Manager Supply Chain

Mina Marysol Yeon

**** ******** **** ********* ********** 92833 714-***-**** ********@*****.***

Mina Marysol Yeon

**** ******** **** ********* ********** 92833 714-***-**** ********@*****.***

To apply my extensive food-related background and purchasing experience to a

challenging career opportunity

Objective

Procurement Manager

October 2012 - present CJ Foods La Palma, CA

Experience

Manages over 1000 food and non-food (packaging) items for four

manufacturing and assembly plants

Manages Sourcing, Negotiations and Implementation of Agreements and

Integration of Key suppliers, Performance Monitoring plus Ongoing Supplier and

Contract Management for assigned specific Commodities.

Focuses on Cost Savings Projects to continue to find ways to reduce cost yet

deliver equal or higher quality ingredients; current project targets to save $1.3 M per

year

Creates Request for Proposals to review major categories and deliver savings

Continues to operate newly developed Procurement department by developing

process and training procurement buyer and replenishing buyers

Works closely with Marketing, R&D and Sales teams for all new product

development including new ingredient resourcing and package designing

Sets up all new materials and set the first POs quantities to avoid any inventory

concern

Performs and manages day-to-day data collection, implementation, supplier

improvement and process improvement within the company and across the

interface between company and its suppliers in order to achieve effective

competitive supply chain

Develops new co-packers to increase production capacity and line items and sales

volume; and manages oversight of OEMs and Co-packers (private label food

products and subcontract items) products

Creates the Budget forecast monthly and yearly

Identifies transactional improvement initiatives that can be driven through

Commodity Management and supports other department to achievement goals

together

Creates and implements KPI’s (Key Performance Indicator)

Continually develops expertise to support growth for new projects by attending

shows, keeping with up-to-date market reports

Monitor macro trends in supplier and contract base and implement plans to react.

Contract materials and services as per negotiated and appropriately approved

Review quotations

Discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services with users, vendors and

others to determine cause of problem and take corrective and preventative action

Ensure supplier compliance with site and company requirements for safety.

Sr. Supply Chain Specialist

March 2012 - October 2012 Yard House Restaurants Irvine, CA

Performed purchasing and distribution of over 650 non-food items through 5

Edward Don distribution centers

Managed fresh fish programs with 15 suppliers

Managed and contracts linen service programs with existing 12 suppliers and for

current and all new opening locations.

Managed EcoLab Institutional and DayDot Programs

Implement all new openings for non-food related items and receive the non-food

opening order

Handle day-to-day location needs with responsible items and suppliers

Be on-call to attend any urgent needs even on the weekends

Procurement Assistant Manager

Sept. 2007 – Jan. 2012 California Pizza Kitchen Los Angeles, CA

Performed purchasing and distribution dry goods, commodity goods, non-

alcoholic beverages, non-food and seafood items for over 230 corporate

owned restaurants and other partner concepts through 7 distribution centers

nation wide

Achieved cost savings of over $300K by negotiation and/or replacement, cost

avoidance and freight evaluation from 2010 to 2011

Conducted various cuttings and ideations to support R&D team for new item

development and replacing current products for cost saving

Involves in developing proprietary products and manage products with vendors

Conducted plant audits prior to approving new vendor/manufacture plants

Communicated effectively with vendors and distributors to implement tests and

menu rollouts

Exclusively managed a concept with Two-location concept that includes

managing specialty products, two main distributors, daily fresh seafood, daily

fresh bread and non-food items

Managed Procurement needs for International franchise partners

Worked closely with QA issues or recalls

Managed POs that are related to Procurement Dept for all new store openings

Handled day-to-day issues relate to uniform, Staples, and linen service

accounts

Purchasing and Distribution Coordinator

International Admin Coordinator

August 2005 – March 2007 Black Angus Steakhouse Santa Ana, CA

Performed purchasing and distribution of grocery items for up to 95 restaurants

through 9 distribution centers in seven states.

Prioritized and completed multiple projects

Communicated effectively with distributors and field/culinary team regarding

any implementation and change as needed.

Handled virtually all e-mails and telephone calls for 4 international stores in

Singapore, Indonesia and Korea

Maintained and updated all international purchasing records including export

documents, POs, invoices and payments

Completed distribution change process for over 90 restaurants; from three

distribution centers to 9 distribution centers

Established and maintained professional relationships with suppliers and

brokers to achieve sourcing, bidding, negotiation, selection, approval and

quality of assigned product lines

Carried out monthly product review to reassure quality and pricing of current

supplies, additionally introduce new ideas and concepts.

Participated in negotiation of current and new product contracts on pricing,

rebate and delivery

Performed bookkeeping and invoicing for purchasing department.

Utilized MS office software to create charts and all budget charts for purchasing

department

Placed all meat and seafood orders directly to vendor on weekly basis in order

to avoid shortage/overage

General Lead

(Lead, Cashier, Hostess)

Dec. 1993 – Mar. 2005 Disneyland Anaheim, CA

Managed daily schedules and supervised up to 60 Cast Members in 6

locations; trained and coached Leads in Guest Relations and Cashiering.

Monitored labor cost and food cost to improve financial performance.

Mina Marysol Yeon

3097 Primrose Lane Fullerton California 92833 714-***-**** ********@*****.***

Performed as a Core Trainer for the trainers to ensure proper training,

evaluating, mentoring, and retaining new Cast Members.

Organized and implemented the Permanent Fund cash program for leads and

cashiers. Minimized cash short/overage and continuous 100% audit scores for

all three main locations.

Handled Guests concerns and compliments properly.

Surpassed Mystery Guest goals during 3 quarters. Maintained top rank in

Mystery Guest Shop.

California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Education

BA in Psychology

Other SAP

Fluent Korean

Conversational Spanish: resided in Ecuador 1988-1990

Disney Leadership Program

References are available on request.

References

Mina Marysol Yeon

3097 Primrose Lane Fullerton California 92833 714-***-**** ********@*****.***

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