Experience

Surlean Foods
• United States
• Food Production
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Procurement Manager

  • Oct 2021 - Present


WESTERN MILLING

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

• General Manager

  • Jul 2018 - Oct 2021

  • Manager operations of 9 grain storage facilities, a crew of 20 elevator operators, 1 dairy/seed salesman, 4 Class A Drivers and 3 accounting staff. • Coordinate and manage storage, receiving and shipping of 6000 tons of grain and commodities monthly. • Oversaw monthly safety training, audits, corrective actions and ensuring all employees follow safety protocols. • Created and managed the organic certification including all licensing and permits for local, state and National governing bodies. • Assisted farmers in developing new crops as well as forward contracting grain and other commodities based on customer and market demand. • Coordinated delivery, inventory and scheduled all seed manufacturing to meet sales and customer demand. • Managed monthly inbound/outbound transportation schedule for trucks and rail freight. • Reduced freight budget 12% combined between rail and truck freight. • Decreased overall costs and expenses of business by 25%. • Develop and implement SOP’s and process; to improve efficiency and safety. • Rebuild and develop a new and positive culture of entire team/staff. • Salvaged over 5000 tons of bug infested grain through new and improved cleaning and blending. • Reduced labor by 38% Show less



Perfection Pet Foods

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchasing/Logistics Manager

  • Jul 2011 - Jul 2018

  • Purchase and manager inventory of over 300 ingredients between 2 separate processing plants. • Implemented and streamlined all aspects of raw material receiving, storage, inventory, cycle counts, segregation and FIFO. • Reduced annual spend on raw materials by 8%. • Developed and maintain approved supplier program as well as review all necessary documents, spec sheets, SDS sheets, 3rd party audits and conduct offsite vendor audits. • Work with product development and quality assurance to source and approve new ingredients. • Develop and build relationships with new vendors to ensure lowest cost purchase and least cost formulation. • Monitor market trends on commodities/by products in order to make informed purchasing decisions. • Managed Mill/Batching department as well as the storage warehouse for both raw materials and finished goods. o Scheduled production for both kibble and snack plant o Coordinated shipments of raw mix to snack plant for processing o Created and maintained receiving schedule to meet needs of plant • Work with sales team to strategically negotiate contracts with suppliers based on market activity and customer forecast. • Monitor position report to ensure timely execution and delivery of all purchases. • Created, managed and improved 24/7 receiving schedule to meet production needs. Show less



Fiore Di Pasta, Inc.

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

• Production Manager

  • Mar 2009 - Jul 2011

  • Scheduled Production for 2 shifts and 4 production lines. • Managed raw material and finished goods inventory. • Coordinated raw material orders and deliveries with warehouse and procurement through off site storage facility. • Work with sales team and customer service to ensure efficient production schedule and just in time finished good inventory. • Developed Preventative Maintenance plan on all equipment and utilize downtime efficiently. o Decreased overall downtime by 20% • Verified Raw Material and finished goods to and from offsite storage facility. • Scheduled delivery drivers for local and national customer deliveries. • Increased Production by 45% o 1st shift from 3 production lines to 4 o 2nd shift from 1 production line to 3 Show less



Odwalla Juice Co

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Logistics Manager/Demand Planner

  • Feb 2006 - Mar 2009

  • Coordinated Production schedule for 2 manufacturing plants. • Maintained an OTD of 99% to all customers • Managed finished goods inventory of over 150 skus • Developed 1, 3 and 6 month finished goods forecast o To Ensure all raw materials are delivered on time for production o Customer orders deadlines are met • Created annual freight budget and negotiated freight rates for multiple delivery locations from coast to coast • Reduced annual freight budget by 3% o Sourcing new carriers o Implemented dedicated freight lanes • Live inventory cycle counts of both finished goods and raw materials Show less



L&M Transportation Services

• United States
• Truck Transportation

• Transportation Manager

  • Sep 2002 - Jan 2006

  • Dispatched over 150 weekly loads of perishable freight per week. • Mapped routed and scheduled both pick up and deliveries from coast to coast • Issued/approved pay advances to drivers for fuel • Negotiated freight rates with carriers and customers • Research and develop relationships with new carriers and customers. • Discover new lanes of service that coincide with current book of business • Dispatched over 150 weekly loads of perishable freight per week. • Mapped routed and scheduled both pick up and deliveries from coast to coast • Issued/approved pay advances to drivers for fuel • Negotiated freight rates with carriers and customers • Research and develop relationships with new carriers and customers. • Discover new lanes of service that coincide with current book of business