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Sebastopol, California, United States

As Supply Chain Director reporting directly to the CEO, responsible for overseeing all sourcing activities, including purchasing of packaging and ingredients, customer support, managing 3PL relationships, and establishing long-term sourcing contracts. Led the assembly of a proficient supply chain team over nine years, comprising customer support, strategic and tactical purchasing, and logistics. Continuously improved customer satisfaction metrics, including on-time delivery and fill rates, while driving down overall supply chain costs, particularly in transportation and material expenses. Successfully established strong strategic relationships with suppliers, farmers, 3PLs, and transportation companies, fostering collaborative partnerships to enhance supply chain efficiency and reliability.

Sebastopol, California, United States

Responsible for overseeing all global sourcing, planning, and purchasing activities. Implemented initiatives resulting in $500K in transportation and material cost savings. Successfully maintained high service levels during periods of rapid growth and market expansion.

Newark, California, United States

Directed all supply chain operations, including procurement, planning, shipping, receiving, and logistics. Led a $1 million cost savings/avoidance initiative in 2011 and implemented $250K transportation cost savings.

Rohnert Park, California, United States

Managed purchasing, planning, shipping, receiving, and stock room functions. Led the team in exceeding purchase parts savings objectives. Significantly reduced purchasing lead-times by establishing on- site consignment inventory strategy for items purchased from abroad. Participated in the implementation of new ERP system.

Santa Rosa, California, United States

Directed purchasing, planning, order processing, shipping, receiving, and stock room functions. Achieved over $1 million in ingredient cost savings in the first year. Established robust supplier rating program.

Santa Rosa, California, United States

Led cross functional supply chain organization responsible for planning and logistics for multiple sub-assembly and finished goods operations including, printed circuit assembly, micro package assembly, metal fabrication and final products assembly. Provided corporate-wide leadership in product reduction and clean-up efforts. Established global total product lifecycle planning organization and processes. Supported manufacturing operations in the implementation of Oracle Enterprise Response Planning (ERP) software.