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Montvale, New Jersey

Harrisonburg, Virginia

• Supervised a team of 5 associates with responsibility for production scheduling, material procurement, and inventory planning for ambient and frozen units.• Initiated and achieved 30% reduction in stock at risk inventory with a starting value of $13M and reaching an all-time low of $9M over a nine-month period.• Leveraged vendor contacts and relationships with key suppliers to manage product misalignment.

Clark, New Jersey

• Mitigated risk and material obsolescence for 3 plants containing taste ingredients and products by tracking over $20M in inventory.• Oversaw demand forecasts for critical raw materials and finished goods within a network of 150 sites globally and 18,000 stock keeping units.• Achieved 95% on time in full requested deliveries to customers while pioneering implementation of SAP production planning for 3 separate facilities.

Edison, New Jersey

• Collected merchandise from soft center with 5 inbound and outbound trucks per hour containing packages for transport to their anticipated locations.

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

• Led members on business etiquette, networking, branding, and DEI initiatives.• Support office with mailing, organizing job fairs, documenting online database, and calls.

Easton, Pennsylvania

• Supported the company's overall supply chain and operations by utilizing Lean Six Sigmacontinuous improvement principles.• Organized 3 separate projects updating process flow maps for all machines, calculating new yield targets for critical finished products, and minimizing overall scrap and waste.