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Harrisburg, PA, US

United States

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Hershey, PA

Hershey, PA

~ Design, develop and lead high impact Quality Improvement and Process Improvement initiatives. ~Partnered with Chief Quality Officer to design and launch a house-wide Mortality Morbidity Improvement Committee focusing on reducing the number of mortalities. ~ Drive significant improvement in quality outcomes, organizational functions and systems.~ Build a.

~ Evaluate core data management processes, recommending solutions to improve efficiency and reduce cost.

~ Lead team of HRIS professionals improving the system experience for 22,000 employees.~ Build integration across people, systems, process & business requirements.~ Improve HR processes and launch new technologies.Manage annually:~ 5,300 employees Goals and Performance forms~ 600 Succession Planning Evaluations~ 1,900 Requisitions~ 300,000 HR Portal.

~ Lead innovative, cross-functional projects significantly reducing costs and creating new organizational capabilities.~ Co-create the Hershey Continuous Improvement System - blending the best of LEAN, Six Sigma and Toyota Production System concepts.

~ Create Supply Chain Scorecard to drive operational changes.~ Implement innovative Supply Chain programs to optimize costs.

~ Develop 3-5 year strategic plan to bridge capability/infrastructure gaps.~ Translate strategy into operational reality and manage entire portfolio of 10-12 initiatives.~ Design and implement Core Competency Framework for 1,000 Logistics professionals.

~ Impact $4 billion dollars of customer sales by managing $77 million dollars of freight spend per year (2.7 billion lbs) going through 10 distribution centers, 35,000 ship-to locations, 101 carriers and 36 pool facilities.~ Motivate, manage, coach and mentor 8-10 people in high stress situations.

~ Survived Hershey's SAP implementation, identifying and resolving urgent root cause issues.

~ Replenished inventories for 8 Distribution Centers servicing 1,159 stores.

~ Plan, implement and operate programs ranging from 10 - 40,000 participants and budgets from $10k - $5M.

~ Coordinate annual conference with over 85 sessions, 125 speakers and 3,000 attendees.

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General And English Literature/Letters

Lean Systems Certification, Lean, Process Improvement, Continuous Improvement

True Lean Systems Program based on Toyota Production Management System

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt

Masters Certificate In Logistics And Supply Chain Management

Certificate In Project Management

Logistics In Supply Chain Management

Executive Seminar

Undergraduate Certificate In Logistics