Finance Manager: ex-Sara Lee
20+ years of experience in Finance Management; Initiated streamlining of procedures of weekly payment to major distributor of over $500K/week, eliminating bottlenecks that caused late payments; Simplified procedures and established new controls that assisted in significantly reducing month-end close cycle; Assessed departmental headcount needs and eliminated an open position leading to $35K savings in salary and benefits; Led team to improve the predictability of cash flow forecasts within 95% accuracy rate; Developed a 5-year plan with the sales and plant managers which when implemented improved EBITDA of over $1M annually from sales growth, and cost savings programs; Cash flow, Sarbanes-Oxley, Forecast, Internal Controls, Union; Bachelor's degree in Science

Warehouse Supervisor: ex-Atlas Wholesale Foods
11 years of experience in Wholesale and Distribution Supervision; Saved $200K in freight costs by maximizing load patterns; Increased efficiency in shipping of orders up to 60 trailers per day (out of 5 doors) by implementing modern management techniques (beat own record by shipping 68 trailers through 5 doors in 2 shifts); Significantly increased inventory accuracy level by setting up warehouse procedures and by training staff; Achieved excellent results in raising distribution efficiency through regular interface with Production Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Purchasing, Customer Service and Marketing; H&S Compliance, Inventory, Customer Service (Freight Servicing)

Manager: ex-Dole Dried Fruit & Nut
15+ years of experience in Logistics and Distribution Management; Achieved $1.2M savings in logistics costs through implementation of improved shipping efficiencies; Successfully sourced regional contract warehouse operations and reduced overall logistics costs by $650K per year through effective cost analysis and negotiation of warehousing costs; Reduced inventory levels by 35% through formulation of new, efficient inventory plan designed in conjunction with seven processing plants; ERP, WMS, CarrierPoint, Red Prairie, Budgeting; BS in Business Administration