Managed, sourced and negotiated prices for all raw material categories, including commodities, chemicals, flavors, fragrances, API categories, totaling annual spend of $75,000,000 across 4,000 raw materials. Developed and implemented sourcing strategies for raw materials for the U.S. plants. Negotiated agreements for cost reduction, supplier inventory holding, payment term extensions, and service level commitments. • Developed and implemented sourcing strategies for raw materials for the U.S. plants. • Negotiated agreements for cost reduction, supplier inventory holding, payment term extensions, and service level commitments. • Identified and executed annual rebate agreements totaling $1,000,000. • Fostered effective relationships with sales, R&D, and operations to understand and support business needs. • Communicated monthly progress and achievements against goals to Procurement management. • Developed and implemented strategies to mitigate supply risks. • issued RFI/RFP and provide bid award recommendations for approval. • Assisted in the annual budget forecast. • Improved quality of service to internal and external stakeholders/customers by communicating raw material concerns proactively and mitigating material concerns timely. • Managed supplier relationships, provided performance feedback to suppliers, collaborated with suppliers to develop and implement cost-saving, working capital reduction, and continuous improvement initiatives. • Led communications to sales/finance on price variances and reasoning.

Planned production for internal and co-manufacturing (tolling and turnkey) facilities, maintaining 96% fill rate. Acquired and analyzed raw materials through material requirements planning to support scheduled production. Managed purchasing of flavors, protein, and packaging categories, totaling annual spend of $450,000,000 across 800 SKUs. Managed raw material inventory levels related to internal space constraints. Designed and maintained out-of-stock inventory report based on forecasted requirements. Analyzed inventory levels within ERP and established safety stock levels.• Launched 25 new products on time.• Served as supply chain lead on new product launches, ensuring new products launched on time.• Developed and maintained inventory reports based on targeted days on-hand and inventory levels to increase business efficiency and improve business processes.• Coordinated quality matters and engineering changes/developments between company activities and suppliers.• Improved quality of service to internal and external stakeholders by communicating and updating supplier commitment dates in ERP.• Managed obsolescence of raw material and finished products while maintaining proper inventory levels and minimizing write-off liabilities.• Tracked and expedited QA release of raw material urgently needed for production.• Researched root cause of inventory discrepancies with systematic issues resulting in low available inventories and customer service levels.

Managed $18,000,000 spend across six ingredient categories, including mitigating supply risk, negotiating pricing and payment terms, maintaining complex supply base, and project management. Managed additional $60,000,000 in categories on an interim basis. Served as procurement lead on SAP implementation, including standardizing nomenclature for item descriptions and assigning material groupings for 13 plants. Led various projects, including implementation of specification and document repository software, as well as ingredient and supplier transitions.• Identified and implemented cost-saving projects worth $500,000, involving cross-functional teams.• Acted as procurement contact for effective support and material/contract management.• Acquired and analyzed data for material requirements planning and consumption reports for category manager usage.• Developed and maintained cost standards/cost models to support category managers in achieving market advantage targets.• Assisted in AOP process.

• Monitored major strategic sourcing projects by estimating actual savings realized by business units and comparing actual savings results to estimated savings.• Worked with strategic sourcing category managers, suppliers, and business units to capture actual prices and usage/consumption to determine actual spend by unit.• Validated models of historical spending and estimates of projected savings.• Communicated estimates of actual savings to business units for incorporation in monthly reporting and forecasts throughout the yearly cycle as well as for planning and budgeting.

• Create and analyze monthly and yearly sales metrics package• Develop and analyze monthly and yearly financial analyses by item, channel, and customer• Create and analyze detailed point-of-sale reports • Assists and prepares yearly sales budget • Develop and analyze sales reports for new product introductions for purchasing forecasting• Work extensively with data warehouse systems; constructed and submitted queries• Preparation of ad hoc reports for senior executives

• Provide daily, monthly and yearly sales analyses and reconciliations• Create and analyze rebate and commission accruals and payments• Develop models to help identify volume, price, product and customer mix impact on sales and gross profit• Create and evaluate actual sales variances against forecast and yearly plan • Assists sales team with preparing monthly and yearly forecasts• Data collection and analysis of sales representatives performance and measurement• Preparation of ad hoc reports for senior executives

• Provided financial overviews for all major operating activities• Reviewed, analyzed, and evaluated products for profitability• Developed comparison of projected sales to actual sales for management• Developed costing plans and analyzed actual profit/loss• Created and analyzed month end closings and financial analyses• Monitored and maintained inventory levels against sales, preparing monthly sales reports• Monitored and maintained raw material levels against sales estimates• Inventory production allocation• Reporting of royalty statements