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Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Analyzed, developed, recommended, and implemented enterprise inventory strategies. Managed $175M (1000 items) in total company inventory for Consumer Brands, Food Service, and Home Service Divisions.•Managed new item rollouts, including Sam’s Choice, leveraging forecast production and expected-inventory analytics, meeting fill rate goals with minimal inventory investment, and earning “Product Supplier of the Year” at Wal-Mart.•Developed and executed monthly evaluation of… Show more Analyzed, developed, recommended, and implemented enterprise inventory strategies. Managed $175M (1000 items) in total company inventory for Consumer Brands, Food Service, and Home Service Divisions.•Managed new item rollouts, including Sam’s Choice, leveraging forecast production and expected-inventory analytics, meeting fill rate goals with minimal inventory investment, and earning “Product Supplier of the Year” at Wal-Mart.•Developed and executed monthly evaluation of Consumer Brands inventory, determining risk and developing action plan that reduced distressed profit loss by $6M in 1 year. •Championed creation, design, and implementation of Product Substitution system that modified direct sales force orders, enabling order fulfillment with substitutable product, which prevented lost sales and improved fill rate by 10% during times of product transition.•Managed inventory down on discontinued products, minimizing distressed sales and resulting in $652k (14%) savings versus prior year.•Managed cross-functional relationships with marketing, finance, demand planning, and capacity and inventory planning, successfully meeting customer service goals.•Used SAP, Bex, Manugistics, JDA, and MS Excel (advanced), employing for corporate projects. Show less

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Developed unit forecasts for 2 brands and 100+ items at national and individual warehouse level, working with cross-functional partners on forecast and executing inventory plans enterprise-wide.•Led consensus process with Marketing and Trade Marketing, developing initial forecast, gathering partner feedback, and gaining consensus on final forecast, which improved forecast bias and maintained 97-103% consistently.•Managed supply chain for new item launches, working with multiple… Show more Developed unit forecasts for 2 brands and 100+ items at national and individual warehouse level, working with cross-functional partners on forecast and executing inventory plans enterprise-wide.•Led consensus process with Marketing and Trade Marketing, developing initial forecast, gathering partner feedback, and gaining consensus on final forecast, which improved forecast bias and maintained 97-103% consistently.•Managed supply chain for new item launches, working with multiple departments, developing sales forecasts, planning initial production volumes, and deploying inventory to depots, which resulted in 97% fill rate during initial weeks after launch.•Directed pre-consensus calls with top 4 accounts (Wal-Mart, Kroger, Safeway, and Albertsons), improving order forecasting, which resulted in successfully meeting sales, fill rate, and inventory goals.•Initiated Depot Planner Project for 8 West Region Depots, enhancing forecast process, reporting results, and alignment with Customer Operations Supervisors, which resulted in removing 15% over forecasting bias while increasing fill rate by 5%. Show less

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Planned and forecasted clearance sales and markdowns for Home Pyramid working with 7 merchandising teams. •Directed planning and forecasting of clearance sales and markdowns for Home Pyramid Merchandising Teams, maximizing clearance profitability.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed replenishment for $15M non-seasonal Confections business, including 3 of 4 top selling items in company-wide: Frango, Godiva, Jo’s Candies.•Increased in-stock levels on Top items from 92% to 96%, while beating inventory turnover plan.•Partnered with key vendors, reducing lead times and developed improved inventory forecasting process that increased responsiveness to sales, while reducing inventory investment needed. •Developed new novelty assortment, partnering… Show more Managed replenishment for $15M non-seasonal Confections business, including 3 of 4 top selling items in company-wide: Frango, Godiva, Jo’s Candies.•Increased in-stock levels on Top items from 92% to 96%, while beating inventory turnover plan.•Partnered with key vendors, reducing lead times and developed improved inventory forecasting process that increased responsiveness to sales, while reducing inventory investment needed. •Developed new novelty assortment, partnering with 9 new vendors and determining appropriate shipping windows and projected order quantities and successfully having all new product in store by shelf set date. Show less

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Partnered with retail clients, understanding current business issues and determining needed process improvements.•Meijer – Improved inventory turns, net profits, and comparable store sales through business process redesign and JDA ODBMS software installation. •Walgreens – Conducted Value Targeting project that identified potential inventory reduction and benefits of more efficient ordering practices using “what-if” analysis.•Nordstrom – Improved in-stock levels and… Show more Partnered with retail clients, understanding current business issues and determining needed process improvements.•Meijer – Improved inventory turns, net profits, and comparable store sales through business process redesign and JDA ODBMS software installation. •Walgreens – Conducted Value Targeting project that identified potential inventory reduction and benefits of more efficient ordering practices using “what-if” analysis.•Nordstrom – Improved in-stock levels and reduced inventory through developing replenishment “tool kits” for replenishment specialists that allowed for more efficient use of INFOREM replenishment system.•Best Buy Co. – Increased overall corporate profitability through business process redesign, including but not limited to assortment optimization, vendor management, and space optimization. Show less