Lead Americas and Global teams for supplier and co-manufacturing quality.

Lead QA teams in 3 processing and 2 make facilities.

Lead and develop teams and programs for best in class Supply Chain Quality Management. Successfully built new enterprise level programs to support growth and innovation by partnering with Procurement, R&D, Plant Quality and Business Unit leads. Developed and lead quality program for the Dairy Agency Business Unit. This is customer facing, supporting key customers for whom Schuman manages their dairy business in totality from defining supply base to managing quality systems and relationships with suppliers.

Quality Business Partner and core member implementation lead team for Design to Value (DTV) o Achieved profit improvement on core cereal & snacks brands: $30MM with additional $24MM in 2017. o Champion and change agent for new processes, resulting in 3-year margin improvement plans for 7 cereal brands, 7 snacks brands, Frozen handheld sandwiches, Raw Material consolidations and On-the-Go and Club channels o Business partner to Brand Marketing, R&D, Procurement, Consumer Affairs Supply Chain & Logistics• Single point of contact for corporate and supply chain quality. Engaged correct functions across all BUs. Ensured quality was imbedded into ideation and project development• Interpreted Quality Policies and SOPs for cross-functional team, driving key opportunities through implementation• Led cross-functional teams for project development and key innovation initiatives• Developed deep business understanding and experience including supply chain, P&L impacts, costing, procurement negotiations & key channels like Club, Food Away From Home.• Experienced in leading ideation and projects with suppliers, production facilities, co-packers/co-manufacturers and internal teams. Boundary spanning leader who develops skill sets in others. Coached and mentored new Project Managers, Scientists, Procurement Managers and Marketers in creativity, insight synthesis, analytical skills and business understanding

Led quality management of key ingredient categories: Chocolate & Confectionery, Wheat Flour, Flavors & Extracts and Vitamins• Strengthened relationships with Cocoa/Chocolate suppliers, resulting in improved quality audits and supplier metrics. Results moved core locations from yearly audits to audits on 2-3 year timeframes.• Ensured supplier understood and met Kellogg Quality Supplier Requirements• Partnered with Procurement, Supply Chain, R&D and Regulatory/Compliance to meet business goals• Corporate audit team member, mediated and reviewed corrective actions from audits ensuring safety of materials with no disruption in supply chain

Lead Developer for multiple innovation projects in cereal, granola, bars, fruit snacks and baked goods. Lead Scientist Global Cereal: o Developed and launched multiple new flavors of Bear Naked Granola, the first new products post brand acquisition. Products exceeded P&L expectations with reduced cost.o Learned & applied Lean management principles to front end concept and product development, working on pilot team with McKinsey consultants. o Designated mentor for new colleagues, onboarding and teaching policies and procedures. o Agglomerated cereal/bar expert. Co-developed and taught Agglomeration 201 course. o Experienced in granola, flake, shred and extrusion cereal processesLead Scientist Kashi/Natural Healthy Lifestyles group:o Developed strong relationships with Brand Marketing and Research to understand Natural channel & consumers. Establish trust needed to drive execution of projects.o Drove acceptance of key sensory tools within projects. Bran became more accepting of these tools resulting in stronger development process.o Leveraged internal and external resources to launch organic cereals on a >40% compressed timeline. Food outperformed targets by 70% in market. o Utilized understanding of sugar chemistry to develop line of baked product that stayed soft for 12-month shelf-life using only natural ingredients and multiple new, novel fruit and vegetable ingredients. Lead Scientist Fruit Snacks:o Developed squeezable, natural fruit snack that was hot fill processed. Designed new food form & process utilizing close collaboration with Food Safety, engaging external experts and identifying and developing new co-manufacturers. o Led re-launch of key brands addressing critical shelf-life and flavor issues. o Developed several line extension fruit snacks under the Streamers and Yogo Bits brands.o Experienced in working with fruit purees, juices and other fruit raw materials.

Managed R&D team responsible for development and scale up of new chocolate products. Direct manager of technical staff, including goal setting and performance reviews.• Developed & implemented change management process for R&D/Supply Chain for new product development from concept to implementation o Successful scale up and launch of over 30 new chocolates. First new products launched in 3 years and revitalization key product platform.• Led cross-functional team of manufacturing, engineering, and R&D/QA during development to decrease time to market and increase new product success.• Co-Developed first stage-gate process used in organization for Project Management• Trained production operators on new products and processes and implemented first food image & quality SOP/SOC documentation. • Overcame manufacturing barriers to new products and unknown technologies using communication and technical skills.• Technical manager of Trans Fat reduction project.o Defined key drivers and translated the impact of Trans fats to non-technical decision makers. • Directed raw material cost savings projects and partnered with procurement to achieve $800K savings

Lead scientist Innovation and Brand Maintenance for Starburst® Fruit Chews, and Skittles® Bite Size Candies. • Developed and launched Mint SKITTLES®, bringing brand into a new product category.• Executed product interactive promotions across multiple brands, including Starburst & Skittles• Developed confectionery extensions of Starburst® Fruit Chews, Skittles®, Snickers®, Milky Way®, and 3 Musketeers®.• Initiated and implemented cost savings projects saving over 1.5MM per annum.• Trained Creative Facilitator. Guided ideation sessions, resulting in new concepts, names and innovative solutions.