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• Created and manage procurement analysis function• Lowered overall cost of goods by 1.5%, returning financials to pre – COVID numbers

San Diego, California, United States

• Aided the Supply Chain merger during the Del Taco acquisition• Managed $100MM in spend across all Bakery and Produce products for 2,800 restaurants(inclusive of Del Taco)• Controlled contract and pricing compliance• Partnered with Culinary for product development and research• Tracked quality assurance hotlines to spot restaurant – level trends• Built commodity tracking system for all Produce items• Created database to expand direct grower – shipper Produce relationships• Participated in commodity hedging for Wheat• Worked with Marketing to secure capacity on LTO ingredients

• Created the Supply Chain function • Wrote all contractual supplier agreements • Lowered total Cost of Goods from 30% to 26% • Ownership of $14MM purchasing portfolio • Managed contracts in smallwares, linen, and chemicals • Consulted on FF+E contractual decisions • Managed 75 contractual supplier relationships • Ran all RFP / RFQ projects for new items • Built commodity trackers to create benchmarking for contracting proprietary goods