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Rogers, Arkansas, Us

Rogers, Arkansas, Us

• Leading the project for DSS to Luminate report conversion with new process training, data validation, and collaboration for specific brand needs.• Preparing for line reviews with Walmart Merchants by clients on processes and helping to develop presentations.• Working with product development teams for new items, prints, and packaging suggestions.• Focusing on team development and training in all things Retail Link, Excel, reporting, and supply chain processes.• Building SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for process improvement.• Training new hires, with broad skill sets, in all things Walmart.• Presented a new item/ brand at Walmart’s Made in USA Open Call, 2023.• Grew a single feature program, to acquiring four current Private Label items on the modular through cost and product improvements.• Continuing with previous tasks while growing personally to learn and complete new ones.Applications:Nova, Item 360, Luminate, Quote Management, Supplier Quote, PLM, ORT reports, TSCP 2.0/Transportation Ticket Hub, Workhorse, Supplier One, OTIF, CTL

Rogers, Arkansas, Us

• Lead the production team through future forecasting to exceed inventory goals and drive sales based on demand.• Responsible for confirming, routing, and communicating with the warehouse, to ensure weekly orders are received and processed on time.• Self-taught in navigating domestic & import logistics operations through self-driven goals to exceed expectations. • Tracked and communicated Walmart import orders through production, inspections, bookings, deliveries to forwarder, and to Walmart ports.• Collaborated with Walmart Sourcing & Buying teams to improve production timing and adjust orders in lieu of demand changes.• Lead training for a new warehouse, to improve OTIF and SQEP scores while creating OMNI Channel capabilities.• Self-driven to understand the drivers and intricacies with Walmart, Sam's Club, Costco, BJ's, Target, Home Depot, Lowes & many other retailers’ warehouse, drop ship, & transportation needs.

Rogers, Arkansas, Us

• Analyzed inventory and sales daily to identify trends and communicate cross functionally to clients, sales leaders, and Walmart counterparts.• Lead the development committee to improve analytical reporting; based on identifying visual and content improvements. • Self-taught in the private label processes: additional tracking, testing, mockups, specialized 3rd party packaging and labels.• Grew a private label brand from two modularized skus to four, in addition to a promotional sidekick and online owned features.• SQEP Champion, driving item and purchase order accuracy from 0% to 100%.• Worked with my brands, to ensure they were on-boarded and compliant to Walmart's highest standards. This entailed vendor agreements, insurance, factory audits, EDI, branding, item setup, packaging, labeling, content & images, customer reviews, production, shipping, and inventory planning.• Identified and assessed existing business opportunities to create compelling solutions and money saving opportunities.• Created tools & reports from scratch, to meet each brand's needs in sales, inventory, purchase orders, invoicing, forecasting, confirming & routing POs.• Managed product specialists, to finalize art, content, shipping, and item specific details.

Sunrise, Florida, Us

Managing the below, on top of Wicked Cool Tasks:• Uses analytics to maintain internal forecasting and inventory for Wicked Cool Toys brands.• Creating and maintaining internal Walmart Teams’ forecasting at the item level to further planning per SKU.• Creating and updating weekly reports based on POS and Inventory for each buyer. - Handles ad hoc Retail Link reports to assist the Sales Team with information pertinent to the selling process.• Assists in all sales support functions for Kelly Toys: Forecasting, weekly orders, replenishment.• Oversees and coordinates entire item generation process: Quotes, templates, and product offers for Wicked Cool Toys’ items.• Responsible for coordinating all product sample and mockup needs for Walmart’s product review process. - Working with Florida teams to keep showroom up to date with new product.• Support Best Buy sales and item requests.• Attends routine training to keep apprised of current Walmart standards, forms, and processes.• Remains fluid to take on various additional responsibilities as needed, to support the team.• Acquisition and Merger project champion.

Currently managing all programs within Walmart for Wicked Cool Toys.o Drove 2019 year to date retail sales to $15.3m with an 85% sell through.o Exceeding fiscal year 2019 buy plans by 20%, $3.5m above plan, through supply chain optimization.o Brings excitement to new brand launches through set up and demonstrations at Walmart’s Top-Rated toy event, Holiday Manager’s meeting, Bentonville Toyland event, and demos in 3,000 stores.o Supportive to Walmart Buyers during modular resets with plan-o-grams, analytical sales projections, and samples.o Implement growth strategies by working with Walmart Replenishment to supplement import inventory gaps with domestic orders, to maintain instocks and drive sales to top stores.o Delivering forecast projection updates, based on Walmart’s expectations of 25% variations over four weeks’ time.o Managing the Tableau data conversion project, developing the format and verifying data integrity across retailers.Growing the Pokémon business at Best Buy working through 3rd party Cities MS.o Present new and innovative styles, which grew the shelf presentation by 3 skus for Spring 2020.o Providing sales presentation materials and samples as needed for buyer meetings.o Managing domestic and import orders.

