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Camden, Nj, Us

Camden, Nj, Us

• Actively manage and procure for an agriculture category of 100+ items with a total spend of ~$60MM• Appointed as the lead liaison between the Co-Manufacturing & Ingredient Procurement team, acting as the project lead for Plum Organics Co-Manufacturing related activities involving ingredient needs• Successfully implemented over $1MM in cost saving projects across the Plum Organics, Pacific Foods, & Campbell categories in FY20• Managed multiple end to end RFP processes from the category manager side that led to 4+ new ingredient approvals• Currently leading the business case for a Centralized Storage Program (Hub & Spoke Model) for the Plum Organics category in order to raise service levels, drive cost savings/working capital, & improve business continuity• Developed a full Category Strategy playbook across the Fruit/Veg Puree space that includes harvest/contract season calendars, spend visibility, approved suppliers, open contracts, enabler pipelines, etc.• Responsible for all Plum pouch ingredients coverage in an offline Run-Out report that acts as the ERP system between Campbell and the Co-Mans. Through maintaining this report, I then created and sustained a master Purchasing Guidelines for the Co-Man to reference when placing PO’s

Camden, Nj, Us

• Successfully managed 20+ sourcing initiatives through the Ariba e-sourcing platform with a total spend of ~370MM across the following categories: Paper Packaging, Flexible Packaging, Fresh Ingredients, Commodities, Logistics, & MRO, • Created an analysis in the fresh ingredient space utilizing the excel solver add-in to help optimize the current portfolio of the Campbell grower network. The project led to a 3% cost avoidance from the previous year scenario on a total spend of ~80MM• Assisted in the creation of the Corrugated, PET, & MRO category strategies by adding the following insights: spend analytics, business continuity, market research, current contracts, SWOT analysis, etc.• Led a project on analyzing the Packaging High Risk Categories and created a Supplier Risk Scorecard to discover the categories that needed to be resourced by cross functional stakeholders to help mitigate supply risk• Supported negotiations in the Flexible Packaging RFP by creating a tool within excel that can delegate volumes, show coverage, and account for added savings potential that led to a savings of 15% on 24MM in spend• Responsible for on-boarding and training new sourcing analysts in the following tools and processes: 7-step Strategic Sourcing Process, SAP, Ariba Suite, CLM, Pricing Analysis, Enabler Reporting, etc.• Participated in 30+ negotiations across Ingredients, Packaging, and Indirect Procurement• Led a global collaborative sourcing initiative across 30 manufacturing sites with another large food manufacturing company that resulted in 25% hard savings and inspired further collaborative sourcing initiatives and benchmarking relationships• Developed the F20 Sourcing Calendar to define the scope of sourcing initiatives and the addressable/non-addressable spend in the coming year• Supported weekly cross-functional enabler meetings by tracking and reporting on all savings projects in the pipeline for both Ingredients & Packaging

Leuven, Be

- Responsible for managing and staffing 120+ union drivers/helpers both in the warehouse and trade to facilitate the service of 6,500+ accounts in the NYC area - Successfully planned and executed 20-70 routes (volume dependent) on a daily basis across Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island with the average route grossing ~$10,000-15,000 - Worked closely with the sales and centralized routing teams to track Minimum Order Quantity restrictions and eliminated multiple orders of less than 10 cases at an account per week - Served as the market “floating supervisor” overseeing and executing safety monitoring goals, customer complaint resolutions, driver safety concerns and account delivery details - Managed and Oversaw delivery critical KPI’s and PI’s including: Transport Labor Productivity, Cases Per Truck, Delivery Quality Index, Customer Delivery Performance, Time in Route, Refusal %, etc. - Received a DPO (Distribution Process Optimization) certificate for completion of a course covering inventory tracking, managing techniques, labor relations, safety topics, case study competitions, etc. - Achieved a Qlik Sense (data analytics technology) Subject Matter Expert certification and assisted in implementing the technology at the NY WOD - Created a process map to outline how to record and resubmit refusals that occur in the trade due to the 14hr driving law

Leuven, Be

- Optimized the Warehouse pick process by developing a multi-order Match Tool in excel that combines similar orders to then be picked together on walkie-riders that have multiple pallet capabilities. This led to ~12% time efficiencies in the overall pick process -- Completed a PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) project over the course of a 5-month training and presented the final project the Senior Zone Logistics Director and high-level managers - Created high level analysis documents for an SKU Rationalization project that broke down different types of Supply Chain Loss due to SKU’s that were dumped and had little/no share of the business - Controlled inventory levels at the Wholesale level by analyzing supply to generate shipments and fill/consolidate light loads while on my rotation with the Business Service Center- Successfully completed Six Sigma Green Belt, White Belt, and OSHA trainings

Camden, Nj, Us

• Successfully managed 10+ sourcing initiatives with a total spend of ~$46MM that generated a hard savings of 15% across the following categories: Flexible Packaging, Adhesives, Food Grade Chemicals, Dairy Products, Agriculture, Logistics, & Capital• Led a global collaborative sourcing initiative across 30 manufacturing sites with another large food manufacturing company that resulted in 25% hard savings and inspired further collaborative sourcing initiatives and benchmarking relationships • Enhanced my skills in analytics, negotiation, organization, problem solving, professional communication, and leadership• Created high level analysis documents for senior managers to assist in negotiation strategy development and execution• Participated in 15+ negotiations across both Direct and Indirect Procurement• Effectively developed the business case for justification of implementing a Procurement Card program, as well as a new e-sourcing technology platform• Responsible for on-boarding and training new sourcing analysts in the following tools and processes: 7-step Strategic Sourcing Process, SAP, Ariba Suite, Contract Life Management, Hoovers (DMV), etc.• Built a strategic sourcing guide relative to Campbell for the use of on-boarding employees and the strategic sourcing team• Completed intensive category strategy development and supplier relationship management trainings• Assisted in a payment terms initiative by analyzing net cash invoices and doing spend analytics on the different waves• Created a standard RFP template to be utilized by all of Campbell Global Procurement• Used high level excel functions to do a full master data clean up in order to better Campbell internal information

Charlotte, Nc, Us

• Performed many tasks as a merchandiser, including accurately forecasting trends in consumer buying, managing demand levels, and working in the warehouse pulling/loading orders on a daily basis• Enhanced my understanding of the distribution to retailer process of the Supply Chain• Produced layout plans and merchandised short-term displays based on seasonal preference• Controlled stock levels based on forecasts for the spring and summer season• Resolved warehouse stock issues by identifying alternative products that sold successfully and met the needs of the customer • Successfully bought and merchandised product on a route grossing $20,000 per week as a vendor• Enhanced leadership skills through successfully training a new Snyder’s-Lance vendor on a route grossing $10,000 per week

• Performed multiple tasks as a server, including waiting tables, processing food orders and providing effective customer service• Demonstrated leadership skills through training newly hired employees on waiting tables, processing orders through the point of sale system and opening/closing restaurant tasks • Achieved the annual customer appreciation bonus award for providing effective customer service• Successfully enhanced time management skills as well as formal communication skills by interacting with multiple customers and colleagues on a regular basis