Chief Operating Officer
CurrentWellmore is a moderate to small consumer-packaged food and beverage company marketed under Vega, FGO, Jade Leaf, and Great Lakes Wellness brands. These brands compete in the health and wellness sector specifically in the protein, collagen, and tea categories. Head of operations and R&D leading all strategic initiatives for supply and demand planning, logistics, contract manufacturing, procurement, R&D and quality.Leadership in rapid cost savings initiatives - led efforts to drive the team in delivering meaningful cost savings within a 6 month delivering gross margin improvements by several hundred basis points on several brands.S&OP overhaul and ownership - drove a significant overhaul in sales and operations planning including process clarity/improvement and functional ownership. These efforts continue to drive improved communication across the company, increase in service levels and aggressive reduction in inventory levels by brand.Simplifying coman network - transitioned several comans across multiple brands from tolling to full turn key. Integration of 4 brands into Wellmore - simplified all processes and tools to be consistent across all brands. Developed clear expectations on integrated roles.