Leah Kosmoski Email & Phone Number

Miami, Florida, United States

The core of my responsibilities are centered around the fresh and shelf stable produce categories. I've also taken on the role of investigating and executing global sourcing activity across all categories for all Subway restaurants across the world.

Miami, Florida, United States

IPC Lead for Produce. Oversee procurement of all ambient and fresh produce items totaling $374 Million in annual spend. Act as the liaison between IPC / the SUBWAY Brand Office, including communication to internal IPC stakeholders, BOD, and the SUBWAY team.

Miami, Florida

Category management responsibilities for pork, beef, chicken, tuna, eggs for US and Canada networks which represents over $450 Million in annual spend.Other areas of responsibility for the categories above include but are not limited to:Vendor ManagementPricing & Forecasts, Commodity TrackingContracts, RFPs & NegotiationsSourcing & Product DevelopmentDistribution & LogisticsSupply Challenges & Risk Management

Greater Atlanta Area

▪ Manage sourcing for all categories within the organization ▪ Pricing and contract management▪ Contract negotiations▪ Special projects such as RFPs, market testing new products and programs, yield studies▪ Price variance▪ Will complete the roll out of a national produce program by Dec 2019 across 800 locations▪ Plant visits▪ Product optimization and roll out: including reducing sugar, antibiotics, artificial ingredients and environmentally hazardous packaging materials▪ Currently studying to complete the CPSM, goal is to complete by early 2020

Greater Atlanta Area

▪ Responsible for all product procurement activities: new product sourcing, managing vendors & contracts, pricing verification & analysis, monitoring commodity markets▪ Negotiate price & contract terms – in 2017 negotiated $2MM in system-wide cost savings or $3,000 per store.▪ Perform pricing audits & upload contracts via HALO contract management system – 0 lapsed contracts, mitigated 50% of proposed pricing increases▪ Prepare and manage RFPs across multiple product categories▪ Manage launch of produce program test to increase product visibility, ensure food safety, & deliver significant cost savings ▪ Develop Supplier Onboarding Manual to streamline vendor qualification process▪ Establish future cost savings event and strategic planning road map

Atlanta, Ga

▪ Organized & launched all market tests- Launched 12 tests, 4 guest panels and over 100+ in café surveys. ▪ Project managed 3 menu tests across 640 locations including consumer research, product development, & marketing support. Resulted in an increase of 0.5 increased transactions per store.▪ Managed annual marketing budget in excess of $7.5 million▪ Coordinated vendor ideations, culinary excursions & market research efforts.▪ Developed streamlined product development stage-gate process, consumer survey scorecard & assisted in all test post mortem analysis

Greater Atlanta Area

▪ Composed marketing status reports, company-wide updates, webinars, website content, & marketing action plans.▪ Led cause marketing efforts resulting in $1MM raised for charity partner Camp Sunshine▪ Analyzed all promotional campaigns with subsequent recommendations for shared learning & future planning▪ Organized market tests for new products to determine operational, consumer & financial viability ▪ Managed product pipeline for integration into future calendar activities▪ Sourced and solicited new agencies for RFP submissions