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Shakopee, Minnesota, United States

Shakopee, Mn

Senior Buyer-information Technology.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across multiple partners and in numerous categories• Identify and utilize industry trends to build a pipeline of savings• Advance and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers• Developed holistic strategy for facility services initiative across General Mills to standardize processes and consolidate vendor base

Golden Valley, Minnesota

• Led project teams through a structured sourcing process including development of category strategy, planning, RF(x), negotiations, and supplier selection that led to successful commercialization of partnerships• Led a group of cross-functional leaders to develop, write and implement a new technology policy• Relied upon to be functional expert for the IT Maintenance budget

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers• Navigate project teams through a structured sourcing process including development of category strategy, planning, RF(x), negotiations, and supplier selection that leads to successful commercialization of partnerships• Lead a cross-functional client team including Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, and IT to develop and execute a $42M IT Maintenance budget• Influence a diverse client base throughout our corporate office and our Global Business Solutions department to create sourcing best practices and drive productivity• Assess vendor/contract issues and risks - recommend mitigation strategies• Provide continuous improvement leadership across categories and partners• Lead/Support projects independently to support business objectives • Provide volume and spend data reports and insights for opportunity pipeline• Leverage industry and economic trends relevant to my category in order to…• Provide SAP (Enterprise Resource Planning Tool) expertise and recommendations to enable solutions• Provide savings of $750k a year through providing efforts described above

Inventory Planning and Replenishment Planning team lead for Logility implementationPower User for ongoing Logility processes and upgradesWrote and organized over 20 business processes during the implementation of Logility.Maintain distribution budget at or below plan while finding areas in which to streamline processes and reduce costsCoordinate the pipeline fill and represent supply chain requirements in the introduction of all new Bou Gourmet productsMaintain monthly physical inventory reconciliations with non-Caribou warehousesOrdered fulfillment from stock outs at 99.75% in 2010 and 98.9% in 2011 on an order basisCoordinate multiple inventory locations and warehouse transfersReduce lead times of purchase orders and warehouse transfersEnsure compliance with warehouse policies, procedures, and inventory levelsAnalyze seasonal trends and adjust inventory levels to meet projected demandsSupport Marketing in the planning and execution of promotionsWork with Quality Assurance to successfully execute product withdrawals and recallsAssist Learning and Development, Marketing, Store Operations, and Research and Development in the conception and launch of Operations and Marketing tests

Led cross-functional, storewide meetings on a variety of Safety topicsCompleted weekly and monthly safety auditsInteracted with customers to gain insight into current trendsCommunicated with Store Manager to find best practices for setting up new displays and seasonal changesAssisted with local marketing both in-store and out in the communityPlanned, set-up, and ran in store promotionsFamiliarized consumers with product specifications and assisted them in the best possible decision for their needs

Bachelor Of Science, Business Management

Continuing education: Supervision I, Business Writing, Toastmasters

Bs, Management And Econ