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Denver, CO, US

Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, IL, US

• Lead procurement for the frozen category with annual spend of $500MM+, including Ore-Ida frozen potatoes, and TGI Friday's wings and appetizers

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Lead team to develop procurement strategies, evaluate RFPs, reduce costs, and conduct supply market analysis
• Work cross-functionally with operations, distribution centers, and suppliers to improve supply chain performance
• Introduce new products: gain QA approval, test with culinary and focus groups, and implement with technology and retail teams

Chicago, Illinois, US

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Manage annual budgeting process: set revenue and profit targets, train users on best practices to complete budgeted income statements, and lead cross-functional team to meet project deadlines
• Collaborate with Operations Finance and Accounting during monthly close process, report financial results to Levy CFO and Compass Group Finance, and provide an outlook on future periods
• Utilize SAP BPC to develop reports, analyze key cost drivers and work with Operations to mitigate risks in forecasts

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Lead tactical negotiations of supplier contracts in collaboration with Legal, Business Implementation, Finance, and Distribution within a third party software and propose to senior management for approval
• Coordinate with Business Implementation and Distribution to ensure compliance to sustainability initiatives, such as a commitment to 100% cage-free shell eggs
• Reduce net costs, mitigate risk, and stabilize pricing/income through hedging core cost drivers
• Awarded Associate of the Month for managing a cross-departmental six month rotational program for a select group of new hires

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Grew income 19% YOY by expanding member and product coverage, collaborating with Finance to create a commodity price tracker, identifying negotiation opportunities, rationalizing product options, and conducting.
• On boarded new suppliers in collaboration with account managers, culinarians, Compliance, Finance and Distribution regarding stocking, product promotions, invoices, and product order guide changes
• Identified opportunities to stabilize pricing/income through commodity hedging and inventory builds
• Reduced net costs by 11% on beef and pork sub-categories through price benchmarking comparable SKUs, analyzing commodity markets, negotiating with suppliers, and gaining approval from culinarians

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Spearheaded company-wide initiative to improve the price change request process—obtained approval from senior management, managed training of employees and the post-implementation operations for all departments within.
• Created, maintained and analyzed reporting tools to track more than $7bn of spend and $130MM of income which identified opportunities for program improvements on income, pricing, supplier and member product coverage
• Supported the proteins team with ad hoc analysis and strategy recommendations such as: sector opportunities in fresh/frozen chicken and supplier renegotiations on fully cooked burgers and meatballs

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Participated in the six month rotational program that provided a high level understanding of Foodbuy’s business model and the opportunities to improve cross departmental collaboration
• Led data analysis and market research to support sourcing managers in developing procurement strategies, negotiations, reducing net costs by $5MM+ and increasing income by $6MM on projects exceeding $1.1bn in spend..
• Synthesized internal and external market data to present recommendations to sourcing managers using industry tools such as PEST, SWOT and Porter’s Five Forces
• Utilized proprietary software to assist sourcing managers through the 7 Step Sourcing Process: benchmarked pricing, identified trends, prepared RFPs, and participated in program/contract negotiations
• Coordinated Foodbuy’s participation in their first undergraduate career fair and interviewed candidates for the Supply Chain Specialist role, resulting in 50 applicants and 3 new hires

Chattanooga, Tennessee, US

• Campus Bellhops is a highly specialized moving solution that employs top-tier college students from major universities to provide moving help with clean-cut, reputable and respectable young men that are worthy to be in.
• Employee Management: interview, hire, and manage a team of 50+ student Bellhops.
• Marketing: manage grassroots marketing, build strategic relationships and oversee brand awareness on campus.
• Operations Management: ultimately responsible for the completion of every job scheduled.

Economics, Spanish

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