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Ewing, New Jersey, Us

Glendale, California, Us

- Developed strategic sourcing and production planning process that delivered 2017 savings of over $900m while improving quality and service. - Implemented process improvements for sourcing that delivered 18% reduction in freight savings while supporting Stila’s first on-time launch season in 3 years.

New York, Ny, Us

- Developed over 10 SOP’s and processes improvements for product procurement and evaluation.- Internationally sourced packaging and contract services across 3 continents with a specific emphasis on Asia development.

Paris, Fr

Director of Packaging and Production - Directed the purchase and development of all regular business and promotional products. - Internationally sourced packaging and contract manufacturing services across 3 continents with a specific emphasis on Asia development. - Responsible for the development, vendor selection and purchasing of packaging for 25 new products per year.- Lead the Innovation Team for development of new packaging that delivered to market 47 new “Fresh” packages for new products, promotions and sampling.- Negotiated and implemented cost improvement projects to deliver $1.4mm in annual savings in 2014.

Hodgkins, Illinois, Us

Director of Package Development / Operations - Directed the production and capital for packaging manufacturing and provided package development services for over customers like Elizabeth Arden, Coty, L’Oreal, Neostrata and Ed Hardy. - Directed the development and production of packaging products – luxury setbox and promotional packaging products totaling over $18mm in products and services.- Responsible for the proposal, purchase and installation of all packaging capital projects. - Re-capitalized and re-located the box packaging operation that increased operation efficiency by 42%. - Responsible for the vendor selection and quality performance for package purchasing for over 18 clients.

Paris, Fr

Director of Technical Package Development - Directed the purchase and development of all promotional products for the Designer Fragrance and Specialty Brands groups including Giorgio Armani, Kiehls, Ralph Lauren, Vichy and LaRoche Posay. - Directed the development and delivery to market of all promotional products across 12 Luxury brands with a staff of 5 employees.- Responsible for the development, purchase direction and quality of over 370 promotional products per year that delivered in excess of $180mm in sales per year to the division.- Introduced new project development and tracking systems to the department that improved quality and reduced workload by ~11%. - Responsible for the vendor selection and quality performance for over $16mm in purchasing per year.

Partner – A full service Management Consulting firm providing packaging sourcing and technical support to the food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical and personal care industries Clients Include: Revlon Healthworks Inc. Planet Hollywood, Inc. Haagen-Dazs Unilever PLC Boom, LLC Astor Chocolate Noevir International Cosmetics- Contracted and negotiated for all of the products and materials in developing and delivering to market over 150 New Products. - Delivered cost reductions in excess of $2.4mm per year through Asian sourcing and product fulfillment. - Worked with International plants to negotiate and implement 47 different product, packaging and operational improvements to deliver for $450m savings in 2000 with a annualized savings of $1.2mm.- Developed and implemented new product production cost accounting process for three companies for both domestic and global markets.- Created marketing and sales plans for 22 Asian products for introduction into the US catalog / direct sales market. - Developed new merchandizing program and fixtures that resulted in 158% increase in sales within the first eight months of introduction. - Responsible for the packaging procurement and delivery to market of 22 New Product Launches in 1999. - Provided brokerage services for paperboard and display packaging. Services included design, sourcing and delivery of packaging for on-going purchases.

Director of Packaging / Operations - Directed the development, purchase, production, quality and logistics of new and existing products for both domestic and global markets. Recruited, developed and trained operations staff.- Responsible for development, purchase and logistics of all domestic products for this $65mm company with a staff of 8 employees.- Designed and implemented the 1st promotional package developed outside of Europe to be adopted by the parent company and marketed internationally. Package generated $12mm in first month sales.- Developed four major new fragrance packaging programs to transfer production and development from the European parent company to domestic production.

Senior Packaging Engineer - Responsible for the development and coordination of packaging redesign projects on both the divisional and corporate levels. - Led the development of a $15mm plus packaging redesign project for plastic bottles. Extensive hands-on experience in injection and blow molding.- Delivered packaging materials cost reductions in excess of $280m in the first year, $410m/year ongoing.

Package Development Manager - Responsible for the proposal and management of package development projects for new and existing products. - Granted an engineering patent that resulted in a 64% reduction in defects for $400mm+ Tea Business.- Completed cost reduction programs that delivered over $670m in savings in 1994 and $1,200m/year ongoing and implemented 17 separate production process and package improvements.- Co-Leader of two President’s Award winning cross functional Business Innovation Teams.

Mba, Marketing / Finance, Hagan School Of Business

Bs, Engineering