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Saint Paul, Mn, Us

United States

Manage within all Warehouse and Inventory Control areas. SAP operating system and external supporting systems utilized to drive Order Fulfillment, Receiving, FIFO, stock rotation, allergen controls, food safety, food defense. Cycle Count program and variance reconciliation and root cause analysis. Manage Inventory storage and distribution for multiple production facilities. Manage trailer drop yard processes ensuring temperature controls and food safety compliance. Manage Warehouse and Inventory Control Teams, coordinate with other departments and facilities to consolidate and standardize processes and controls.

United States

Production of Specialty Food Products and Gifts for small, midsize, and large retailers.

Albert Lea, Minnesota

Balchem Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets specialty performance ingredients and products for the food, nutritional, feed, pharmaceutical, medical sterilization, and industrial markets in the United States and internationally. Health and Wellness Products Manufacture and Distribution. Previously Zumbro River Brand Inc. Provide Agglomeration and Extrusion of Protein and Components for Healthier alternatives.

Minnesota

Manage personnel over several departments while developing root cause analysis for identified improvement opportunities, and SOP's to standardize correctives within the process(s). Also ensured that process changes tied to other departments/individuals to improve efficiency and accuracy end to end.Assumed responsibility as the primary leader of the Food Defense systems and programs, including BRC, and HACCP program certified.. Developed programs that connected Load Quality, Inventory Control, Receiving, Replenishment, Staging, and Loading, and ultimately delivery. Responsible for monitoring KPI data, and identifying opportunities to close process gaps, failures, and inefficiencies across the organization. Identified and/or developed tools and personnel necessary to maintain internal and external customer satisfaction, and communication of those plans and successes to appropriate personnel within the organization.

Manage all US operations in the distribution and supply chain areas. Strong emphasis on change management, and process implementation that mirror WMS flows. Trained and developed cross-functional teams that reduced segmentation of the business. Wrote, trained, and implemented SOP’s for operations in Distribution and Warehousing that included industry requirements, food defense, food safety, and FSSC22000 certification requirements.Developed and managed the construction of a secure drop yard to facilitate pick to load operations. Cost Savings $40,000+/year. Reduced product handling by pick/pack to truck, versus restaging finished product multiple times prior to loading. Developed and trained the team to manage the drop yard and the trailers according to HACCP and FSSC22000 Food Defense requirements.Developed and trained team in Replenishment System driven by reports, and communications with sales and procurement to reduce shortages at time of pick to pack. Cost Savings: $35,000/year through achieved efficiency increases that led to headcount reduction. Future enhancements will increase cost savings with ROI of 3 years. Eliminated seven roles in the warehouse in January of 2018 through increased team efficiency, and reduction in non- value added tasks. Cost Savings $200,000/yearReason left: Business unit outsourced to 3PL, organization flattened and position eliminated.

Monmouth, Illinois

Worked with GC and Corporate to develop/finish construction of new state of the art Distribution Center. Approximately 300,000 square feet with ambient, cooler, freezer, and blast freezing. Hired, trained and developed 150 team members. Provided training and development to Supervision. Develop standards, process, training for staff. Develop system drivers and document controlled processes. Successfully processed over 1 billion pounds volume throughput in 9 months.

Rochelle, Illinois

Several positions held, starting at entry level MHE operator. Spent several years in Inventory Control after transition to JDA (Red Prairie) WMS. Worked as an Operations Supervisor after completing BA at Ashford University. Managed in a 100,000 square foot Distribution Center, Frozen and Cooler. 50 team mates were direct reports.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Organizational Management

Certification, Haccp

Non Seafood HACCP Certification achieved.