Mandilyn Beck
Takoma Park
Summary
I am a supply chain and strength management specialist with 10 years of procurement, operations and service experience. My key strengths are creating systems that generate sales and mitigate risk for entities through change management; and facilitating cross-functional coordination.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Contractor-Analyst
Axiom Resource Management
11.2024 - Current
- Maintain records of 200 military personnel to ensure seamless onboarding and offboarding transitions and compliance with administrative requirements utilizing Microsoft Excel.
- Track and ensure adherence to performance evaluation timelines and regulations for respective branches of service including Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders including civilian and military leadership to address needs concerning administrative processes, policies, and procedures.
Independent Consultant
The Food Sourceress LLC
08.2023 - Current
- Determine transformative procurement solutions endemic to the needs of individual businesses.
- Incorporate participatory research and adaptive collaboration channels for customer growth.
- Identify operational performance improvements to create opportunity and brand identity for businesses.
Sr Supply Manager-Bakery Category
Sodexo
05.2022 - 04.2023
- Identify connections across Culinary, IT and Supply Transversals for operational improvements & financial opportunities for Allergen-Friendly and Local Sourcing product offerings
- Manage contracts and relations for 57 direct service distribution (DSD) and 13 broadline distribution suppliers generating $15 million in annual revenue
- Create financial growth through analysis of $800 million in annual spend, executing Requests for Proposals (RFPs), field intelligence, market research and vendor negotiations
- Serve as escalation point for supply management’s field support teams to address vendor service issues and unit level challenges
- Manage and support financial processes of contracted suppliers, including forecasts, budgets, and accounts receivable and payable through PowerBI, CarMA and ERP billing systems.
Supply Manager-Bakery Category
Sodexo
11.2020 - 05.2022
- Create and execute Sodexo’s multi-supplier compliance strategy by contracting small to medium-sized bakery enterprises into regional vendor programs by converting $3 million of non-income generating spend into generative spend totaling $130,349.68 in income for FY 2023
- Manage supplier relations and contracts for 31 regional DSD suppliers through spend analysis, budgeting and forecasting
- Facilitate transition for suppliers to switch from ordering and invoicing through Ariba to Electronic Date Interchange (EDI)
- Perform opportunity analysis by pulling spend data from ERP systems, accounting, purchasing card data, and suppliers to identify spend with the biggest profit potential, and collating data in Microsoft Excel
- Participate in Collaboration Portal Mapping Project to cleanse product level data
Sustainability Director-Partners Healthcare
Sodexo
03.2018 - 11.2020
- Design and launch a source-to-pay software application requiring a daily time commitment of 25 min from on-site operators within a 4-week virtual testing protocol period
- Create a push-ordering system within Smartsheet that streamlines local product supply, distribution and demand between farmers, producers, distributors, and retail food outlets
- Initiate and manage Sodexo’s Local Procurement Initiative for 15 Hospitals in SE New England, increasing the average annual local produce spend from 1% to 10%
- Source and integrate local farms into Sodexo’s DSD and develop risk mitigation programs of farms to achieve increased ESG value for New England clients and customers
- Develop an RFP process designed to increase procurement of produce grown by Rhode Island Farmers for Rhode Island hospitals through Farm Fresh RI, a New England Food Hub
Sustainability Coordinator-Denver Dining
Sodexo
06.2015 - 03.2018
- Create and implement Denver Dining’s Sustainable Procurement Program that increased University of Denver’s (DU) Real Food Challenge (RFC) percentage from 4% to 20% by 2020
- Extensive research of Domestic and Front Range Dairy Industry to determine the best dairy supplier for DU, primarily collaborating with Royal Crest Dairy.
- Source 10 new small to medium sized food suppliers into contracted broadline distribution
- Manage logistics for over 400 products by providing oversight of ordering and inventory systems, and analyzing food cost and volume of current and potential product shifts in Excel
- Manage 5 Interns across the areas of Food Waste, Waste Diversion and Marketing
- Co-Write DU’s Sustainable Food Policy
Lead Food Research Assistant
University of Denver’s Center for Sustainability
08.2013 - 06.2015
- Organize Denver Dining by Sodexo’s monthly food purchasing invoices of $2 million into an excel format for internal DU and 3rd party data analysis and audits
- Research suppliers of 1500 recurring products according to the RFC’s ‘real food’ criteria
Education
MA - Global Finance, Trade and Economic Integration
Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver
Denver, Colorado06.2015
BA - Anthropology
Texas Christian University (TCU)
Fort Worth, Texas12.2011
Skills
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Financial Opportunity Analysis
- Data Analysis & Reporting
- Contract Negotiation
- Billing System Analysis
- Quality Assurance & Compliance
- Project Management & Mapping
- Customer Experience & Brand Expert
Certification
- Harvard School of Public Health Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership Program
- LEAN Management Leadership Training-White Belt
Languages
German
Limited Working
Timeline
Contractor-Analyst
Axiom Resource Management
11.2024 - Current
Independent Consultant
The Food Sourceress LLC
08.2023 - Current
Sr Supply Manager-Bakery Category
Sodexo
05.2022 - 04.2023
Supply Manager-Bakery Category
Sodexo
11.2020 - 05.2022
Sustainability Director-Partners Healthcare
Sodexo
03.2018 - 11.2020
Sustainability Coordinator-Denver Dining
Sodexo
06.2015 - 03.2018
Lead Food Research Assistant
University of Denver’s Center for Sustainability
08.2013 - 06.2015
MA - Global Finance, Trade and Economic Integration
Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver
BA - Anthropology
Texas Christian University (TCU)
Additional Experience
- Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) - Chemicals and Health Intern - Munich, Germany - July 2012-February 2013
- Center of Social Well Being Field School - Field School Student and TCU Addran Festival Presenter - Callejon de Huaylas, Peru - December 2010-April 2011
Additional Skills/Tools
Power BI, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Smartsheet, SharePoint, Microsoft Visio
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