Marie Zhang

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City: Alpharetta

State: GA

Zip: 30022

Country: USA

Phone: 404-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: $110,000

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MARIE ZHANG

300 Morton Manor Court Alpharetta, GA 30022 404-***-**** abpu62@r.postjobfree.com

LEADERSHIP IN SUPPLY CHAIN, QUALITY ASSURANCE AND RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

History of reducing costs and driving profitability while improving product quality, food safety and customer satisfaction

Performance-driven executive with over 20 years proven track record of increasing profitability and improving quality in supply chain, quality assurance and research & development leadership roles. Strong leadership skills and business acumen in a wide range retail/food service and manufacturer industries. Reputation as a creative and organized strategic leader known for generating revenue, quickly building credibility and negotiating win-win agreements with vendors and distributors, manufacturing operational enhancement, delivering top-quality products, innovating new products and ensuring customer satisfaction. Core competences that drives results:

*Global Supply Chain Solution *Profitable Margin Execution *Strategic Sourcing & Procurement

*Quality & Safety Commitment *New Product Development *Manufacturing Expertise

*Price & Contract Negotiation *Leading People/Team *Productivity Improvements

*Planning & Logistics Support *Vendor Relationship ` *Regulatory Requirements

PROFESSIONAL EXPERINCE

HONEYBAKED HAM COMPANY, Alpharetta, Georgia 2004 - 2012

Vice President of Supply Chain and Technical Services

Led the supply chain and technical services for a $200 million company with over 300 retail/franchise locations. Managed over $50 million dollars of annual system purchases, as well as $1.5 million supply chain and technical services budget. Responsible for overall supply chain strategy, new product development and total food safety and quality management.

*Created company's total supply chain and quality assurance solution for international markets, led the exporter and importer regulations, requirements, documentations, and product tariff costs.

*Significantly helped company meet its aggressive income target for the last few years. Managed company's $50 million total cost of goods and increased $4 million profits annually by developing company's purchasing and procurement program and engaging in product cost reduction through cost down initiatives with major vendors.

*Innovated and implemented new product development functions and generated additional $35 million revenue from the improvement of current product and developing new product & limited time offering products. Established the most innovative new product that led the meat industry technology while continued driving company's profit growth.

*Improved overall store food safety audit scores from 65% to 98% in 2 years by educating and training company retail and franchise locations with newly-developed food safety auditing program and procedures, avoided over $100,000/year from the re-auditing charge. Recognized by the highest USDA audit report when personally assisting the company's catalog fulfillment facility (Carrollton, GA) USDA Consumer Safety Officers' extensive audit.

*Minimized customer product complaints from 25% to 2% by working with suppliers for product consistency elevation and by auditing distributors for product handling improvement.

*Renegotiated major supplier contracts for the company and uncovered additional $2.5 million profits by improving supplier efficiency, supplier selection, supplier consolidation, and reducing unnecessary freight fees.

*Successfully integrated new product SKUs into the supply chain for each of the company's 5 annual promotional periods and saved $2.3 million in write-offs by managing company's planning and inventory program while insuring proper inventory placement and sufficient on-hand inventory availability to meet forecasted and unforecasted demand.

*Built company's long term strategic distribution model that provided maximum flexibility while coupling $300,000 savings on a $2.0 million freight budget; continued reducing freight rate by conducting regular distributor audits.

*Developed a highly motivated Supply Chain & Technical Services team that aimed to leave the company and the brand better today than it was yesterday while honoring commitment and treating others with respect.

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PEER FOODS, INC., Chicago, Illinois 1996 - 2004

Director of Technical Services

Piloted quality assurance, food safety, regulatory programs, and product R&D for a multimillion-dollar manufacturer.

*Created meat industry pioneer HACCP that was recognized by "Meat Processing (North American), October, 1998,"

*Received Silliker award and recognition for designing top food safety program in meat industry in 2001.

*Enhanced plant processes capabilities by 28% through the implementation of statistical process control strategies.

*Increased $35 million sales by obtaining new business through development of customer-driven products.

CONAGRA, Downers Grove, Illinois 1994 - 1996

Manager of Technical Services

Headed Healthy Choice new product development efforts for a multi-million dollar company.

*Yielded additional $5 million in annual business sales through the creation of new Healthy Choice products.

*Applied a patent for the company from the new product development.

FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, Ames, Iowa 1992 - 1994

Research Scientist

*Released a scientific paper in making textile clothing from bio-degradable products.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Ames, Iowa 1990 - 1992

Research Scientist

*Published a scientific paper in generating energies from chemical reactions.

EDUCATION

Master's Degree in Food Science and Technology

Master's Degree in Chemistry

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry

Jilin University, Jilin, China

PATENT

"Low-fat, ground meat food products and methods for making dry sausages," 1996

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook.

PUBLICATIONS

*Production of Textile Fibers from Zein and Soy Protein Blend. Cereal Chem. 74(5): 594-598, 1997.

*Reversible Binding of Dioxygen to Cobalt (II) for a Substitution-Controlled Process. Inorganic Chemistry 33, 1994

*The Quenching Characteristics of AQ 251 in Treating Aluminum Alloy. National Metal Treatment Journal. 1990

*Synthesis of a New-Style Prophyrin and Its Coordination Compounds. Chem. J. of Chinese University. 1990

Language

English, Chinese/Mandarin

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