Kristine Ford

About Kristine Ford

Focused and nimble Supply Chain Professional with over a decade of experience successfully providing comprehensive data analysis, managing the Procure-to-Pay process, resolving complex issues, maintaining accurate master data, subject matter expert for software implementations, including NetSuite and iPlanner, all while building partnerships with internal teams and suppliers, with an emphasis on supplier development and strategies.

Experience

1. Procurement Manager

   H&H Group | B Corp™

   May 2022 — Present

   Procurement and Sourcing specialist with an emphasis on building supplier relationships, new product development, as well as issuing, managing, and expediting purchase orders.• Successfully executed RFQ for all dry kibble packaging, identified and brought on a new packaging supplier resulting in 30% reduction in costs.• Developed and implemented the Solid Gold Pet Vendor guide encompassing all data required from a new vendor as well as providing them a guide for Solid Gold Pet processes and required documentation thus streamlining the set-up process, so we can focus executing the business plan.• Developed and maintained partnerships with suppliers and successfully negotiated off-cycle production to recover tonnage and mitigate the out of stock potential. • Procurement management with 32 suppliers (domestic and international), and over $55M in annual purchases.• Key Sourcing/Procurement point of contact for new product development projects. Working cross functionally we successfully developed, sourced, and launched 25% net new SKUs in the last 12 months.• Subject matter expert for NetSuite implementation into the H&H network.

Education

• St. Petersburg College

  Associate of Science (AS), Landscaping Technology

  2005