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Los Angeles, California, Us

Founded in 2006, Revolution Foods, a Public Benefit Corporation and Certified B Corporation, is the leading provider of fresh vended meals for schools and senior citizens in California and Nevada. Revolution Foods serves well over 200K fresh meals per day to Charter Schools, Public School Districts, Senior Centers and Community Based Organizations.Leads Material Management (Sourcing, Procurement Operations, Inventory Control), Food Safety Quality Assurance, and Transportation (including in-house fleet of 150 trucks/vans) for the largest third-party K-12 school meal provider in California. Restructured the entire Material Management department including the establishment of Sourcing leadership roles and formalized Inventory Control management at each production center. - Developed and currently implementing a Sourcing strategy for $60 million annual spend on ingredients and packaging. Set goal of 5% budget reduction in the first year focusing on key categories / vendors. - Owns the weekly / monthly physical count process at each distribution location and determine variances between actuals to plan (and forecast). Implemented system lot and expiration tracking capabilities to mitigate waste. Revamped daily purchasing processes by implementing MRP module within ERP system, which included development of a new demand Forecast model and cleaning Item Master file for all existing SKUs. Created Food Safety Plan utilizing FSMA protocols including GMP and HAACP documentation. Reduced average monthly meal count with FSQA incident tickets by 200% from the first half to the second half of FY24.Manage transportation network for $140 million revenue business, encompassing over 160 daily routes to schools, daycare centers and direct to senior homes for both hot and cold food deliveries.

New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for Planning (Demand, Item Level and Supply), Distribution and Logistics teams supporting $300 million business delivering fresh (short shelf life) prepared meals directly to consumer’s homesImproved efficiency for Distribution operations by over 40% (meals packed per man hour worked) - packing over a half million meals weekly into individual unique customer orders - Modified physical and systemic processes to support new Wholesale channel (bulk orders)- Consolidated distribution network to improve contribution margin and determined disposition of assets from closed facilities Actively managed a Logistics network of line hauls and nine regional and national last mile carriers to deliver fresh food directly to customers in 1-2 days nationwide, while maintaining cold chain protocols- Identified and delivered over $1.3 million of savings initiatives in FY2022 while navigating network consolidation, volume volatility and dramatic fuel surcharge increases Reorganized distinct Planning functions into an S&OP team focused on servicing weekly menu assortment while maintaining tight production attainment goals to minimize stockouts and raw material waste

San Francisco, California, Us

Added the responsibilities of Food Safety, Corporate Services (Master Data Management and Enterprise IT) and New Channel Management (Development and Implementation of third party eCommerce and traditional retail partners)Facilitated business strategy to transition company from a single channel (DTC) to an omni-channel model- Oversaw cross-functional project team to configure Ready-to-Heat offering to be “retail ready” and serve as key product offering into new channels- Created Private Label business unit and is leading conversion projects to handle new requirements - Owned business relationship with first customer (launching January 2022) and on-track for $50 million in new revenue in year oneManaged efforts for integrating new business opportunities into the core company- Facilitated all Supply Chain / Operations workstreams needed for new single-serve Ready-to-Heat offering for DTC and on-shelf retail markets (launched in April 2021)- Established new Marketplace offering - selling third party products alongside our meal kit offering, which has added $5.00 of high margin revenue to the average order value

San Francisco, California, Us

Leads the National Procurement, Regional Replenishment, Inbound Logistics, Last Mile Delivery and Operations Project Manager teams supporting a national $250 million meal kit business Accountable for monthly procurement budget of $8 million for food, packaging and delivery services- Branding guidelines: organic produce, ABF meat, wild caught seafood and recyclable packaging- Built process to optimize customer packaging (ice / insulation / corrugate) considering transportation service, projected temperature at destination, FDA guidelines and product constraints- Optimized delivery network using line haul network and several last mile partnersLed strategic company initiatives – supporting multiple project managers to meet key metrics: - Food Cost initiative – successfully reduced weekly food cost spend by 25% by optimizing recipe mix for cost, resetting production yield factors, establishing produce contracts and grocery RFPs- Total Quality initiative – built the infrastructure for upcoming BRC audit, created a shelf life testing program, established cold chain monitoring from vendor dock to customer door - Inventory Level – reduced avg. level by $7 million (40%) via tighter control / facility consolidation

Responsible for all supply chain functions: Inventory Planning, Procurement, Food Quality Assurance, Co-Packer management, Distribution, Transportation and Customer Service. Established new Wholesale channel business model, facilitating the launch of the NatureBox brand into: Target, Safeway, Delta Airlines, Costco, Cost Plus, Barnes and Noble, Sprouts Farmers Market, and various Food Service distributors.Initially stabilized, and then continuously improved upon supply chain processes to enable further growth across all channels. Minimized supply chain costs by: implementing East Coast processing location, negotiating favorable third-party contracts, and reducing bulk food and packaging inventory levels. Outsourced Customer Service support resulting in dramatically increased capacity and reduced operating costs while maintaining high level of customer satisfaction. Implemented Chat and SMS channels.

New York, New York , Us

Responsible for these departments for the Bare Escentuals brand: Global Inventory Management (Supply Planning), Inventory Control, Product Kitting, Order Management and Allocations for all domestic channels (wholesale, retail, direct-to-consumer), Distribution and Transportation. Established a distribution shared services model servicing all Shiseido / BE corporate brands totaling $2 billion in retail sales. Consolidated warehouses into a single regional facility serving multiple brands. Implemented $11 million dollar material handling system which resulted in doubling previous storage and throughput capacity. Sponsored Warehouse Management System (WMS) project, selecting and successfully implementing top-tier WMS solution (Red Prairie WMS and Parcel management modules).

New York, New York , Us

Created new organizational group (Program Management Office) to manage the complex cross-functional projects that directly supported the company's strategic initiatives. Led team of Project Managers whom either led the projects or counseled business leads in project management skills. Presented status for each project directly to CEO and Executive Leadership team.Examples of successfully implemented projects: Established eCommerce channel in the UK, Redefined global product development process/timeline, Created a customer loyalty program, Launched solid mineral "Ready" product line globally, Implemented Sterling order management system (OMS).

New York, New York , Us

Responsible for multiple operations functions including: domestic Inventory Management, Order Management and Allocation, and direct-to-consumer Customer Service (first level support and escalations teams).

New York, New York , Us

Responsible for Order Management, Distribution and Customer Service for the direct-to-consumer sales channels (Web, Infomercial and Catalog). Transitioned distribution operations from 3PL provider to new in-house distribution center. Led project that established a third party customer service center (phone and email support for Americas region), while implementing a new web-based order management system. Led project that brought distribution function inhouse and selected/implemented new Call Center partner utilizing new inhouse OMS.

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Project manager for small consulting firm focused on retail and consumer product companies. Managed the development and implementation of a new merchandise system, supporting management of vendor, product and price change attributes for DFS - Duty Free Stores.

Cupertino, California, Us

Responsible for managing business process projects with either Apple's internal or contract manufacturing groups, serving as a liasion between Operations and IT.Designed business solution with contract manufactures to support configure-to-order product offering, covering areas of: product readiness, BOM creation, product costing, order management, procurement, B2B communication, distribution and logistics, and operational planning.

Us

Developed initiatives and redesigned supply chain processes focused on reducing distribution cost per order.

Dublin 2, Ie

Worked within Logistic Strategy Practice, focused on supply chain projects for several companies including (Levi Strauss, NIKE, Weyerhauser Paper, and Clorox).

Mba/Mem, Masters Of Management In Manufacturing (Mmm)

B.S., Industrial Engineering