Strategic Project Manager with expertise in Quality and Process Improvement, Supplier and Customer Management, and Learning Development. Solid experience in New Product Development and Supply Chain for the medical device, pharmaceutical, food, dietary supplement, fragrance and beauty/cosmetic areas under CFR Part 110, 111, 117 (FSMA), 210, 211, 820 regulations, Cosmetic GMPs, ISO 9001, 22716, and 13485 as well as systems implementation. Innovative and analytical decision maker and problem solver with heavy background as leader in cross functional and international teams. * * HIGHLIGHTED CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS * * * Led product development resulting in successful launch of the following products: o Multi-Vitamin for Skin Care - Activities including supplier qualification, formulation, packaging development, cost analysis, clinical research, and website content development. o Commercialized new fragrance formulas such as Calvin Klein's Contradiction for Women, Tommy Hilfiger Athletics, and Ralph Lauren's Romance for Men. * Designed, trained, and implemented the following software systems: o Audit Database - Decreased audit reporting cycle time by 20%. o LIMS (Laboratory Management System) - Reduced testing cycle time by 50%. o MFG/PRO - Successfully transitioned to the inventory management database in nine months. * Reduced adult learning cycle time as Master Trainer through: o Training, developing, mentoring, and monitoring of new trainers / facilitators as well as creation of training programs on internal and supplier audits and competitive product audits. o Site-wide training on Technology Transfer, Validation, and Documentation processes. Product Development life cycle was reduced by 20%. o International training of locals on supplier audits reducing international travel costs by approximately $65,000 annually. * Developed / Improved process efficiencies in the following areas: o Reduced standard copy and graphics change cycle times by 71% in crisis situations. o Created a risk assessment process to prioritize management and audit of suppliers by product categories. The assessment justified approximately $250,000 annual savings in travel reduction for audits. o Development of a supplier certification process to potentially reduce laboratory testing by approximately 31%. o Developed new in-store product audit program for worldwide use, which incorporated Sales, Consumer Insight, and Consumer Complaint information and increased sales incrementally by $3.9MM/4 years. o Reduced On Shelf Quality evaluation and report phases from 2 days to 1 day and recommended On Shelf Quality improvements that would result in true consumer feedback, cost savings, and true on shelf data. o Led globalization of 1300 raw material specifications and test methods in the North American sector resulting in supplier certification of 40% of incoming raw materials. * Led cost improvement projects in nonwovens through price negotiations and strategy resulting in $1.7M savings.

Highlights:

Companies I like:

Estee Lauder, Google, Amazon

• Complaints
• Quality
• Quality Assurance
• Sales
• Technology Transfer
• Documentation
• Evaluate
• Marketing Management
• Product Development
• Project Management