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Midway, Ut, Us

Midway, Utah, United States

Ronin will be aimed at helping to manufacture/broker manufacturing for companies who are scaling or hit a capability wall within their own procurement abilities, or who simply want to take advantage of lower product costs. Ronin Trading offers a top-notch network of domestic and international manufacturing. Production capacities ready to go in Asia, Central America, and USA.

Heber, Ut

Once again going into a privately held company to address Supply Chain needs, Purchasing issues and establish best practices, protocols and SOP's. As before, this is all done as a prerequisite to growth. Creating a scalable supply chain that can articulate todays volatile market is key to margin stability.

Heber City, Utah

I drove several processes and workflows at a food production company with recently signed contracts producing for Costco, Sam's Club, Kroeger, Albertsons, as well as our own in-house labels. The growth of the company has provided repeated opportunities for optimization and efficiency all while operating within budget constraints. Anticipating huge growth and many fun challenges as we navigate through to success.Year 1:- Ran supply chain operations thru a 30% growth year from $17m to over $22m- Identified and implemented KPI's and supporting metrics to bring transparency to distribution.- Implemented SOP's, and P&P's to leading the distribution/warehouse team to obtaining all cert,s and licensing qualifying the company to enter the next tier of manufacturingYear 2:- Implemented ERP System (PLEX)- Commissioned growth from a 35k sf warehouse to 100k sf warehouse

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Working within the Department of Information Technology, I was brought on to create accountability and eliminate shadow operations. This effort relied heavily on initiating and establishing positive relationships across the University to all those IT and Communications Infrastructure supported.- Designed and implemented sustainable protocols for inventory and asset management.- Established and maintained relationships across UIT, Hospital, Property Accounting and Surplus to drive implementation and increase adoption of new protocols.- Reduced retirement waste, insurance and surplus spending.- Increased warehouse security to supersede regulatory code without restricting throughput. - Earned a seat on a joint Hospital & Campus RTLS Steering committee- Eliminated unutilized rented data center space.- Service Now and CMDB experience- Managed purchasing agreements and contracts

Lehi, Ut

Directed Supply Chain operations, inventory/product ordering, logistics, import inventory data in multiple locations with priority on increasing efficiency and margins. Multiple retail locations in Utah, and franchised locations in Las Vegas, Nevada, Arizona, & California with an import facility in Sacramento California along with a Distribution Center.- Directed all logistics company wide and managed Carrier contracts. - Developed and authored the distribution program, methods, and training for all franchises and distribution center.- Maintained vendor relationships and related accounts payable through superior interpersonal skills and efficient communication.- Applied Kaizen Lean Manufacturing training to warehousing and distribution resulting in a 61% decrease in lead times, removed stalled inventory, back into company cash flow.- Eliminated unclassified expenses through introducing consumable accountability.- Negotiated payment schedules and terms by leveraging company growth and stability to increase cash flow and reduce dependency on capital funds.- Demand forecasting to keep stock optimum and reduce waste by following JIT standards

B.S. Marketing, Marketing & Advertising

Project Management

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