Experience

Kite Hill

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Vice President of Supply Chain

  • Nov 2018 - Present



Raybern Quality Foods

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Director of Procurement / Sr. Director of Strategic Sourcing

  • Sep 2013 - Nov 2018

  Raybern's started as a small privately owned family business 30+ years ago and is now a world class CPG frozen sandwich manufacturer. With some investment from TSG Consumer Partners, I was part of the leadership team put in place to drive the brand and grow the company. Previously responsible for the procurement of commodities, ingredients, packaging, and various indirect spend items. With the support of 1 other, we handled the tactical procurement to support plant operations as well as cost savings, strategic sourcing, and category reviews. Private equity sale was Nov. 2017 to new parent company. Show less



Ghirardelli Chocolate Company

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Director of Procurement

  • Nov 2007 - Sep 2013

  Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is based out of San Leandro, CA and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lindt & Sprungli based out of Switerzland. I was responsible for the procurement group for Ghirardelli which handled commodities, ingredients, packaging, and various indirect spend opportunities. We took care of both the day to day replenishment purchasing as well as the strategic sourcing necessary to drive the corporate intiatives. Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is based out of San Leandro, CA and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lindt & Sprungli based out of Switerzland. I was responsible for the procurement group for Ghirardelli which handled commodities, ingredients, packaging, and various indirect spend opportunities. We took care of both the day to day replenishment purchasing as well as the strategic sourcing necessary to drive the corporate intiatives.



Safeway

• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sourcing Manager

  • Dec 2004 - Nov 2007

  Sourcing Manager within the Strategic Sourcing group. I held 3 different positions while at Safeway: 1) Negotiating and contracting commodities to support Safeway's manufacturing plants 2) Sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing private label items for the Produce group 3) Sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing private label items for the Dairy group (Lucerne brand) Sourcing Manager within the Strategic Sourcing group. I held 3 different positions while at Safeway: 1) Negotiating and contracting commodities to support Safeway's manufacturing plants 2) Sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing private label items for the Produce group 3) Sourcing, negotiating, and purchasing private label items for the Dairy group (Lucerne brand)



ADM

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• MANAGING DIRECTOR - ADM Milling UK Ltd.

  • Aug 2000 - Apr 2002

  I ran the head office and 4 manufacturing plants with full P&L responsibility. There were 6 directors reporting to me.This was a newly acquired business by ADM which was losing money. At the time, the annual sales revenue was GBP 60MM. My job was to dig in and understand why the business was not profitable and then suggest alternate/possible corrective actions. In late 2001 / early 2002, there was a formal proposal put forward to improve profitability through acquisition of the competitor's excess capacity. This was accomplished around 2003. Show less

• GENERAL MANAGER - ADM Milling Barbados Ltd.

  • Oct 1998 - Aug 2000

  At the time this was a newly acquired business by ADM which consisted of a flour mill, an animal feed mill, and a chicken processing company (processing plant, broiler farm, egg farm, and 1 retail location).My job was to see the animal feed mill business and the chicken processing business through joint venture processes. This included government and union negotiations, JV contract negotiations, 1 plant closure, and employee severance programs.The other portion of my time was spent bring the flour milling business closer to US standards in regards to planned preventative maintenance, raw material purchasing and logistics, union contracts, customer sales, etc. as well as improving profitability. Show less

• Merchandiser - ADM Soybean Processing

  • Dec 1996 - Oct 1998

  Part of a small team responsible for originating soybeans from farmers, coop's, brokers and traders for processing at the Lincoln, NE facility. At the same time, I also sold the by-product, soybean meal, for animal feed to both local and national producers.

• Management Training Program

  • May 1996 - Dec 1996

  Training program consisted of travel throughout the Midwest to understand basic grain commodity movements and pricing from farmer all the way to processing plant. I was then placed in the Growmark trading group in Decatur, IL where I originated various grains from farmers, coop's, brokers and traders to create the front side of a trading program. There was then a senior manager who handled the "sell" side of the transaction.