Experience

King's Hawaiian

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Category Sourcing Manager

  • Oct 2022 - Present



Frosty Acres Brands

• United States
• Food & Beverages
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Category Manager - Disposables/Dairy/Redistribution

  • Dec 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Develops and manages programs within the assigned Product Category in terms of product, placement, price, profitability, and growth. This includes assisting in establishing, monitoring, and maintaining quality as well as competitive pricing positions for assigned product categories. • Manages development, production, and distribution of promotional and collateral materials to support marketing programs. • Manages the pricing functions of Branded Programs to ensure that the products are competitive and consistent in generating profit objectives. • Plans and conducts market research to identify opportunities for increased sales. • Analyzes the current Supplier programs to determine which meet current market demand, and to identify new Suppliers, which will meet future market demands. • Participates in Member and Industry trade shows, sales meetings as requested, and category trade shows.



Veritiv Corporation

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Purchasing Analyst

  • Oct 2018 - Dec 2021

  • Perform long term inventory management by manipulating and setting up forecasts, order cycles, and safety stock using available data. Prevent customer service failures by reviewing problem items, deficits, excesses, and feedback from the field sales. • Utilize a variety of reporting to make good business decisions, keeping items in stock in a cost-effective way, and reducing capital that is tied up in excess inventory. • Monitor and report on vendor performance and report to management and sales as needed, while establishing strong working relationships with vendors.



A&D Company

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Supply Chain Specialist

  • Jun 2018 - Oct 2018

  ▪ Responsible for procurement of finished goods for A&D Company in North America, using SAP Business One for most inventory management functions. ▪ Maintains proper inventory levels, schedules shipments, and ensures inventory is received properly by warehouse staff. ▪ Assesses current orders and forecasts future demand to provide adequate supply. Responds to any changes in demand and deals with any supply chain issues that arise from said changes. ▪ Manages relationships with inbound freight partners and customs brokerages for international shipments. Monitors inbound shipments to ensure timely deliveries and makes sure that all import documents are complete and submitted in a timely manner.



Veritiv Corporation

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Purchasing Analyst

  • Feb 2018 - Jun 2018

  ▪ Perform long term inventory management by manipulating and setting up forecasts, order cycles, and safety stock using available data. Prevent customer service failures by reviewing problem items, deficits, excesses, and feedback from the field sales.▪ Utilize a variety of reporting to make good business decisions, keeping items in stock in a cost effective way, and reducing capital that is tied up in excess inventory.▪ Monitor and report on vendor performance and report to management and sales as needed, while establishing strong working relationships with vendors.

• Inventory Coordinator

  • Sep 2017 - Jan 2018

  ▪ Perform necessary post-PO maintenance across several Veritiv IM systems, in order to ensure order accuracy. ▪ Make sure all orders were received and confirmed by vendors in order to promote on time delivery and customer satisfaction.▪ Follow up on late orders in order to ensure inventory accuracy at supported Veritiv locations, as well as assisting AP with invoice discrepancies.

• Transportation Solutions Representative

  • Jul 2016 - Aug 2017

  ▪ Cultivate and maintain relationships with a national network of freight carriers in order to meet customer needs.▪ Utilize an advanced TMS (Transportation Management System) in order to oversee more than 50 truckloads per week. ▪ Respond to all carrier or customer inquiries and issues related to all managed truckloads.



Follett Higher Education

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Shipping and Receiving Supervisor

  • Mar 2015 - Jul 2016

  ▪ Management experience in-store at department level. ▪ Interpersonal skills developed both from managing employees and interacting with customers, as well as well developed team and project management skills. ▪ Experience processing large amounts of retail product under pressure to meet sales deadlines. ▪ High level of proficiency with many software programs used to manage inventory, financials, and overall store sales. ▪ Management experience in-store at department level. ▪ Interpersonal skills developed both from managing employees and interacting with customers, as well as well developed team and project management skills. ▪ Experience processing large amounts of retail product under pressure to meet sales deadlines. ▪ High level of proficiency with many software programs used to manage inventory, financials, and overall store sales.



Georgia Museum of Art

• United States
• Artists and Writers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Security Guard

  • Feb 2014 - Jul 2014

  ▪ Further developed skills in customer interaction through overseeing visitors and enforcing museum policies ▪ Monitored security cameras and answered front desk phone ▪ Worked private events after regular hours ▪ Further developed skills in customer interaction through overseeing visitors and enforcing museum policies ▪ Monitored security cameras and answered front desk phone ▪ Worked private events after regular hours



Follett Higher Education

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sales Associate

  • 2013 - 2014

  ▪ Managed and organized textbook inventory using retail inventory management software ▪ Oversaw incoming and outgoing shipments of textbooks using FedEx logistics software ▪ Gained customer service skills through providing solutions to customer questions and complaints in person and via phone ▪ Developed financial and inventory management skills while operating merchandise kiosks at UGA athletic events ▪ Managed and organized textbook inventory using retail inventory management software ▪ Oversaw incoming and outgoing shipments of textbooks using FedEx logistics software ▪ Gained customer service skills through providing solutions to customer questions and complaints in person and via phone ▪ Developed financial and inventory management skills while operating merchandise kiosks at UGA athletic events