Multifaceted, growth-focused, and highly analytical professional with proven experience in project management and operations, quality assurance and marketing, and new product development and distribution along with familiarity in Lean manufacturing * Armed with expertise in providing strategic growth improving performance and profitability of business and attaining high-quality and on-time completion of project deliverables building relationships with different cross-functional teams and maintaining those relationships to foster a positive working environment * Equipped with the ability to identify potential opportunities and develop operational solutions to increase productivity. * Adept at utilizing out-of-the-box approaches in training and motivating employees to foster team unity toward fulfillment of set-forth goals. * Articulate communicator with well-honed interpersonal skills able to interact with individuals of diverse backgrounds. * Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, and Project) Dropbox, and TGI. Cost Management Laboratory Testing Operations Return on Investment Project Enhancement and Assessment New Product Development Process Development and Improvement Employee Training and Leadership Meeting Arrangement and Facilitation Drove efforts in enhancing project launch efficiency from up to 90 days late to 100% on-time launches for the last 15+ product launches * Carried out the project communication improvement within the organization that enabled all departments to acquire clear future visualization for at least 12 months * Closely worked with an outside resource with specialty in consumer-packaged goods to tailor a stage gate process and developed a phased introduction thus attaining buy-in from the Senior Management Team and all cross-functional team members Chemist 1993 - 2013 * Demonstrated strategic proficiency in the following initiatives: * Conceptualization of lower-cost wax blend for private label brand implementation * Development and production approval process for color of candles and color consistency maintenance across six candle lines with over 2,000 stock keeping units (SKUs) and * Establishment of training for color technicians * Directed teams in working through production challenges that occur in a 75-year-old plant to create candles industry leaders have referred to as "the best burning candle on the market" * Pioneered the burn standardization in the burn laboratory at Root Candles which involved overseeing the team members that executed the tests, consequently decreasing complaints and recalls from safety issues * Monitored and provided effective resolution to all customer complaints for the company's decorative candle line while directing the teams to minimize areas of highest concern * Served as an integral member of color analysis and selection as well as fragrance development and selection for brand restage in 2009 and 2017 and is still a member of the Color and Fragrance Team Career Highlight * Significantly contributed in the development of an all-natural wax blend for a Scrape Surface Heat Exchanger (SSHE) process, which initiated a cold-pour process for candles * Played a major role in a re-brand that increased margin approximately 5% across multiple formats

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Companies I like:

Innovative Companies, Amazon, Signet

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