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• Managed 7-15 programs simultaneously across various departments/categories between Walmart and Sam’s Club.o Executed multiple Business and Ladder Plans, provided 50-75% growth.o Developed inventory flow plans based on projected sales needs.o Maintained weekly sales reports: $350k to $5.8m STD Sales up to 93% sell through.o Created/managed over 500 items through 1Sync, Online Item File, and Supplier Quote.o Maintained 95% or higher instock and provided proactive communication in the event of opportunities.• Allocated orders based on sales/forecast data from Retail Link, to maximize program sell through, while reducing store inventory.• Created pivot tables, graphs, and automated reports for buyer meeting/presentations.• Worked collaboratively with internal and external cross functional matrix teams across the US.• Always thought proactively for new ideas in product development/improvement based on market trends.• Developed team members on new systems and programs.• Received, tracked, communicated, prepped, and delivered samples to offsite teams: Walmart and Sam’s Club.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

• Product owner for multiple projects: Modernized Search & View, Manual Order Create, Systemic Order Create, Tactical Team, Import Functionality, Training, and Mass communication. o Lead cross functional team to achieve Agile product goals: Business Users, Developers, Quality Assurance, Business Analysts, and Data Scientists.o Wrote Requirements, User Stories, and Test Cases for development and testing of new functionality.o Collaborated testing and completed training for end users.o Managed the product backlog, data dictionary, and scrum meetings.o Modernized Order Search, Results, and View. Which brought increased functionality for 2,800 users. This also set the foundation for other modernization projects.o Increased Import Order Visibility with 50 additional fields for the Order Management System.o Created a web based Learning Portal for both internal and external associates with training documentation and presentations.o Presented Order Management System updates, training, and Q & A sessions at supplier summits (600 people), as well as internal team meetings (6-30 people).o Improved Manual Order Create to meet business needs for the 1,500 weekly users creating 50,000 orders.o Systematic Order Create is the #1 Purchase Order builder in 2015 & 2016 with 15.6 Million orders for both Walmart & Sam’s.• Self-taught on how to write SQL, in order to review data in tables for testing and research into customer opportunities.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

• Managed Wheels Accessories’ inventory. o Annualized 2015 sales exceeding $476 Million, Annualized 2014 sales exceeding $459 Million.• Developed seasonal warehouse forecasts to coordinate inventory in and out of the correct regions based on demand.• Oversaw order placement and item creation for the category.• Provided weekly replenishment recaps and root cause analysis to divisional merchandise manager, senior replenishment manager, and category buyer.• Trained suppliers on business templates and research materials.• Managed Spring and Fall 2014 Upstream Layaway project for Summer Seasonal, Wheels, and Wheels Accessories.o Trained other business areas on best practices: Electronics, Home, Baby, Sporting Goods, and Outdoor Living.o Collaborated with innovations, DC admin, logistics, ISD, and suppliers to drive process improvement while reducing store liability for inventory.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Preparing for Replenishment positions within Walmart through experience, exposure and education related to Walmart’s supply chain.• Managed “Precool” subcategory inventory during training program. o Annualized 2013 sales exceeding $46 Million.• Created/managed Fall 2013 Upstream Layaway project for Toys and Sporting Goods through supplier and cross functional collaboration to maintain inventory at the DC and provide customer satisfaction.o Created Correction of Error and Standard Operating Procedure documents.• Created and trained MTR exit process for Upstream Layaway and One Hour Guarantee to multiple departments.• Created and delivered individual project presentation – Upstream Layaway.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

• Learned the business for Girls Fashion.• Built new relationships with cross-functional teams.• Trained new team on applications from beauty position: Return From Stock tickets, New Store Planning tickets.• Developed a program to improve department 7's Global Data Synchronization Accuracy report.• Learned replenishment manager tasks in order to better develop myself and help the team.• Allowed associates from other areas to job shadow me in order to build an interest in replenishment.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

• Responsible for item creation/maintenance and purchase orders for four categories. o Annualized 2011 sales exceeding 489 Million, $1.64 Billion, 1.17 Billion, and $1.41 Billion. o Annualized 2012 sales exceeding $534 Million, $1.68 Billion, 1.17 Billion, and $1.46 Billion.• Collaborated with cross functional teams and suppliers to make needed corrections, resolve open issues, and increase efficiencies.• Subject Matter Expert used to train Order Specialists on job specific policies and procedures.• Documented job procedures for future training manual.• Provided weekly category recaps for department 46.• Tested new systems and processes for opportunities and improvements before launching company wide. • Viewed projects with an ‘out of the box’ perspective in order to decrease opportunities.• Lead the 2011 & 2012 Beauty Holiday program: tracked item creation, maintained supplier accountability, and recruited/coordinated an order writing group. o 2,724 orders, over 300 quotes for over 400 import items, over 500 domestic items

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

• Advised Business Unit Leaders, Divisional, Regional, and Market Directors for Walmart and Sam’s on the doctor contract process to create, check in, finalize, and track the execution of approximately 2,900 new and renewal contracts in order to prioritize and meet deadlines.• Implemented new contract processes and training guides to promote better understanding of new materials for field management.• Verified 200 license agreements per month to confirm accuracy before execution by the Vice President.• Worked with the Optometrists to teach them how to better understand the contracts that they were signing and what was required for their Liability Insurance Certificate.• Tracked percentages of partnering doctor’s proof of liability insurance and state license to increase compliance from 45% to 90%.• Created a report to track the percentage of additional requests for contract changes to inform management of potential savings.• Coordinated and led team meetings with strong communication skills.• Supervised and trained new associates on their job specific responsibilities.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

• Greeted customers, ensured satisfaction, and guaranteed quality food and service.• Identified needed improvements in the process of preparing Deli foods and worked with the Store and Department Managers to train others, in order to achieve the best quality in the finished product.• Ensured availability of fresh food during peak business hours with exceptional customer service.• Organized the back room; which resulted in a more efficient work environment.• Responsible for scanning and logging high risk merchandise; which included: WIIs, PS3s, TVs, Cameras.• Set modular layouts for seasonal, weekly Tab, and various other needs or promotions.• Monitored associates and vendors in backroom for shrink opportunities.• Volunteered to help co-workers with difficult tasks to ensure that team deadlines were met for improved customer service.

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