Ming Lu

Senior Agriculture Operations Manager | Specializing in Purchasing and Sales Growth

United States

About

Experience

  • T&H International (Full-time · 4 yrs 8 mos)
    • Senior manager, North American Agribusiness Operations
      Sep 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

    • purchasing specialist -agricultural machinery
      Nov 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 8 mos

  • Whole Foods Market (12 yrs 5 mos)
    • Regional Buyer
      Oct 2016 - May 2019 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      • Manage 60+ vendors, 1400+ SKU’s • Manage ordering, sell-through, shrink, inventory turns, margin, and promotion projection. • Achieve fill rate of 97% and spoilage below 0.05% • Research trends and seasonality for all commodities. • Work with vendors and logistic to obtain product information, price, and delivery schedule • Reducing 70% of Transportation Costs from a vendor

    • Department Manager
      Jan 2007 - Oct 2016 · 9 yrs 10 mos

      • Manage department of $2.6 to $5.2 million in sales annually • Lead 75+ hourly team members, 3 assistant manager, and 6 supervisor in 7 venues • Promoting 15+ team members to leadership position • coaching, delivering performance appraisals, handling discipline, and maintaining overall team member morale in the department • operate and manage operations to meet financial and labor goals • creating systems for admin, purchasing, and production • elevate TM customer service standard and productivity, reduced labor cost by 1.75% • ensure proper food safety practice • Managing/setup department for a converted store