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Dublin, OH, US

Dublin, OH, US

Dublin, OH, US

Dublin, OH, US

Dublin, OH, US

• Lead a team of 14 people across 2 shifts including 2 lead coordinators, 6 coordinators, and 6 associates.
• Serve as a primary liaison in leading site visits for numerous key supplier partners, providing tours of the National Logistics Center, and selling the value of a centralized distribution model to SVP and VP level.
• Completed several standardization initiatives across the inventory control team to streamline processes. Notably, partnered with the Exceptions department which included time study analysis, best practice sharing.
• Led a kaizen event to further optimize outbound dock processes, investigating and implementing both standard operating procedures and technology solutions to increase efficiency. Project is targeting a dock process.
• Mentored a National Logistics Center summer intern providing guidance around career strategy, personal effectiveness, and networking within the organization.
• Completed ad-hoc analysis spanning multiple areas within the National Logistics Center including advanced ship notice reporting, profiling optimization, and miscellaneous reporting automation.

Dublin, OH, US

• Automated over 35 reports/processes via Alteryx by partnering with multiple key business partners such as Purchasing, Finance, Risk Management, the National Logistics Center, and several Customer Relationship.
• Led a kaizen team of 7 individuals to develop a standard process for bypassing select lead time receipts to improve lead time accuracy and reduce inventory investment. Savings related to reduced inventory holding cost.
• Transitioned a Microsoft Access VBA purchasing optimization model to Alteryx and improved the model to fit a variety of use cases. Specifically, developed the model to provide suggestions around items to move.
• Participated in mentorship program as a mentor to another individual within the department. Conducted 1-on-1 meetings with mentee to discuss career development strategy, interviewed and provided interview feedback to.
• Served as an inventory management subject matter expert in the evaluation of two corporate development related projects.
• Completed ad-hoc analysis using various tools such as Alteryx, SQL Server 2014 Management Studio, Tableau, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, and SAP.

Dublin, OH, US

• Managed purchasing for a portfolio of 7 suppliers, including the top spend Generic manufacturer, totaling over $230,000,000 in average monthly inventory on hand
• Participated in 2 kaizen events and 1 blackbelt project as a subject matter expert projected to save over $150,000 for the Pharmaceutical Inventory Management organization
• Created an enhancement for a Microsoft Excel tool used by the entire Supply Chain Inventory/Purchasing department resulting in a 75% reduction in touch points for short dating item availability updates
• Completed DIOH analysis to transfer over $1,700,000 in Generic overstock and order point analysis to reduce order up to levels by over $700,000
• Served as a member of the Supply Chain Committee, Training Committee, and managed indirect procurement for the VP of Pharmaceutical Inventory Management

Dublin, OH, US

• Managed purchasing and was the primary inventory liaison for 6 of the top 30 National Brand suppliers and over 300 non-top suppliers
• Utilized SAP, including ECC and APO to complete service level research, resolve purchasing issues, and maintain data integrity, completing analysis in Microsoft Excel and Access 2010
• Developed and communicated comprehensive inventory strategy during a vendor software system conversion
• Researched and implemented a solution for a pricing discrepancy affecting over a month of PO’s

Columbus, OH, US

- Forecasted, allocated, and managed up to 30 items of women’s outerwear to over 270 chain stores.- Communicated strategies with cross-functional partners to maximize profitability of inventory.- Created detailed hindsight reports investigating opportunities for improvement in forecast accuracy. - Worked extensively in MID Retail, Abercrombie Business.

Columbus, OH, US

- Forecasted, allocated, and managed 10 items of men’s and women’s outerwear- Completed detailed analysis on the percent contribution of direct-to-consumer business relative to the entire business