Anthony Dirocco Email & Phone Number

Stamford, CT

-Lead team with three direct reports responsible for managing customer orders of high-end patented modular couches and beanbags from point of sale to delivery; oversee allocation of products to warehouses, processing of POs with drop ship vendors, and aligning multi-piece shipments to deliver within promised timeframes-Support 60+ retail stores and.

• Manage supply chain life cycle of small consumer goods; purchasing from overseas suppliers, freight, warehousing, and fulfillment to customers for 1+ million annual units across 300+ SKUs
• Coordinate projects involving marketing, IT, and customer service groups to define business objectives and ensure proper setup of fulfillment systems and guidelines
• Manage vendor, supplier and 3PL relationships; negotiate rates, implement new initiatives, and review KPIs
• Developed a new order packaging process which combined to save $500K+ in operational expenditures while increasing weekly throughput by 20%; transitioned customer shipments to a mail expeditor which cut postage rates.
• Oversaw implementation of enhanced real-time fulfillment system pipeline which streamlined processing from customer order to shipment
• Lead annual physical inventory audits and reconcile internal reporting with warehouse activity on a periodic basis

• Analyze detailed sales forecasts and plan purchasing schedule involving 60-90 day factory production lead times so delivery aligns with timing of new promotion launches
• Initiate purchases with our suppliers; establish pricing, order quantities and delivery time frames
• Process POs, set up item specifications and costs, and record inventory transactions in ERP systems
• Liaise with finance and accounting to ensure costs are accurately captured and coded

• Maintained extensive document files for several cases simultaneously
• Analyzed stock market and brokerage account data to prepare summaries, spreadsheets, and charts demonstrating performance
• Researched internet and firm databases to perform due diligence