Manage the commercialization of KINDER products and Rocher Tablets in North America

Manage the commercialization of multiple Halloween, Christmas, Valentines, Easter, and everyday chocolates. Lead the corresponding cross-functional teams from concept to post launch to ensure timelines, tasks, and costs are on track, using established processes and stage gates.Activities include- Optimizing Halloween, Easter, and Xmas bag mixes to achieve competitive piece counts and net weights and delivering increased profitability.- Building and managing the project timelines, defining the critical paths, sending status reports, and escalating critical action items.- Coordinating kick-off meetings and regular cross-function team meetings to ensure progress. Identify project risks and potential solutions. - Performing after action reviews to improve future commercialization projects.

Led cross-function teams (marketing, sales, manufacturing, technical applications, operations, finance, supply chain, QA, legal, regulatory, tech packaging, customs clearance, packaging graphics) on new product launches and reformulations of imported products from Nestlé factories across 22 countries. P&L modelling and optimal supply sourcing to deliver the lowest possible cost of goods at expected launch dates while ensuring compliance with USA regulations.

Created the sourcing strategy SOP for the Global Foods Division of Nestle USA.Performed Global Make vs Buy analyses to optimize COGS, taking into account fixed overhead absorption from our own factories.Led cost savings / cost avoidance opportunities and continuous improvement initiatives to improve landed COGS, customer service levels, and quality of products. Collaborated with co-manufacturers to deliver the best total value (cost, service, moqs, and reduction/avoidance of consumer complaints).Tracked and managed co-manufacturers' performance (production attainment, on time shipping, QA issues, etc).

Optimized demand planning and deployment to reduce double shipments and premium freight shipments.Optimized production and raw material /packaging MOQs to get the best possible COGS without the risk of salvage.Ensured proper imports documentation were on hand to reduce demurrage and detention.Performed Global sourcing analyses/optimization that took into account product cost, freight, duties, delivery charges, pallets, etc. Initiated the quota grabbing strategy to achieve lowest landed cost.