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Florida, United States

Greater Tampa Bay Area

• Leading four client accounts with annual revenue over $5MM and average gross margin of 37%.
• Responsible for the leadership of 30+ national and international team members regarding operational execution, career planning and human resources requirements.
• Oversaw the Contract Management Operations for an International Insurance Company and Top 5 USA Bank.
• Oversaw team helping large pharmaceutical/life sciences company source PPE and materials for COVID-19 vaccine.
• Subject Matter Expert for two international CPG client accounts.
• Consulted with confidential company to build a strategic procurement strategy to save $10MM on the construction of a $500MM Potato Processing Plant.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Oversaw all election activities and operations for the Committee to Re-elect Senator Reschenthaler, winning election with 60% of the vote. (Guy Reschenthaler is now a U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania’s 14th District.
• Led Finance Committee with total operational budget in excess of $1.3MM.
• Managed 50+ volunteers and 1 paid staff member.
• Lobbied Business Executives and PACs in Pennsylvania to financially support campaign, raising $600M.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Oversaw all distribution and operations related activities; leading purchasing initiatives, executing procurement strategies, and driving distribution programs for various products including grain commodities.
• Collaborated with senior risk manager to develop commodity hedging strategy that directed purchases of soybean meal and oil; initiative met expectation of securing over $10MM in savings for FY 2015.
• Delivered $2.5MM in savings projects through supplier bids, product reformulations, and raw material negotiations for calendar year 2015.
• Delivered savings in excess of $1.4MM in FY 2015 on conversion to Rail vs. Truck freight projects at 2 factories.
• Led commodity portfolio through ERP transition from BPCS to Salesforce.com’s “Kenandy” without productioninterruption. Prepared for additional switch to J.M. Smucker’s Oracle ERP system in 2016.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Completed 5-year, $700MM contract for production of Classico Pasta Sauces, saving organization $50MM.
• Maintained $235MM production budget with 10 different Co-packing organizations.
• Identified $2.2MM in savings projects in 2014 through e-auctions, product reformulations, and raw material negotiations.
• Led transition of $85MM of internal production to two Canadian Co-packers due to closure of 2 Heinz factories.Buyer
• Played key role in negotiating and managing total budgets of more than $50MM on direct ingredient classes including sweetners. chemicals, alcohol, starch, vinegar, salt, and food additives.
• Served as project manager for consumer value creation (CVC) and brand management projects for Food Additives portfolio. Delivered savings in excess of $4.6MM in FY 2014.

Mars, PA/Scottsdale, AZ

• Owner-operator of private consulting company; averaging $100K in gross revenues over the last five years.
• Acquired 9 clients worth over $1.2MM in revenue and $95K in net profit within first 5 months.
• Negotiated over $3MM worth of advertising in local, national and international mediums since 2007.
• Developed campaigns, purchased media, advised branding initiatives, directed projects and managed client expectations for 7 national and 2 international companies.

Butler, PA

• Played a pivotal role in increasing company revenues from $25.7 million to $28.7 million (11.7%) within 12-month period.
• Informed business strategy by delivering sales forecasting insight, project management, event planning, and marketing resource allocation for 11 healthcare facilities in Western Pennsylvania.
• Developed individual strategic marketing plans and advertising campaigns for 11 facilities.
• Instituted sales model that led to 9% increase in census and admissions for 2006.
• Established sales and marketing goals for 7 administrators and 6 admission directors.

Nationwide

• Managed Best Buy sponsored events such as the Chicago Blues Festival, Best Buy/Net Zero NASCAR Racing events, Indiana State Fair and various other promotions during the nationwide tour.
• Handled all media relations and public affairs activities during on-site press tours and NASCAR driver appearances.
• Mapped day-to-day logistics of the national tour and event site operations in over 25 cities.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Managed 20+ employees while building the Phillip Morris Adult Smoker Database.
• Contracted 85 venues in Pittsburgh and launched 2 additional spoke markets in Morgantown, WV and State College, PA.
• Led efforts to develop and execute demand generation activities through brand recognition and competitive reporting during Marlboro M72 product launch.

• Managed $6.7 million in assets while providing financial advice and portfolio management to over 350 clients.
• Expanded the business over five times the requirement of company sales goals.

Mba-Master, Business Administration; Sustainability

MBA Consulting Projects: Highmark Inc.- Sustainability Consulting Practicum (Spring/Summer 2010) • Established research protocols and.

Bsba-Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration; Marketing