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St Louis, Missouri, Us

Ingredient purchasing responsibility for all sweeteners (sugar, corn syrups, malt, molasses, honey, dextrose ….), malt, malt flour, starches, seeds, cocoa powders, tree nuts, nut butters, all vegetable oils. Scope of purchasing activity exceeded $250 million annually.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Development and management responsibility for import/domestic hops purchasing/logistics and warehousing, filtration materials, beechwood procurement, and “specialty” ingredient purchasing/supply development. Utilized strong analytical skills and attention to detail to ensure lowest system cost. Supervised 3 direct-report Managers. Management and development responsibility for U.S. and Canadian malting barley purchasing and contracting programs facilitated through company owned elevators, commercial open market, and direct farmer acquisition. Responsible for overall purchasing management of U.S. hops and hop products. Supervised 4 direct-report Managers. Overall ingredient purchasing responsibility for Eagle Snacks and Anheuser-Busch Beverage Group. Scope of purchasing activity included 96 different ingredients with an annual value in excess of $100,000,000, including cashews, peanuts, almonds, cooking oils, potatoes, sweeteners, seasonings, and preservatives.· Executed all hedging transactions for the Company relative to rice and corn grits purchasing/price exposure.

Area Buying Manager, Memphis, Tennessee Buying/Traffic Manager, Wichita, Kansas Buying Manager, Liberal, Kansas Buying Trainee, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Series of positions of increasing responsibility at pet food/animal feed manufacturing facilities that provided the fundamentals of ingredient/agricultural purchasing. • Developed the understanding and utilized the tools of futures market hedging for price risk control, inventory control, crop condition analysis, grain elevator management, government crop policy analysis, and transportation/logistics management. .