Overseeing the entire purchasing, shipping, and receiving, warehouse management and material movement functions for the bakery.Advised on the implementation of a tailored ERP system to ensure long-term and sustainable growth.Define and implement operations strategy, structure, and processes, to eliminate waste, and downtown, and improve operational equipment effectiveness.Recommended significant process changes within the co-manufacturing and cold storage business units.

Lead all global indirect and direct procurement needs to efficiently and effectively reduce COGS and maximize margin, while enabling other functional partners to maximize the value they receive from suppliers to meet objectives.Collaboration with each business unit to lead centralized direct and indirect sourcing and procurement efforts.Development and implementation of forecasting tools, to improve purchasing efficiencies and establish inventory management tools and KPIs.Creation and implementation of a capital expenditure process that starts with demand management (via stakeholder management) that then drives supply analysis/strategy, supplier identification, sourcing execution contract negotiation, delivery planning and monitoring, purchase execution, and then ongoing performance management and improvement

♣ Lead development and execution of all sourcing related functions including category assessments, RFP development and execution, contract negotiations and supplier transitions.♣ Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives to contribute to operational cost savings measures outside of traditional sourcing activities.♣ Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization in managing the inventory levels for optional response to customer and manufacturing requirements, as well as avoiding negative impact of inventory losses.Manage vendor performance and

Analyze and report category performances that involved growth objectives, as well as present reports and identify variable impact on performance compared to established metrics.Determine areas to focus on regarding: Product assortment, promotions and new product introductions.Evaluates market conditions in order to maintain inventory levels and control costs.Conceptualized, designed and integrated a commodity inventory plan that supports US Foods supply chain. Develop RFPs and RFIs, throughout the course of vendor negotiations and on-going management, review vendor proposals, agreements and contracts.Foster professional and long-term relationships with vendors leading product reviews, identification and assessment of opportunities and negotiation promotions for conferences. Negotiate with current vendors for agreement determination, which includes: Deals and vendor Pricing Allowances (VPAs) with suppliers.Collaborate with the sales and marketing team to ascertain profitability and sale opportunities, along with providing a standardized fact based analysis.

Scheduled and routed inbound purchase orders, constructed pool shipments, consolidated LTL shipments and stop-off truckloads to leverage freight savings.Assisted the division regarding managing freight savings and process to increase effectiveness and efficiency.Sustained accurate and easily accessible information for division admittance.Upheld the highest levels of customer service and a constant open buyer and carrier communication line.Resolved concerns and conflicts.Co-created and implemented a transportation capacity strategy, which encompassed: Contingency plans to support varying levels of company sales and changes in response to supply/demand patterns including market/capacity driven price fluctuations.Kept current on current trends and process and procedural improvement.Held others accountable for proper execution of transportation policies, operating standards and service level agreements.Provided support for the development and support of the use of key performance indicators (KPIs), metrics and periodic reporting to help drive execution, process uniformity and compliance across all divisions and transportation providers.

Managed the transportation and processing for all purchase orders for eleven divisions.Upheld strict expectation accomplishment within acceptable cost and service standards.Oversaw the entire lifecycle of an inbound load from origin to delivery.Coordinated and communicated load status with division procurement, operations, supplier shipping locations, and third party carriers.Tracked load delivery status by third party carriers.Solved and transportation disruption concerns caused by the carrier’s service failure or supplier product availability issues.Determined carrier performance rating and negotiated rates along with freight rate discrepancies, overpayments, and balances due.

Directed procedural operations, ensured correct implementation, and identified and recommended areas for improvement to Operations Manager and/or General Manager regarding the standardized processes for the functional area.Scrutinized work methods and gave examples of inefficiencies to eliminate.Set a positive example for associates in reference to operational functionality, along with: Productivity, safety, service and quality. Responsible for the training, coaching and feedback of hourly associates.Examined objective data, used information to determine coaching and employee counseling that was needed.Resolved associate relations issues that arose.Controlled inventory accuracy and counts, reviewed reports and decided areas that required improvement by looking at key metrics, such as: Productivity, accuracy, quality and cost.

Scheduled and confirmed carrier loads, found a resolution for any customer service issues and recognized the root cause of the issue at hand.Corrected and adjusted any mistakes and followed through to completion.Analyzed statistical data to generate inbound load arrival forecast.Readied service reports by collecting and classifying product data.Trained and mentored new personnel on the subjects of: Proper procedures for inbound load scheduling, outbound paperwork generation, dispatching and general office responsibilities.