Sector Experience

Consumer Goods
Manufacturing
Fortune 500

Experience

Hearthside Food Solutions Finance
VP Business Development
7/2015 - 7/2019
Responsible for co-pack sales with Total Revenue of $1.4B and Tolling Revenue $500M. Leading a sales team who is accountable for growth delivery across USDA, frozen, refrigerated, fresh, and shelf stable business platforms. Manage and improve strategic relationships with customers to ensure business delivery
Kraft Foods Operations
Senior Manager
4/2014 - 7/2015
Senior Manager, Business Development and External Manufacturing: Manager of multi-functional project teams in order to investigate and launch renovations, innovations and cost saving opportunities for enhancers and snack nuts categories;
Unilever Operations
Manager
1/2009 - 4/2014
Supply Chain Innovation Manager: Manager of multi-functional project teams in order to investigate and launch renovations, innovations and cost saving opportunities for spreads and dressing categories; SC lead on category business team, providing strategic insight for 12Q growth plans; Liaison for marketing and sales for customer solutions and customer service. Customer Service and Logistics Manager.
PepsiCo Operations
Senior Engineer
11/2005 - 1/2009
Senior Engineer: Developed scope, budget, and schedule for capital projects for product and package innovation, cost reduction, and quality improvement
H.J. Heinz Operations
Plant Engineer
5/2002 - 5/2005
Managed capital projects in facility and annual capital budgeting in range of $650,000 to $1,000,000, production process improvements, as well as safety and environmental compliance and improvements.
General Mills Operations
Engineer
6/1999 - 5/2002
Reliability Engineer: responsible for facility maintenance program implementation

3rd Shift Supervisor: Managed 80-100 employees in areas of production, sanitation, quality, maintenance, safety, discipline, and scheduling.

Project Engineer: responsible for identifying and completing capital project initiatives for plant improvements on cereal systems.
Bunge Other
R&D Co-Op
6/1996 - 8/1998
R&D Co-Operative education. Method for bakery product measurement: U.S. Patent number 6,201,885