Garett Palecek

About Garett Palecek

A successful, dynamic leader (ENFJ) in supply chain and operations with a knack for continuous improvement. Consumer Product Goods experience, production operations, product development, process engineering, quality assurance, recall planning/activation and strategic planning. Progressive, decisive, innovative, highly valued for interpreting corporate vision to actionable strategy, translating objectives into actionable plans, and providing decisive leadership to multi-functional teams. Cultivate and maintain key relationships with executives, strategic partners, and staff.Specialties: Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Management of logistics (Inbound Outbound), 3rd Party Logistic Management, Multiple warehouse management, Product/Brand development, Warehouse Inventory Management, Importing, Inventory Management, and Quality Assurance.Cheesemonger: 5+ years of cheese, cured meat, olive oil, spices, chocolate experience. I have learned and see many different life stages of the world\'s best offering of cheese and most things specialty foods. Through purchasing, and being a key team member to Cheese Importers production room, my knowledge for cheese the life-cycle, flavor profiles and origins is always growing. What\'s my favorite cheese? As a friend once mentioned it depends on the weather, time of day, and season. Adam, I totally agree with you. Cheese Tasting:Rush Creek Reserve - Uplands Dairy (Cow - Spruce Bark Bloomy) Dodgeville, WI USARobiola Bosina (Cow & Sheep - Bloomy) Piemonte, ItalyDark Moon - Broken Shovels Farm (Goat - Ash Rind Bloomy) Denver, CO USAMozzarella di Bufala DOP (Water Buffalo - Fresh) Campana, ItalyCreamont - Vermont Creamery (Goat & Cow Bloomy) Websterville, VT USA

Experience

1. Senior Property Manager

   Commonwealth Auto Tags

   Jan 2018 — Present · Reading, PA, US

Education

• Penn State University

  Accounting, Finance, Business Administration

  2001 — 2006

Skills

• Product Development
• Leadership
• P&L Management
• Inventory Management
• Inventory Control
• 3pl
• Purchasing Negotiation
• Pricing
• Supply Chain Management
• Netsuite
• Forecasting
• Continuous Improvement
• Vendor Management
• Packaging Engineering
• Gs1
• Operations Management
• Team Building
• Management
• Negotiation
• Sap
• Outside Sales
• Customer Service
• Sales
• Purchasing
• Process Improvement
• Continuous Process Improvement
• Supply Chain
• Leadership Development
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Manufacturing Operations Management
• Cheesemonger
• Customer Service Management
• Budgets
• Food
• Consumer Package Goods
• Quality Assurance
• Procurement
• Sourcing
• Strategy