementation of policies within the corporation including; short dated product guidelines, credit process guidelines for outside warehouse, Order Management policies and procedures.

Managed and processed all orders in designated territory ensuring that they follow the product order process successfully from pre-sales through shipment to the collection of payment and resolving all issues as they arise