Leanne Khoury Email & Phone Number

Buffalo, New York, United States

Rochester, Ny

Buffalo, New York, United States

• Act as a member of the Company’s Senior Management team by driving its strategic initiatives and modeling the Company’s values, missions and standard of conduct • Oversee the coordination of production activities to ensure that total manufacturing objective are accomplished in a timely and cost effective manner• Developed cost effective systems of control over operating expenditures, staffing and wages which has resulted in a 10% cost per pound savings • Establish operating budget and objectives for Operations to ensure that they are met• Collaborate with Quality Assurance and Human Resources to ensure compliance with all legislation

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Lead the Company’s project management office (PMO) at the Corporate level, which includes various organization-wide cross-functional initiatives by aligning business strategy to tangible results• Manage 17 different initiatives which include establishing Brand goals, Sales discount goals per territory, and cost savings• Ensure projects sponsors, leads, and team members were aligned with project scope, key performance indicators and deadlines along with creating standard forms and reports that should be used • Project Leader for varies projects within the organization including chocolate transition project, increase profitability project, MRP implementation and automatic labor ticket entry• Led cross-functional team to create and implement a new product development process that managed product creation and communication from development to finished product, which includes : new item setup, UPC codes, bill of materials, revisions through product development process, along with creation and maintenance of product specifications • Continue to act as the Contract Manufacturing Sales Representative

Buffalo, Ny

• Act as the primary point of contact for all of SweetWorks’ contract manufacturing customers• Maintain a strong knowledge of SweetWorks’ products and manufacturing procedures in order to provide outstanding service and recognize when there is an opportunity for growth• Facilitate the onboarding process for new contract customers which involves working with all departments to become compliant with their regulations and to produce product within their specifications • Negotiate yearly contracts and evaluate margin analysis to set prices for all items while also finding opportunities to increase profitability for each account• Work with contract manufacturers to create mutual agreed upon KPIs, cost savings goals, and new product development • Attend trade shows to establish new sales and customers that could benefit from SweetWorks’ manufacturing capabilities

• Manage the multiple million dollar sales in sports licensed headwear for New Era’s largest account- Lids/Hatworld Canada.• Work directly with outside sales reps, and account buyers to facilitate the operations’ processes of designing, ordering, labeling, packaging, shipping, and invoicing merchandise.• Work with internal departments and business partners to ensure vendor compliance requirements are being met domestically and globally.• Coordinate the EDI implementation project between the IT department and Lids.• Analyze, manage and utilize EDI documents, Business Intelligence reports, and SAP Business Management Software.• Organize & Create agendas for key account visits to our headquarters to ensure efficiency.

• Managed the Global Supply Chain Integration process from China to the USA. Took substantial responsibility for assisting the factory’s logistics team with packing and labeling the outbound shipments, along with utilizing SAP to execute the process.• Trained four new employees in the Logistics department as well as other New Era vendors in the use of SAP within daily operations.• Participated in a Global Symposium which educated New Era’s overseas factories on processes and developed stronger working relationships. • Managed daily bookings from overseas factories, evaluated information from SAP, and worked with the freight forwarder to approve final freight releases. • Coordinated outbound shipments from the local DC which included following the customer’s specific routing guides and researching the cheapest and most efficient ways to ship our products.• Developed an understanding of supply chain processes at New Era Cap to resolve problems between logistics and the departments of sourcing, finance, and customer service.• Provided weekly delivery updates for upcoming shipments for all National Account customers

• Assist Sales representatives with introduction calls for potential new customers• Research different industries and companies for new leads• Arrange pickup and delivery times at various locations• Dispatch drivers

• Created the Purchasing Department handbook• Processed purchase requisitions, and assigned purchase order number• Processed purchase orders from approved requisitions• Distributed purchase orders as designated• Contacted suppliers with any questions or new orders• Maintained purchasing department files• Helped and entered any bid information from various companies

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), International Business

Bs, Management/Globa Supply Chain

Activities and Societies: ALPHA KAPPA PSI, Co-Ed Business Fraternity, Delta Tau President (11/06-Present) •Volunteer Wednesdays.