• Implemented demand planning in order provide a rolling 18 month view of future needs • Created an excel file for the demand planning process to review trends and seasonality • Implemented sales and operations planning into the organization to provide visibility to the forecast across the organization • Put in place and created standard operating procedures for demand planning, production planning, cycle counting, and sales and operations planning • Refined and enhanced the current production planning process in order to cut down on time and make the process more efficient • Established a process to monitor slow moving and obsolete inventory (SLOB) to help ensure we have the appropriate inventory in house • Worked with procurement and product development to create “Chef’s Special” items to use up SLOB inventory • Implemented an official documented item disposal process to ensure everything is documented and signed off on prior to disposal • Enhanced the item substitution process and communication to customers • Created a monthly master production schedule (MPS) view to provide visibility to production requirements. Also, feeds into a quarterly and weekly view. • Worked with warehouse on scanning activities and process adherence • Established new product development and launch processes to formalize this activity and ensure all pertinent teams are included*Worked on distribution requirements planning (DRP) and overall logistical network layout*Refined purchasing process to ensure accurate raw materials were ordered*Worked with raw material suppliers to negotiate better pricing and build relationships*Responsible for 3PL relationship and overall processes*Managed P&L statements and financial budgets

Responsible for the streamlined design of the S&OP process to ensure effectiveness and accuracy of information • Created and maintained the rollout schedule for the new S&OP team/process with an aggressive timeline of 25 states in 6 months • Designed new reports to aid the planners in their collaboration with the commercial teams • Managed change management issues in a culture of non-stop change and team members who do not adapt to change well • Worked on collaborative efforts with suppliers and commercial leadership to ensure our forecasts were aligned and production of inventory was possible, as well as working on the first VMI project in our industry • Provided detailed information surrounding monthly results to upper level management • Manage the National Reporting and Training & Communications teams which supports the regional teams • Oversight to the 65 Sales & Operations Planners in 25 states across the USA • Key member to several implementation, upgrade, and process refinement projects • Facilitated new processes to try and keep up with constant COVID 19 changes • Aided in reducing overall inventory by $1 billion dollars in 2020 • Invited to attend Advanced Leadership Program, Q1 2021 • Found new was to enable Sr. Leadership to review forecast trends vs previous sales/demand trends and the best ways to adjust the forecasts based on feedback • Asked to be a mentor to another SGWS employee and help them to grow and succeed in their career path

• • Responsible for redesigning the S&OP process to incorporate it within the demand planning team• Aided with the creation of the national demand planning team for the newly merged company• Stood up 40 demand planners in 15 states in 9 months• Responsible for the overall demand planning process and driving consistency with best practices across the organization• Pursues innovative ideas and lead testing of all new tools and process changes• Resource as an expert statistical forecaster; jointly responsible with the demand planning team for forecast accuracy at the national level• Maintain training materials of demand planning functionality, demand process, and reporting tools• Provide goal attainment guidance for demand planning teams in each region• Organize activities related to ongoing training and development of Regional Demand Planning Directors, Lead Demand Planners & Demand Planners in each region• Coordinates all communication within demand planning organization• Involved with the redesign of the supply chain software, JDA, to upgrade and migrate multiple systems into one• Developed and maintain the demand planning budget • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training

• Managed a team of 16 demand planners in eight states• Provided goal attainment guidance for the demand planning teams • Oversaw the maintenance and control of the forecasting and reporting tools• Monitored the daily exception notifications• Supervised all activities related to training and development of team members, including workload distribution• Maintained training tools for demand planning and marketing staff as it relates to supply chain• Conducted training, testing, and roll of out SAP to all Glazers markets• Assisted with forward buy approvals and monitored adherence to the corporate process• Organized all communication through the Glazer News Network supply chain page• Implemented the demand analyst skills assessment process• Conducted training, testing, and roll out of JDA 8.1 to demand planning team• Developed and maintained Cognos reports

• Organized, lead, and provided analysis for monthly forecast and demand planning meetings• Evaluated causes of forecast error at the state level using metrics to drive the process• Published state forecast narrative and inventory recap monthly• Resolved state inventory issues by validating key components such as safety stock, lead time, and order multiples to ensure adequately fulfilling customer demand while maintaining operational efficiencies• Communicated across business areas such as IT, Sales and Marketing, Fulfillment, Operations, and Executive teams to effectively facilitate information flow• Oversaw Stock Transfer Order Process• Trained sales and marketing on SAP transaction codes and supply chain processes• Managed a team of 9 demand planners

• Responsible for training Glazer employees on the use of Manugistics• Created training documentations for the implementation of Manugistics• Played an intricate roll in the rollout of Manugistics to seven different states• Created a project plan for the implementation of Manugistics for three states• Created reports in Cognos ReportNet• Involved in three system upgrades of Manugistics and one upgrade of Cognos ReportNet• Created and responsible for the tracking of Status Reports and conference calls• Assisted in implementing a hierarchy within the Glazer system of items• Attended JDA Focus Conference two years in a row in order to network and find out about new versions and help aide in the decision of upgrading

• Responsible for forecasting 32 vendors and ordering product into 13 warehouses• Created reports in Cognos Report Net, including out of stock reports to help achieve better inventory positions at the vendor level• Held meetings with Marketing Managers to ensure the forecasts were accurate• Involved in the creation of collaborations both internal and external• Responsible for updating sourcing information, safety stock levels, and order multiples• Maintained good relationships with vendors

Planning production levels for product brands and managing databases.