Contract manufacture of capsules and powders within the nutraceutical industry. Manufacturing bottles, jars, gusset bags and bulk super sacks. • Responsible for BOM creation for batch record creation within batch master• Responsible for inventory turns and inventory adjustments• Responsible for all supply chain requirements for onsite audits – FDA, NSF, Kosher and Organic• Responsible for creating raw material specifications • Managing all inventory variances, discrepancies and dispositions• Responsible for all purchasing functions for the manufacturing plant1. Raw Materials2. Packaging Components3. Labels 4. Consumables5. MRO

• Manage all quality activities in the Phoenix gelato manufacturing plant • Manage a team of 3 QC inspectors on the manufacturing floor• Manage review and approval of all labels• Manage the review of all product on QA hold for release or destruction• Responsible for all testing of finished products; lab submissions and releasing for distribution• Responsible for environmental monitoring; daily and monthly swabbing• Responsible for all onsite audits – FDA, Silliker, Kosher and Organic• Responsible for all quality documentation for the plant• Responsible for annual training of all employees for GMP• Responsible for creating all Product Specifications for finished goods• Responsible for creating raw material specifications • Responsible for reviewing batch records from manufacturing runs

- Manage all purchase orders for nutraceutical company and brand- Responsible for planning and scheduling of 125 branded items - Responsible to maintain branded inventory for shipments for Whole Foods, Sprouts, Thrive, and Amazon- Manage all label revisions from concept, proof to print. - Manage all internal supplier qualifications for raw material used in formulations- Manage supply chain and warehouse personnel - Responsible for all inventory; current on hand finished good inventory 2 million dollars- Responsible for auditing contract manufactures; verify they are meeting cGMP requirements- Verify manufactures hold current certifications: Organic, NSF Sport, SQF, Kosher and Halal.- Improved manufacturing pricing and efficiency which yielded in cost reductions- Manage weekly dashboard for review to capture and take appropriate course of action for any spikes or aged inventory.- Responsible for confirming that contract manufactures are meeting cGMP criteria and hold current certifications including but not limited to Organic, NSF Sport, SQF, Kosher and Halal.- Assisted in the combined formulations to improve manufacturing pricing and efficiencies which yielded in cost reductions

Managed Quality Assurance Department - supplement contract manufacture - $180MM annual salesOversee all Quality Assurance functions within all 4 ANS facilities, and ensure organizational compliance to quality systems and cGMP programs. - Provide quality and compliance oversight for multiple company locations. - Design and implement quality system process improvements - Review production SOP's and improve through effective problem identification- Responsible for company wide CAPA system; assignment to closure- Handle and respond to any customer audit findings and ensure proper corrective response.- Manage a department consisting of approximately 24 non-exempt and exempt staff.- Implemented and maintained supplier compliance program and executed supplier quality audits- Manage Document Control Department - Maintain a Quality Management System governed by FDA - Manage Raw Material Specifications processes- Manage the NCR and deviation process with weekly scheduled meeting to review and trend - Material Review Board (MRB) for monthly disposal or rework plans- Manage RMA Process - Manage all returns to determine appropriate disposition- ERP Implementation – Part of a 1 year implementation team for Microsoft AX- Master Control software implementation completed successfully- Evaluate and qualify suppliers and supplier management systems, assuring optimal quality and service performance.- Manage Product Standard Department - controlled batch records, master manufacturing records, packaging masters and finished product specifications.- Managed Corrective and Preventive Action System, including individual project root cause, action plan creation, project schedule, weekly meetings, and monthly reports to Management- Manage Batch Release Department – Responsible for team in charge of releasing batches for commercial consumer use

Under the direction of the VP of accounting and finance, review inventory system and forecasting of raw materials for JIT delivery of materials. Focus on reduction of 12.5 million dollars of on hand monthly raw materials. Implementing supply chain procedures which are compliant with NSF, TGA and FDA regulations. Implementing a supplier risk assessment process for evaluating suppliers. Implement Supplier Scorecards and Supplier Corrective Action procedure and forms.Established a freight program to reduce freight cost, freight claims and freight damages.

Managed procurement staff to support a manufacturing process that yields approximately 75 million in annual salesEstablished procedures and processes for this Supply Chain Business Unit that are compliant to ISO 9001:2008 and FDA regulationsImplemented lean manufacturing practices and kanban system to increase efficiencies in productionResponsible for maintenance and retention of supplier records to support compliance to ISO and FDA regulationsResponsible for quarterly and annual audits of suppliers. Conducted supplier quality audits as lead auditor. ASQ certifiedResponsible to minimize and report inventory turns, report DPM and issue supplier corrective actions due to failed and rejected incoming quality control inspectionManaged all inventory items from creation of part number to obsolescence of item. Work with R&D Engineers to initiate and implement Engineer Change Orders, ECO’sEstablished VMI’s with current suppliers to increase inventory turns and reduce annual spend on PO’s. Reduced inventory by 48% in 2011 by establishing VMI’s and moving all marketing material to a Print On Demand methodologyIncreased annual inventory turns from 3.4 to 7.2 year to dateLead procurement team through 3 logo / name changes with minimal write off’s and no interruptions to production materialsCreated Chemical program which annually verified chemical percentages according to material specifications and C of A’sNegotiated with suppliers, tool makers, and manufactures for reduced lead times and price reductionsReconciliation of open receipts and invoice discrepancies with suppliers and accounts payable staffMaintained production line demand with no down time and no shortages in the past 3 years

As a production supervisor I was responsible for the supervision of QC Departments which included Initial Clean, Final Clean and Product Release. Responsible for a staff of 25 QC production personnel. Perform quarterly and annual reviews.Direct supervisors with respect to production volume, cost, quality and meeting production schedules and delivery datesStimulate and maintain maximum efficiency and productivity of supervisors, leads and production workers Assured efficient and economical utilization of materials, improvement of methods and elimination of wasteful practices within the departmentUpdate and maintain production floor quality proceduresMaintain adherence to company quality policies, Good Manufacturing Practices and safety standardsResponsible for product release of sterilized quarantined product.Assured that all training, procedures and documentation where current and met ISO compliance standards for recertification audits

Selling to the top 3 fortune 500 computer resellers. Maintaining monthly sales of ½ a million to a million in new contractual sales agreements.Forecasting inventory for resellers and inventory stocking programs. Working with manufactures Hewitt Packard, IBM and APC for scheduled quarterly drop shipments to resellers

My main function was to run a team of buyers to negotiate and procure all second sourced products for inventory. Managed a team of sourcing buyers to procure 6 million a month in second sourced inventory. Insight stocked 25 million in inventory a month on average. I assisted in liquidating all distressed inventory through suppliers. Average distressed inventory was approximately 1 to 2 million a quarter.Managed to reduce 2 million a quarter in write offs in distressed inventory by negotiating with existing suppliers to liquidate inventories. Successfully completed this for 2 years. 16 million in cost reduction avoidance and savings.

Duties included daily purchasing and inventory control. I was made team lead in charge of 9 of the 18 buyers. Assisting buyers to hit quarterly goals for their assigned purchasing categories. Responsibilities included Toshiba, software, hard drives, and memory.