Head of Operations for organic CPG startups (1M -> 20M in 2yr)

Alexander Chester

Product Manager
Business Consultant
Creative Director
Picnik
Managed Picnik & Malk's end to end supply chain, providing oversight of our logistics team and leading production forecasting and execution.
Notables // Production: Supplier negotiations within the first 3 months of this role resulted in a 17% decrease in COGS. A push to automate our supply chain and production led to a 90% reduction in time spent planning, forecasting, and executing - Heavy work on the front in for a scalable solution on the backend.
Notables // Supply Chain: Led an initiative to cultivate freight partnerships that will effectively lower freight & warehousing spend by 4% (of revenue) in 2020. Partners are supported with data on Picnik’s end to proactively reduce costs per channel.
Notables // Data: Designed and implemented a system to connect our inventory, forecasting and financial tools across multiple platforms. System upkeep is automated, thereby increasing ops efficiency and reducing team workload.
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