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United States

• Spearheading the transformation of the Wine & Spirits NPD execution organization in alignment with our stage-gate process and a framework focus of "fewer, bigger, better". This includes the improvement of pipeline.
• Continuing the leadership of our Field and Consumer Quality functions for the W&S Division with laser focus on consumer obsession and relationship management with our distribution base
• Successfully stood up a Quality and EHS Center of Excellence, providing our operations organization support in areas of Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing Execution System optimization and EHS Ops consulting (site.

Canandaigua, New York, United States

• Leader of Field, Consumer and Supplier Quality functions for the W&S Division with a keen focus on consumer obsession and relationship management
• Creator of the first W&S Quality dashboard utilizing Cost of Poor Quality to prioritize annual strategic improvement initiatives
• Led the development and rollout of a user-friendly W&S Field Quality App (iOS and Android) with the goal of protecting and fostering the integrity of our brands
• Successfully launched a new Quality Management System with capabilities to track both internal and external non-conformances on an international level
• Owner of the at-risk management process for Quality with the goal of optimizing supply chain longevity on both existing and new-to-world products
• Quality leader for NPD projects, providing centralized support and ensuring functional guidance is provided to support critical deadlines

Canandaigua, NY

• Managed the execution of $280MM in annual direct materials procurement for Constellation’s Wine and Spirits division using forecast modeling and ERP to drive efficient buying practices
• Commodity Manager for all US wine and spirits labels, ensuring execution to the plan based on contractual obligations created in partnership with our strategic Centers of Excellence
• Successfully created synergies across a team of employees spread from east to west coast in a newly-matrixed environment, fostering collaborative behavior and a sense of team
• Created and socialized a new Supplier On-Time and In-Full metric for all dry-goods suppliers and improved internal data stability by 50% over a 6-month period to support accurate reporting data out of our ERP system
• Worked with Procurement Ops leadership to create methods for tracking and improving Buyer efficiency and process improvement, including a Buyer capacity/workload analysis tool, MRP action message tracking and a “Plan.

Canandaigua, NY

• Supervised daily warehouse and yard activities for 12 direct reports to ensure quality service to internal/external customers is provided
• Motivated employees to achieve and surpass department standards and goals for safety, cost, productivity and efficiency, to include method changes and on-time performance
• Embraced safety as an absolute standard by leading employees in proper safety procedures, taking an active role in safety programs and meetings
• Spearheaded the upcoming implementation of “opportunity charging” in EDC warehouses, eliminating the need for battery changes in forklifts which are both a safety risk and a non-value added activity
• Launched a cross-functional Lean Six Sigma project to optimize raw materials storage in both the Canandaigua Winery and Warehouse

Canandaigua, NY

• Owned the end-to-end demand planning process for luxury wines and spirits by analyzing all pertinent data, creating a sound forecast and communicating results to key stakeholders
• Managed the demand planning portion of the bi-annual Inventory Workout (IWO) process for luxury goods by providing a comprehensive statistical forecast to winemaking and growing. Also provided improvement in the.
• Completed Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training to become the sole Black Belt holder in Operations Services for CWUS
• Lead a Lean Six Sigma improvement project focused on creating efficiencies and improvements within our East Coast Distribution Center improving key metrics such as OTIF, inventory accuracy and cycle time
• Owned the forecast error reporting process which includes analyzing cause and effect and taking corrective action to continuously improve results
• Collaborated with business partners to identify and resolve discrepancies between forward looking commercial forecast and demand forecast resulting in a rolling 24 month consensus demand plan

Rochester, NY

• Reagent Manufacturing Planning Lead for product lines specific to our single largest external customer and partner. Acted as the direct liaison to our customers’ operations management and supply chain teams and.
• Responsible for the preparation of master production schedules for operations and ensured that the consensus plan was effectively communicated both within the business as well as to our external customer
• Tracked and published weekly and monthly reports on production and supply chain performance to our business plan goals via sales and operations planning
• Advised management of the status of work in progress, material availability, capacity load and potential manufacturing constraints

Rochester, New York Area

• Responsible for the sales order generation and control of all Foreign Military Sales orders.
• Ensured the booking of all new orders and order modifications in a timely maner in order to generate sales for our International Business Unit.
• Worked cross-functionally with Program Management, Central Sales and Trade Compliance to ensure that all needs are understood and met for order excecution, including export license generation as well as export (and.

• Acted as a divisional compliance resource on international business endeavors. This included analyzing international business initiatives for regulatory requirements (both ITAR and EAR99) and providing guidance to.
• Responsible for the clearance of over $15 Million in quarterly imports from a regulatory and auditory perspective. This included interfacing with sales support and brokers in order to ensure efficient importation and.
• Executed divisional ‘Incoming Foreign National Visitor’ policies including entity screening and activity review and approval against the requisite licenses
• Responsible for gathering and maintaining cross-divisional trade metrics on a quarterly basis to be reported to the Corporate Vice President and General Counsel

• Supported circuit board production activities of our Falcon III product line. This included the creation and management of our SMT work queue based on demand and capacity requirements and ensuring efficient execution
• Collaborated with operations, purchasing and business planning in order to ensure the meeting of shipping dates according to sales forecasts or customer orders
• Monitored engineering changes and communicated when the changes would occur in production based on part availability and inventory levels
• Maintained appropriate flow of production using a newly constructed WIP capacity model and Kanban methodologies to signal authorization of production.

• Provided Business Analyst support to the Lean Transformation Team within Manufacturing, ensuring that changes to facilities, processes, or Focus Factory organizations that have impact to the existing MES platform are.
• Served as the focal point for best practice implementation across Focus Factories, including: ~Worked to define implementation methods that effectively deploy standard methods across independent FF's ~Project managed.
• Successfully managed two individual projects to improve COMSEC material flow and identification in order to better adhere to NSA policies and reduce the possibility for policy violations
• Assisted with Lean Transformation communications and training, such as the creation and execution of lean training efforts within manufacturing, survey creation to measure affectivity of lean activities and based on.

• Supported production activities and ensured maximum line up-time which included the releasing of work orders, running necessary reports to monitor work order demand changes and to act accordingly
• Collaborated with operations, purchasing and business planning in order to ensure the meeting of shipping dates according to sales forecasts or customer orders
• Assisted operations and manufacturing engineering in implementing a single-piece flow practice for remote control production as well as better tracking of daily production targets
• Implemented Six Sigma green belt charter of developing a standardized tagging system for all of Harris RF manufacturing

Emerging Executives Program, Constellation Brands

New Leader Program - Cohort 2, Constellation Brands

Master'S Degree, Business Analytics

Concentration in Marketing

Bachelor Of Science, International Business, Accounting