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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Denver & Cleveland

• Manage a network of national distributors for two specialty beverage brands sold in supermarketchains, convenience stores, and various retail and beverage outlets
• Streamlined eCommerce kitting and fulfillment processes by developing agile forecasting tools and standard operating procedures
• Led the identification and selection of a 3rd party warehouse to service accounts in the southern US
• Launched international direct-to-consumer shipments in conjunction with FedEx Trade Networks
• Conducted market research and analyzed sales metrics to launch new flavors and plan promotions

• Managed the execution of marketing and communications programs by a third party manufacturer (TPM) in collaboration with brand teams, finance, QA, supply chain, and IT. Controlled $3MM annual budget for labor.
• Measured promotion-specific marketing performance through SalesForce.com reporting, Magento eCommerce Platform Backend, and TPM's reporting system
• Optimized data aggregation process for Pedialyte and Similac ad-hoc promotions and sampling
• Supported the launch of two eCommerce channels, both with unique requirements—a Jet.com third party seller agreement and a subscription-based Similac website
• Wrote and managed Request for Proposal (RFP) process for eCommerce fulfillment business
• Established corrective and preventative quality assurance action plans. Performed root cause analysis, product batch tracking, and warehouse certification compliance

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Identified, analyzed, and resolved issues between Abbott and TPM including systems integrations, reporting, and inventory accuracy
• Anticipated inventory issues and created new SAP processes to reduce variances below 5% for the first time, establishing a new benchmark for inventory accuracy.
• Implemented a cost avoidance strategy that saved $500M by mitigating product excess and expiry at TPM by performing certified inspections and reworks to extend the salable life of the product
• Led annual wall-to-wall physical inventory with under 1% shrinkage rate
• Improved the fulfillment operations order reconciliation process by writing a macro to merge several sales documents, reducing weekly processing time by 33% and increasing order accuracy

Columbus, Ohio

• Coordinated the production of gratis kits by ensuring the on-time delivery of literature, shipping components, and product to a TPM.
• Managed inventory levels, transactions, and financial reporting for AbbottStore.com business
• Increased monthly inventory reconciliation accuracy from 92% to 100%.
• Evaluated and processed systems access requests as Division Security Coordinator

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Manage print procurement for Abbott sales and marketing brand support. Responsible for pricing, sourcing, project management and reporting.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Established inventory controls and maintenance intervals by assessing the usable life of equipment
• Reduced downtime associated with equipment failure by 20% in 6 months
• Evaluated potential suppliers and contractors when bidding out jobs over $10,000
• Supervised several corporate expenditures with budgets exceeding $100,000 each
• Collaborated with CGX Corporate to negotiate payment and rebate terms for new vendors

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Completed rotations in engineering, customer service, accounting, inventory management, and purchasing.
• Obtained full ISO recertification receiving zero issues of nonconformance
• Scheduled and oversaw internal and external quality audits
• Identified opportunities for process improvement and implemented solutions based on results of internal audits
• Reported to executive management weekly with updates and suggestions for continued improvement

Columbus, Ohio

• Researched and analyzed economic and trade opportunitiesin select world markets to determine target areas for Ohio products and companies
• Facilitated diplomatic and trade delegations and business development missions
• Collaborated with Ohio’s overseas offices to stimulate foreign direct investment
• Assisted in the preparation and execution of several events including the 30th Anniversary dinner celebration of the Hubei-Province, People’s Republic of China, Sister-State Relationship at Ohio Governor’s Residence.

Bachelor Of Arts And Sciences, International Relations & Diplomacy, Modern Greek

Activities and Societies: Mount Leadership Society Scholars Program, Sigma Epsilon Phi Greek Cultural Fraternity, Northside Library.

Modern Greek

Studied Modern Greek, Ecopolitics, History Fall Semester, 2010