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Toronto, ON, CA

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

Accountable for DC Operations & Logistics, Supply Chain Planning, Sourcing & Procurement, Quality and Customer Experience, and a team of 100.Built a high-performance team with 100% new direct reports based on a plan developed with feedback from the Great Place to Work survey, leading to more than 40% promotions over 3 years. Partnered with IT to implement.

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

Markham, Ontario, CA

In addition to Supply Chain Planning, led Transportation, Distribution, and Purchasing, a $90M operating budget, more than $100M purchasing spend, and a team of 200. Restructured the Transportation Department to allow them to focus on outbound load consolidation to increase cube utilization.Leveraged data from recently implemented TMS to create a $2.2M.

Markham, Ontario, CA

Accountable for Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Customer Service, and a team of 40. Reduced customer fill rate penalties by $1M in one year by improving fill rate from 97.5% to 98.5%.

Richmond Hill, Ontario, CA

Joined the Leadership team to assist with a cultural overhaul during a pivotal time when growth and operational efficiencies were necessary. Negotiated a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the union by building trust and correcting controversial past practices.Improved communication, transparency, and buy-in to the roadmap by implementing.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

Led a team of over 1,000 employees, encompassing Manufacturing (10 plants), Supply Chain, Engineering, Compliance, a $105M operating budget, and a $10M capital budget. Strategically reviewed all assets to improve competitiveness, leading to the closing of two factories and a $20M expansion of another.For more than a year 2012/2013, stepped into the interim.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

In addition to the role of director, accountable for Ready Bake Planning and Transportation, Weston Bakeries Distribution, and Customer Service, a team of 40, later 200, and a budget of $25M, that grew to $43M. Led the project to outsource the Ontario Distribution Centre including the selection of a site and a third-party logistics provider with over $0.5M.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

In addition to role of Director, given responsibility for Supply Chain planning for Ready Bake along with Customer Service for both businesses.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

Accountable for Supply Chain Planning in Ontario, initially a team of four and a budget of $0.3M and extended to Eastern Canada. Also responsible for transportation as of 2004, with a team of 10 and a $17M budget.

Concluded a number of projects within R&D, Logistics and Supply Chain at GlaxoSmithKline which required both technical and facilitation skills.

Brentford, Middlesex, GB

Used rigorous analytics including financial modeling to gain approval to spend $150M in capital to expand capacity for a major product.

Paris, France, FR

Employed by Gemini Consulting prior to the acquisition. Operations Management consulting with supply chain specialization. Intense, hands-on implementation experience in CPG, Retail, Chemical, and Pharmaceutical industries.

Vaughan, ON, CA

Summer job for 5 seasons progressing from groundskeeper to senior groundskeeper to assistant supervisor to supervisor for last 2 years. Eventually, responsible for managing employees who operated the rides.

Mba

Bmath, Statistics