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Olathe, Kansas, United States

Lead and mentor purchasing team of 11 membersDrive strategic Initiatives for procurement and material managementMaintain competitive pricing across all vendor lines pursuing cost reductions where possible.Set strategic direction for inventory and replenishment KPIsReport on performance metrics vs goals to ELT - drive for improvement

Overland Park, Ks

Initiated and facilitated highly effective cross-functional meetings, bringing together representatives from all lines of business, across three networks, and four brands to align on sim cards and their production plans. Ensured seamless coordination and collaboration, optimizing sim card inventory management.Demonstrated outstanding cost-saving abilities, reducing sim card excess by $500,000 within the first three months on the job. Employed data-driven analysis and efficient inventory management strategies to drive significant savings while maintaining operational efficiency.

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

I managed a team of Android Supply Planners - We were responsible for sourcing all Android phones for Dish's Retail Wireless Portfolio for all brands. Duties were as follows:Leveraged planning knowledge to drive supply chain activities through the creation, modification, and implementation of production plans for 2 device launches a monthManaged Android device inventory and sales portfolio ~ 500,000 units in sales and ~ 150 million dollars in purchases a monthHeld weekly meetings with OEMs/Suppliers to discuss the state of the businessPushed my team to reduce end of quarter inventory by 40 million dollars in Q3 2022Solely responsible for demand planning for an MVNO across 45 skus

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

This was a project management position where we launched cell phones. Once the device was awarded, we managed the launch across the whole company and all pertinent departments driving for on time deliveries.Participated and run weekly OEM marketing meetings with Apple, TCL, and Republic WirelessProduct Development point of contact and project management of device related launch impacts – SKUs, timelines, testing devices, updates, internal weekly meetings, etc.Project managed the accessories launch for one of our MVNOsManaged, updated, and presented Go to Market documents and 360 marketing presentations internally on a weekly cadence

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Owned the supply chain management for all of Boost Mobile's Apple devices. Managed the transition of every Apple sku to new hardware, requiring new sku set up processes for eachMade purchasing recommendations and moving those up the chain for approvals: this represents about 60 million dollars a month in purchases. Ensured that all of our fulfillment channels are full of inventory by making weekly allocations if necessaryManaged constraints and excess for 160 skus in Excel

6220 Sprint Parkway

Created, maintained, uploaded, and distributed demand plans for 80% of the prepaid businessServed as a POC for inventory related issues/concerns for all 8 of the dealer companies that represent over 8000 dealer doorsProvided VP Level visibility for an overall snapshot of inventory by device and by customer.

Overland Park, Ks

I was responsible for demand planning for Sprint's accessories business in their corporate owned retail doors. Developed and managed a forecast model for over 500 item numbers required across two fulfillment facilities Forecasts were used to generate buy plans for approximately 200 million dollars’ worth of product annuallyMaintained 95% or better in stock levels in 2,500 retail stores on a consistent basis for 500+ SKUsMaintained a forecast that was around 85% accurate for mature items using a 4-week rolling lock

6240 Sprint Parkway

Combined data from 10 different inputs into one database that produces DSB graphs to visually show inventory health including what-if analysisMade prepaid allocation decisions between Ingram and Brightstar warehouses to their respective prepaid customersProvided VP Level visibility for an overall snapshot of inventory by device and by customer. Suggested ways to improve inventory shortfalls to various high-level executives at Sprint.

6160 Sprint Parkway

Provided sales support for Regional Vice Presidents, Directors, Managers, and their sales representatives by performing the following duties:Performed and analyzed weekly and monthly audits of compensation statements and reportsWorked compensation trouble tickets for the sales representatives to ensure completion by SLACommunicated and assisted the sales representatives with their compensation statements in order to ensure comprehension of the commission statements and contract guidelines

Served as front line technical support for all call center impacting outages and events by executing the following duties: working an active ticket queue, answering incoming calls, monitoring real time health statistics for several hundred servers, peripheral gateways, and IVRs

Work under constant change in a high pressure, high visibility environment.Facilitate and coordinate the intraday efforts to maximize customer experience by remotely managing 80 Care, Telesales, and Prepaid call centers totaling 21,000 agents.

• Obtained, reviewed, organized, and compiled case files for 120 disability clients at any given time• Facilitated communication between large insurance companies and our clients• Researched various Social Security Rulings and Code of Federal Regulations and applied them when necessary in my legal writing• Worked closely with my attorney to ensure all deadlines were met regardless of previous projects

• Proposed new ideas to my immediate supervisors in effort to improve the quality of workforce management’s intraday efforts to achieve our predefined goals• Communicated with agents regarding any system issues, changes in individual schedules, and any changes within the call center as directed by management• Provided day to day support of organizational policies and procedures for up to 30 agents at any given time• Analyzed contact center trends including call volumes, call patterns, staff productivity, and resource allocation

Bachelors Of Science, Business Administration Management

Activities and Societies: Alpha Kappa Psi-Honors Business Fraternity

Associates Of Arts