Anthony Kenkel Email & Phone Number

Lincolnshire, Il

• Currently manage all New RV Inventory Analysts covering 205+ locations in 43 states. As a team, we forecast, plan, and execute purchasing of the RV inventory for all locations and RV segments, collaborating with all internal operational stakeholders, and external vendors ensuring collective buy-in. Average managed inventory ranges seasonally from $1.1B of floorplan inventory, up to $1.5B at the height of season. • Manage all inventory analytics for department, primarily in MS Power BI and Excel. Major deliverables include forecasting and replenishment tools used by all department analysts, Used RV valuation tool which is used daily to compute thousands of valuations monthly on potential used assets for purchase or trade across the organization, and development of the primary RV Inventory analytics dashboard.

Lincolnshire, Il

• Managed small team of analysts responsible for forecasting, planning and replenishment the New RV inventory at all Midwest and Western Camping World Holdings locations, totaling over 70 locations.• Collaborated with regional market and division managers to develop aggressive, achievable plans to increase profit and market share at all locations. Helped achieve record market share in many locations.• Developed market research including customer demographics, competitors, and competing products helping drive more informed decision-making.

Lincolnshire, Il

• Managed procurement of new RV inventory for dealerships in 25 markets, including high profile markets in Houston, Denver, Tampa, and others.• Developed forecasts and stocking plans down to each individual stocked RV model at each location, which along with the requisite replenishment processes and analytics data optimized inventory performance, gross margin, and turnover rates at managed locations.

• Generated and reviewed RV inventory stock orders received from dealership operations. Over time this developed into proposing replenishment decisions to our operations utilizing a much more rigorous data-driven approach.• Developed numerous processes for improving reconciliation of disparate manufacturer order summaries with Camping World internal data. Over time, this resulted in vastly increased understanding of manufacturer unit completion dates, resulting in much reduced frustration during invoicing.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Supply Chain Management / International Business

- Minor in Music

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