Rebecca Charles Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Edina, Mn

SunOpta Inc. is a leading global company specializing in the sourcing, processing and packaging of natural, organic and specialty food products. As a Sr. Project Manager, I am responsible for leading cross-functional teams to implement significant enterprise-wide strategic initiatives.

The Project Lead is responsible for delivering quality service and solutions to clients by understanding client needs and effectively managing projects to successful results and outcomes for the client.

Group Manager, Planning & Process, Global Photography, Marketing Operations (2012 - 2014)Project Manager, Global Photography, Marketing Operations (2010 - 2012)Manager, Technology & Risk, Marketing Operations (2008 - 2010)Business Analyst, Planning, Target Technology Services (2007 - 2008)Business Analyst, 6 Sigma, Target Technology Services (2006 - 2007)• Guided the leadership team through the development of a strategic roadmap including defining the vision, building a case for change, conducting a stakeholder assessment, and creating an action plan.• Collaborated across marketing, merchandising, sourcing, and technology teams to reinvent sample management processes and develop a new system to meet rising demand and improve speed to market of item photography. Results include 1-2 weeks cycle time reduction, including 80% less time spent ordering samples, and projected savings of $5.3M in 5 years.

Sales & Marketing IT Leader -- Aerospace (2004 - 2005)IT Site Leader -- Plymouth, MN Defense and Space Electronics Systems (2003 - 2004)IT Manager, E-business -- Sensor & Guidance Products (2000 - 2003)IT Account Manager -- Sensor & Guidance Products (1999 - 2000)Information Systems Auditor -- Corporate Financial Audit (1997 - 1999)• Led the development of a customer web portal to enhance collaboration across the entire product lifecycle. Initial functionality was to enhance collaboration during the engineering design process. Projected results were over $9M in orders growth.• Created and facilitated an E-business steering committee of cross-functional business leaders to develop E-business strategy and identify and prioritize E-business initiatives. The team was recognized as a model of cross-functional and inter-site collaboration.

Mba, Management Information Systems

Ba, International Studies