Cole Buckley

Experience

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  Impact Designs

  May 2005 - Mar 2010

  Project Manager

  ■ Independently managed over 50 projects in the Minneapolis metro area. Including all work scheduling, inventory oversight, quality control, risk and issue management■ Improved project turnover time by 20% through identification of process inefficiencies and quality control gaps

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  Deutsche Bank

  Mar 2010 - Mar 2011

  Business Analyst

  Key Responsibilities■ Process owner for reporting on over 150 IT projects in the global Book of WorkAccomplishments■ Spearheaded global analysis projects that mapped headcount and IT applications to business functionality ■ Conceptualized and built databases applications used by senior management to drive cost reduction and regulatory initiatives

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  Cummins Power Generation

  May 2011 - Nov 2012

  Business Strategy Analyst

  Key Responsibilities■ Lead analyst for business line strategy developmentAccomplishments■ Developed reporting processes and business intelligence dashboards to evaluate sales and cost reduction performance■ Created financial models for pricing, sourcing, product management and competitive intelligence teams■ Completed Six Sigma training and provided analysis for several cost reduction projects

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  General Mills

  Nov 2012 - now

  Sourcing team lead for North America Dairy and Organic Agriculture Ingredients Team lead for Meat, Seafood, Eggs and Gelatin Key Responsibilities■ Category manager for North American fruit purchases■ Lead global fruit bids, contracting, and supplier relationship management■ Sourcing lead on cross-functional teams for new product development and margin management projects Key Responsibilities■ Derivative hedging and price risk management for U.S. commodities portfolio■ Market intelligence lead on corn, fats & oils, cocoa/chocolate and, animal proteins■ Macroeconomic analysis and insights Key Responsibilities■ Derivative hedging and price risk management for U.S. commodities portfolio■ Market intelligence lead on corn, fats & oils, cocoa/chocolate, and animal proteins■ Macroeconomic analysis and insights

  • Sourcing Senior Manager: Dairy and Nat/Org Ingredients

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Sourcing Manager: Animal Proteins

    Oct 2019 - Jun 2023

  • Sourcing Assistant Manager: Fruit

    Aug 2018 - Oct 2019

  • Sourcing Assistant Manager: Commodities

    Jun 2016 - Aug 2018

  • Sourcing Sr. Buyer: Commodities

    Nov 2012 - May 2016
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  First Hawaiian Bank

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  MBA Intern - Enterprise Risk Management

  Key Responsibilities■ Project leader to develop forward-looking risk indicators for the U.S. and Hawaiian banking systemAccomplishments■ Created an executive-level quarterly report that describes current measures of financial stress and an outlook of financial risk■ Developed a new leading indicator of financial risk in the Hawaiian market