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Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol Area

Helping large contractors and agribusiness companies close the gap between being like everyone else and being best in class.

Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol Area

I believe in the power of processes. Companies' approach to risk can be haphazard at best. We help companies manage risk and retain employees by adding systems and processes to make their job (and lives) easier. Commercial Account Executive for Benefits and Property/Casualty for mid-market businesses.

-Lunchmeat and Enrobed team lead while managing the flow of production and rolling inventory levels of $10 million in the Lunchmeat, Prepared Foods and LunchMakers category.-Led deployment initiative for Supply Planning team that saved $1mm per production facility.-Created new communication and planning cadence for the largest Lunchmeat customer, which improved fill rate to 99% after implementation.-Effectively maneuvered production to protect high-profile SKUs during the retail demand spikes of the pandemic, while preventing out of date inventory in food service during periods of sudden demand decline.-Chosen to work with outside consulting agency to help form onboarding plan for new hires in the department.

Smithfield, Virginia

Manage the flow of production and rolling inventory levels of $5 million in the Lunchmeat category.Use SAP, BW, Logility, and various Excel tools to analyze data in order to identify trends and issues so that production and inventories stay level and are in the appropriate DC. Minimize distress/alert sales and drive plant efficiencies in order to maximize PBT.Chair weekly S&OP call involving Operations, Supply Planning, Demand Planning, and Business Management that is designed to ensure open, clear communications among all groups to work through and prevent issues.Work closely with Business Management, Operations, Sales, Transportation, and Customer Service to fulfill orders at a volume of 1 million pounds weekly.

Smithfield, Virginia

Managed production and inventory of $2m worth of products in both the retail and food service channels through SAP software and various Excel tools. Provided the Business Management group with weekly and monthly reports tracking shortages and order fill percentages.Directly sold close-dated product to discount brokers.

Managed production and inventory of lunchmeats. Trained to use IRI and syndicated data reports.Provided the Business Management group with daily, weekly, and monthly reports tracking shortages, fill rates, expired inventory, and other sales metrics.

Blacksburg, Va

-Performed general office duties-Completed research projects for Associate Dean-Tracked program performance metrics for presentation to stakeholders

Blacksburg, Va

Member of group researching the viability of Qualtrax pursuing a new target market. Our presentation was chosen as the best option as well as best presentation. Researched the target market through marketing databases and industry publications. Gained insight into the ease of implementation and efficiency of the software through direct contact with current clients. Gave recommendations based on our research as to whether or not the target market was viable to upper management.

Roanoke, Virginia Area

-Assisted Inventory Analysts with updating forecasts in the company inventory system-Shadowed and assisted analysts with orders and transfers for various products-Created presentation that outlined a comparison of two main inventory request methods for stores that was presented to the director of the Brakes team

-Stocked Inventory-Sales-Invoice Filing

Master Of Business Administration, Organization Management And Strategy

Activities and Societies: MBAA

Bachelor Of Arts, History, Business Minor

Activities and Societies: Virginia Tech Football Letterman, Tight End 2007-2011

Education record

Activities and Societies: Football, Tight End