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Partner with Walmart Fulfillment & Category as well as internal Sales, Operations, Demand and Supply Planning teams on numerous priorities, particularly promotional forecasting and review. Monitor ordering patterns and customer forecast to ensure alignment with POS data. Monitor and report on key metrics and KPIs such as fill rate and instock across a wide portfolio of Laundry and Home Care items. Prevent, investigate and validate Supply Chain penalties in a thorough and timely fashion.

Work with customers and internally to align teams on Operations, Sales and Supply Chain priorities. Regular use of Walmart's Retail Link and Loblaws LDIA (formerly Precima) data systems as well as Nielsen Answers. Generate and present actionable category, sales, forecasting, shipment, crosstab and inventory reports with visuals using tools such as PowerPivot in Excel. Frequently work with customer teams in a thoughtful and productive manner.

· Provided comprehensive reporting that details inventory position and sales growth opportunities with data from Walmart Retail Link, Costco IRI, Springboard and Kohl and Frisch· Collaborate with Walmart replenishment to efficiently bolster sales· Build and organize activity trackers by customer to observe promotional impact on sales.· Sales planning including baseline and promotional unit sales forecast to inform accurate production· Build optimized prepack displays to maximize sales potential for promotions

Replenishment / Analysis Process· Manage all replenishment and instock issues· Keep warehouse and store level inventory levels stable· Ensure correct levels of inventory for all items to prevent overages and shortages· Coordinate and communicate all new Wal-Mart store realignments, new store openings· Work directly with Wal-Mart Corporate replenishment team to positively influence forecast, POS, markdowns, in stock, sell thru and bring them up to level of top performing stores· Monitor and meet Wal-Mart DC/store demand service level inventory, shortages, outs, missed opportunitiesCustomer Team Support· Support Director/Customer Development Manager to capitalize on sales opportunities· Implement various procedures to ensure that service levels and performance levels are met· Provide analytical support for buyer meetings· Manage modular communications and data needs to National Account Manager· Establish multi-level relationships with individuals in varied supply chain disciplines at Wal-MartReporting· Provide store specific reporting to ASM Retail reps to address inventory and sales issues· Generate weekly and monthly replenishment reports· Develop and provide Retail Link reports on a weekly basis (every Monday) as well as adhoc requests· Identify and communicate exceptions, opportunities, and errors using Retail Link reportsMicrosoft Excel VBA - Macro Creation:· Build and maintain macros for the Wal-Mart reporting team within Visual Basic to improve reporting turnaround time while maintaining data integrityHighlights· Driven to deliver consistently high in-stocks· Proficient in daily use of Retail Link· Focused on communication and ensuring a lasting relationship built on efficiency and trust with WM replenishment and category solutions

Client growth and development for multi-million dollar businesses. Services include sales support and data-driven, actionable solutions for growth, category and business analysis, and implemementation of tracking metrics.Within this role, I was able to hone my Excel and PowerPoint skills. In Excel, I have developed a particular fondness for providing impactful visualizations. Comfortable with complex formula, PivotTable and flexible visuals used in presentation of data in graphs. This position was a fantastic entry-level data sculpting learning experience.One of my tasks within this role was to design and develop client and customer presentation templates, which required regular and detailed use of PowerPoint.

This was an excellent part-time opportunity while attending university where I met many new friends among associates, leaders and customers. Below are a few key responsibilities that I had enjoyed within this role:-Provided outstanding customer service-Assisted in employee merchandising, cashier and digital training-Directed point of sale transactions and returns-Oversaw stock counts and prevented shrink by accounting for inventory

-Supervised cashiers, completed returns and point of sale transactions-Established loyalty and trusting relationships with customers and staff-Promoted to backup head cashier within three months

-Chose to "plant seeds", honestly recommending necessary vehicle maintenance and listening to gain an understanding of the needs of the customer-Practiced trustworthy while fortuitous sales strategies-Conducted vehicle maintenance in all positions-Supervised technicians in maintenance of vehicles and shop upkeep-Processed daily sales reporting along with opening and closing monetary procedures