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.
• 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.
• 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.

• 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

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 at the.