Experience

Bongards Premium Cheese

• United States
• Dairy Product Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Supply Chain Manager

  • Jul 2017 - Present



Cargill

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

• Senior Business Analyst

  • Feb 2014 - Jul 2017

• Lead Supply Planner

  • Jun 2012 - Feb 2014

  •Lead and manage two supply planners responsible for seven production facilities.•Reduced rail demurrage resulting in over $300k year to date in fiscal year 2012.•Set inventory goals to reduce working capital at production facilities.•Collaborate across functions to establish inventory goals which have resulted in lower inventory and rail demurrage costs.•Develop new tracking method for purchase contracts to ensure merchants can determine the oil position at each facility.•Manage intra company order forecast in Business Intelligence Database.•Balance risk versus reward to realize greatest profit/savings for Cargill. Show less

• Supply Planner

  • Jan 2010 - Jun 2012

  •Managed inbound oil pipelines into Cargill Dressings, Sauces, & Oils’ refineries and terminals. •Collaborated with other Cargill Business Units and 3rd Party Suppliers to ensure seamless supply chain.•Oversaw a customer’s inbound supply chain of 20 million lbs of product annually.•Partnered with Contract, Purchasing, and Trading teams to ensure internal contracts are balanced with planned inbound shipments.•Partnered with members of the Sales department to ensure customer demand is accurately reflected in forecast.•Member of a team that developed and implemented projects that resulted in $1.5 million savings during 2011 fiscal year.•Managed emergency shutdown that minimized costs to Cargill that resulted in $400k in savings.•Executed plan at Des Moines, IA plant to take on high contribution margin business exceeding $100k in profit. Show less

• Customer Service Representative

  • Oct 2007 - Jan 2010

  •Coordinated deliveries for several Partnership Accounts.•Resolved challenging customer issues for other Customer Service Team members.•Collaborated with the four departments to achieve minimal disruption to customers during emergency events.•Managed customer pipelines for a worldwide restaurant chain based on demand analysis.•Created orders for telemetry/vendor managed accounts based on customer usage and forecasts.•Improved freight billing process which increased efficiency and accuracy of sales order processing. Show less