Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Passionately optimistic, a recovering perfectionist, an absolute foodie, and a relentless learner. I am a process-driven Project Specialist with over 9 years of experience leading operations and quality initiatives, and a Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Nutrition. PMP-certified and passionate about enabling teams to think proactively and deliver high-impact outcomes. Known for blending creative problem-solving with structured implementation—building strong systems and driving team-focused solutions that deliver long-term impact. Outside of work you can find me reading, building a puzzle, experimenting in the kitchen, or out trying a new restaurant. If you are interested in connecting, feel free to send me a message or email me at [email protected] Project Management | Process Improvement | Process Innovation | PMP |
I work with brands - whether it’s on a runway, live event, e-commerce, acting in commercials, or national advertising campaign - to bring their vision to reality. I enjoy working with a diverse mix of clients to help tell their story in a memorable way with versatility and creativity. - Work locally and internationally for companies such as Roots, Next UK, Keds UK, Neutrogena, Nordstrom, Winners, Today’s Bride, Hudson’s Bay, and Walmart, to name a few - Quickly create a rapport when working with new teams which results in a safe creative space - Maintain a positive and professional atmosphere during all interactions with clients and talent management - Excellent organization skills such as book-keeping, schedule management, and social media management
- Tailored project management style and process based on corporate governance and project complexity. -Facilitated risk workshop with 7 stakeholders for a 2-year project, aligning on risk priorities and mitigation strategies. - Streamlined production planning for 157 rotating SKUs using Microsoft Dynamics and Google Spreadsheets, in 1 year, reducing planning time by 40%, and saving 200 hours over one year. - Analyzed SKU velocity and seasonality to reduce storage requirements and prevent product expiration. - Accurately managed 32 weekly production orders using Microsoft Dynamics, optimizing workflows to meet demand without overtime for a 4-person culinary team - Developed a dynamic, visually-driven Google Spreadsheet to analyze 110,000+ lines of daily SKU data—enabling faster, data-informed menu planning by visualizing volume spikes, financial impact, and staffing needs. Streamlined planning workflow
Enhanced food safety and quality practices through employee education, employee empowerment and process evaluation that cultivates a food safety culture and improves customer experience - Systematised a filing and naming convention for primary packaging involving 7 suppliers and 43 primary packaging items. Established a process for approving primary packaging that spanned 4 stakeholder departments. - Spearheaded a data migration to a new ERP software of 1300+ items with 25 data fields - Maintain a HACCP program through internal audits, verification checks, document reviews - Critically review processes to improve efficiency and eliminate waste - Develop and conduct training at all levels of the company, across diverse cultural, language and educational backgrounds
Enhanced food safety and quality practices through employee education, employee empowerment and process evaluation that cultivated a food safety culture and improved customer experience - Increase output efficiency by conducting quality checks on incoming and outgoing products/ingredients and escalating non-conformances - Increased consumer confidence by implementing a communication process across 6 departments to create transparency and inclusion on issues affecting production and the client - Created a tracking system for vendor, internal and client issues which created accountability, determination of seasonal trends and data-driven preventative actions - Conduct training at all levels of the company - Created SOPs, SSOPs, GMPs and HACCP prerequisite programs
Created liquid and powdered flavours for food manufacturers that met customer specifications and resulted in client satisfaction. - Created flavours with consideration of processing steps, final application and customer specifications (kosher, natural, artificial, allergen free, organic certified, etc.) - Maintained detailed records of the research and development process for each flavour and documented in the company database - Ensured proper scaling of lab samples to be produced in production - Completed descriptive, preference and difference taste tests