Larry Devereux

Introduced Interstarch's gluten products into the United States.

Director of Purchasing

Purchased dairy products, vegetable oils, and food grade chemicals items which totaled over $100 million in annual spend.

Procurement Group Responsible for 11 ingredient categories accounting for over $140 million in annual spending for private label food manufacturer. Categories included oils, dairy products, flour, energy, and food grade chemicals. Issued RFP's, RFQ's, and competitive bid packages for a company dedicated to lean manufacturing. Track and forecast spending and purchase price variance (PPV) for the categories above and measured supplier performance against key performance indicators (KPI's) Saved $2.1 million (versus market) in 2011cheese purchases by timing market and storing. Assisted Purchasing Group in the on-going SAP systems implementation. Executed risk management strategies for oils, natural gas, and dairy. Assisted the Co-Packing group with the sourcing strategy of company contract manufacturing, and developed standards for the operating plan.

Sep 2005 – Feb 2006 Employment Duration 6 mos Operated a ($4 million sales) division of publicly traded plastics manufacturer. The division went from annual loss of $500,000 to profit of nearly $300,000. Sales increased over 40% during tenure. Responsibilities included: Obtained and managed new contract manufacturing business. Managed the division's sales force which sold company proprietary products. Profit & Loss responsibility for the division. Oversaw Production work force.

Started a Development Company with a partner. There was one project, a 14,000 square foot retail strip mall with two pad sites.

Oversaw Sales/Marketing, Manufacturing, and Finance while doing the Sales/Marketing. Sales\Marketing responsibilities include: Designed print advertisements and negotiated with publications. Developed the marketing budget, and determined where best to spend; between trade shows, print ads, the catalog, web page, mailers, and other forms of advertising. Wrote press releases for trade publications and trade shows. Determined which trade shows to exhibit at, designed, manned the booth, trained and chose which employees would assist at the shows. Oversaw the design of the catalog, and web page. Market research for new products. Managed the company's reps by setting sales quotas. Terminating under performing Reps, and selecting new reps. Made sales calls on our Dealers, and obtained new Dealers.

Ran $4M autonomous co-packing facility with twenty-three employees. This business packaged multiple food items for sale to the large Club Warehouses. P & L responsibility for the operation. The business went from a loss of $160,000 to a profit of $120,000 during tenure. Developed operating procedures to comply with Frito Lay's manufacturing processes.

Developed the production reporting system for evaluating plant performance as well as individual line supervisor performance. Supervised the preparation of production reporting and reviewed variances with plant management. Put together the operating plan for production, which includes the development of standards for each sku.