Experience

VG Growth Partners

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

• Co-Founder & Managing Partner

  • Jun 2016 - Present

  VG Growth Partners (“VGGP”) is led by highly experienced operators focused on building category leading food brands. The VG team brings significant industry expertise, proven track record as brand-builders, and hands-on operational experience of its co-founders to help promising brands grow sustainably. VG Growth Partners (“VGGP”) is led by highly experienced operators focused on building category leading food brands. The VG team brings significant industry expertise, proven track record as brand-builders, and hands-on operational experience of its co-founders to help promising brands grow sustainably.



Township of Millburn/Short Hills, NJ

• Deputy Mayor

  • Jan 2023 - Present

• Councilman

  • Jan 2021 - Dec 2022



Atalanta Corporation

• United States
• Wholesale Import and Export
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Operations & Supply Chain Management Consultant

  • May 2015 - Jun 2017

  Restructure Company's Operations & Supply Chain process and Management to gain efficiency with better Inventory Turns and add to the bottom line while maintaining Customer Service Level. Restructure Company's Operations & Supply Chain process and Management to gain efficiency with better Inventory Turns and add to the bottom line while maintaining Customer Service Level.



CITIVA

• Alternative Medicine
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations & Supply Chain Management Consultant

  • Apr 2015 - May 2017

  Involved in Business start-up and set up company's Operations and Supply Chain process. Involved in Business start-up and set up company's Operations and Supply Chain process.



Popcorn, Indiana

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

• Director of Supply Chain

  • Jan 2013 - Apr 2015

  • Responsible for company's Operations & Supply Chain • Develop and implement Material Requirement Planning (MRP) process for raw and packaging materials based on Bill of Materials (BOM) and Sales Forecast in the ERP system • Develop, implement and lead Strategic Sourcing initiatives to procure Popcorn Indiana’s materials at optimum value (quality, service, and cost) for all categories • Track commodity market index to stay ahead of the procurement strategies • Establish and lead an effective demand planning process with proactive participation of the Commercial function (Marketing/Sales). Develop tools and methodologies to enable “one number” forecasting for effective use of company assets to achieve sales and customer service objectives • Ensure product has desired freshness. Continuously focus on minimization of “aged” inventory. Diligently work to minimize short-code and product obsolescence write-offs • Establish and apply critical production and inventory planning measures (KPI’s) that drive superior supply chain performance • Lead development and implementation of Company’s Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) capability. Lead weekly demand and supply planning processes to effectively manage operating resources • Lead Company's SKU rationalization process Show less



The Hain Celestial Group

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Director of Production Planning

  • Jul 2012 - Dec 2012

  • Responsible for Company’s Production Planning (Brands: Earth’s Best, Terra chips, Garden of Eatin, Spectrum Natural, Arrowhead Mills, DeBoles etc – 2 Billion yearly revenue). • Maintain healthy working relationship with 100 co-packers and 7 Hain owned plants. • Manage finished goods inventory assets while maintaining agreed customer service level. • Lead SKU rationalization process. • Work with Sales and Brand team for effective S&OP process. • Lead and manage capacity/requirements planning for all Co-packers and Hain owned plants. • Work to maximize the selling value and minimize losses on aged products. • Drive and maintain superior KPI performance measurement. Show less



Kozy Shack Enterprises

• Director of Supply Chain

  • Jan 2009 - Jul 2012

  • Responsible for Procurement and Demand & Supply Planning departments• Evaluate optimum sourcing and storage strategies to drive rapid capture of P&L and balance sheet savings opportunities within the existing network while balancing capacity utilization across the supply network • Develop, implement and lead Strategic Sourcing initiatives to procure Kozy Shack North America’s direct materials at optimum value (quality, service, and cost)• Identify and implement new processes to continuously improve the value proposition with programs such as Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)• Develop, coach, mentor Procurement, Demand & Supply Planning associates consistent with Supply Chain “best practices” Show less

• Sr. Business Analyst / Project Manager

  • Mar 2005 - Dec 2008

  • Analyze existing business process for continuous improvement• Implemented ERP system at company’s Ireland office• Implemented Warehouse Management System (WMS) at two of the company’s locations• Helped manage risk analysis and mitigation plans, status reports, and client presentations; prepared business process models, defined milestone deliverables, and established critical success factors.• Gathered requirements during inception phase, documented and delivered functional specification documents, and assisted architecture analysis and design.• Conducted UAT. Wrote SQL queries in MS Access and SQL Server for data manipulations.• Developed prototype of new information processing application. Helped collect functional requirements and prepared business requirement documents.• Determined user/business/functional requirements. Created vision, scope, and use case documents; business process models, use case diagrams and activity diagrams.• Develop and configure and process, standards, and procedures.• Performed GAP and Risk analysis of existing system and evaluated benefits of new system.• Conducted Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with stakeholders throughout SDLC to resolve open issues.• Validated technical designs created by IT developers against functional specifications.• Worked with QA team to design test plan and test cases for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).• Coordinated work plans between project manager and business users using MS Project.• Created documentation for training and Help Desk teams. Show less



Holt Learning

• Professional Training and Coaching

• Sr. Business Analyst

  • Jul 2001 - Feb 2005

  • Analyze business processes for potential issues and recommend solutions based on data gathered. • Provide customer support and coordinate testing and data auditing activities with systems application development team and end-users. • Act as chief liaison between client (such as JPMorgan Chase, MetLife, Pfizer, etc.) and in-house technical department to assure high level of client satisfaction. • Interview client, assess user needs to determine functional and business requirements and create Data Models, Data Flow Diagrams (DFD) and Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERD) for projects. • Use Crystal Reports with SQL to compose reports based on individual client sales initiatives and inventory management. • Create complex database objects, SQL queries, stored procedures, triggers, user defined functions, transactions, DTS Packages and job scheduling • Design and set internal timelines/priorities on the live business-critical application issues based on company/team deadlines. • Maintain on-going requirement for documentation and program compliance. Show less