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Cincinnati Area, Ky

Initiative Delivery Project Leader: Hair Care 2018 - currentLeading multi-functional team integration to deliver breakthrough innovation in timely and quality manner for the Pantene franchise in North America. • Innovation pipeline for US and Canada markets.• Innovative supply chain solutions for direct to consumer and e-Commerce channels.

Cincinnati Metro Area

Resourceful and effective leader with experience in consumer products (fabric care, home care, hair care, beauty care) and pharmaceutical businesses. Comprehensive proficiency in Project Management and New Product Launch across variety of supply chain solutions, leading rapid development and expansion of well-established franchises across multiple geographies. Additional expertise in manufacturing operations, supply chain design and optimization, and process / facilities engineering. Passion for work system design and organizational effectiveness. Certifications include Project Management Professional (PMP), Six Sigma Black Belt, Total Productive Maintenance, and Validation.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Drove integration of multi-functional teams to deliver breakthrough innovation, stretch business objectives and accelerate launch timing. Clarified business objectives and success criteria and drove timely decisions. Facilitated effective issue resolution. Presented transparent risk assessments. Supplied diligent change requests. Executed detailed learning and delivery plans according to schedule. • Delivered 2018 Clairol innovation plan (formula and package restage) to US, UK, Canada, and Australia markets in 1 year expedited timing. Overall franchise contribution: $11M incremental net revenue through 7% net outside sales and 4% cost of goods savings.• Evaluated, designed, and implemented new initiative tracking systems and training programs, developing organization capability during transition from Procter & Gamble to Coty.

Cincinnati, Oh

Global Initiative Delivery Leader: Beauty Care 2013 – 2016; Home Care 2010 – 2013; Fabric Care 1997 - 2002Led multi-functional team integration to deliver breakthrough innovation in timely and quality manner for three billion dollar brands significant business units. • Delivered the 2016 Clairol innovation bundle via a package restage and line extension for the US, UK, and Canada markets. Overall franchise contribution: +$10M incremental net outside sales.• Supplied new Febreze candle and aerosol line extensions and seasonal scent lines that grew the Febreze business 20% in annual sales and 22% in annual profits.• Guided the global expansion of Downy and Bounce into 4 new markets, which grew fabric refresher business 15% in annual global sales and 12% in global annual profits.

Cincinnati, Oh

External Supply Operations Leader (2005 - 2010)Managed 5 business/site leaders and 8 third-party manufacturing sites for P&G’s laundry and home care products; Provided tactical planning and execution of daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual routines to deliver performance results in safety, quality, productivity, cost, cash, customer service, and morale.• Launched Febreze fabric refresher, aerosols, candles and car fresheners at third party operations that created the platform for one of P&G’s Billion Dollar brands. Supply chain complexity changed from 4 sku’s /2 countries to 1,200 sku’s /12 countries. • Improved customer service rate 25%, quality scrap factor 42%, and reduce inventory 15% through focused improvement and loss analysis activities.External Supply, Global Material Supply Manager (2002 – 2005)Served as North America supply leader to evaluate and source materials and service, improve production systems (cost, quality, reliability), and secure business continuity plans for P&G’s fabric and home care third party operations.• Facilitated supplier development and negotiations of 100 strategic raw and packing materials across 35 material vendors that delivered $2M - $4M annual savings, 20% reduction in quality defects, and 15% customer service responsiveness.

Norwich, Ny

Plant Engineer (1994- 1996)Led the Site Technical Systems for the North Norwich prescription products facility. Managed 4 facility engineers and 5 technician leaders, $5M - $10M annual capital budget owner; site capital project manager; site technical validation owner. • Installed site manufacturing capabilities and delivered validation requirements for new product NDA submission. Reliability & Production Maintenance Manager (1992 – 1994)Directed the production maintenance, quality tracking, and capital improvement systems for the making and packing operations at the North Norwich prescription products facility. Managed 4 process engineers and 15 production maintenance technicians to improve cost, quality, and responsiveness.• Implemented Total Production Maintenance across 8 making systems and 10 packing lines that reduced downtime 15%, quality related loses 10%, and rate losses by 7% over a 2 year time period.

Norwich, Ny

Operations Department Manager, Over the Counter Products (1989 – 1992)Served as leader of 3 team managers and 28 technicians for the OTC module of products (Chloroseptic, Pepto Bismol, and Norwich Aspirin); providing tactical planning and execution of daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual routines to deliver performance results in safety, quality, productivity, cost, cash, customer service, and morale.• Site leader to transition OTC operations to other manufacturing locations as part of the strategic transformation of the North Norwich site to prescription products only.Production Team Manager, Solid Dosage Forms (1987 - 1989)Managed a team of 15 technicians for the solid dosage form operations (granulating, blending, tablet & capsule making, packing); Implemented statistical process control and preventive tablet punch inspection programs.