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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”.
• 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.
• 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.
• Managed inventory down on discontinued products, minimizing distressed sales and resulting in $652k (14%) savings versus prior year.

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%.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.
• 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