Led the Operations team for all planning, purchasing, forecasting, key account and distribution functions as well as the IT team for all programing and hardware functions for a privately held, high growth, consumer goods company focusing on cell phone accessories. Partnered with the President and CFO to build processes and systems to support the growing business. Directly worked with customers to ensure their requirements were being met and their accounts were being serviced at a high level.

Led the Supply Chain arm of the North American Retail division of Carter’s that supported over $2B in revenue in the U.S., Canada and Mexico markets. As a member of the Retail leadership team, ensured the business initiatives of the Retail team were supported and accomplished. Set the strategic direction of the Retail supply chain through the Project Management and Analytics teams and ensured the daily needs were being met through the Order Management team.

Sat on the Canadian leadership team and led the supply chain for the Canadian division of Carter’s. Responsible for the Distribution, Purchasing, Inventory, Quality and Transportation & Customs teams that supported 200 stores and an ecommerce business totaling $350M USD in revenue. Aligned and coordinated strategies with the U.S. and Hong Kong supply chain teams to ensure that the Canadian business was able to achieve its objectives, but still support the global initiatives.

Led the Forecasting and Planning teams for the OshKosh and Clubs Operations business units, two unique supply chain models, that purchase and track the delivery of 50M units and 20M units per year, respectively, and supported a combined $550M in revenue. Acted as the central point of contact between the supply and demand sides of the business and partnered with the Retail and Wholesale Sales teams to ensure that revenue objectives were met while hitting inventory and margin goals.

Responsible for the Planning, Purchasing, and Key Account Management teams for an emerging clothing brand growing at 25 – 30% per year. Help set the strategic direction for the company by filtering the Sales, Marketing, and Sourcing needs and requirements to ensure that the Operations team is in alignment. Create business analytics to measure how company initiatives are performing and provide feedback to the executive team.• Planning – Oversee the forecasting and inventory arm of the company. Support 25 – 30% sales growth while managing cash flow and inventory constraints. Created and rolled out reporting and analysis that translate marketplace trends into action plans.• Purchasing – Lead the buying team that acts as the main point of contact for the vendor base. Improved communication and created increased visibility to the flow of product around both replenishment and new product launches. • Key Accounts – Responsible for the internal sales team. Provide key analyses and support to the external sales team and reps to position them for success.• Quality – Run the quality team that ensures inbound product is first quality and acceptable for customers. Created reporting metrics that identify issues so they can be addressed quickly and effectively.

Led the US business planning groups for the Games & Puzzles and Barbie divisions for Mattel which account for over $600 million of revenue. Responsible for balancing the company and customer expectations through managing revenue opportunities, margin analysis, inventory, fill rates, and product availability. Worked closely with the manufacturing, finance, marketing, and sales organizations to understand and prioritize their needs so business plans could be developed and executed.• Forecasting – Drove and monitored the forecasting of product lines. Created automated exception reporting to allow the group to see exceptions early in the forecasting process so the issues could be addressed before significant obsolescence was incurred. • Inventory – Responsible for setting inventory targets and ensuring all company inventory goals are met. Worked with the manufacturing plants and vendors on process and information flow improvements to decrease lead-time. Efforts resulted in decreased inventory levels by over 20% year over year.• Planning & Manufacturing – Provided direction to manufacturing plants to ensure products were developed, manufactured, and delivered on time and at cost. • Finance – Monitored and reported key financial metrics to ensure the business was running at the expected level. Create repeatable reporting solutions that provide real-time insight into the business and systematically pointed out key issues. Ran S&OP meetings to communicate business status updates to senior leadership.

Led the planning and purchasing Supply Chain groups for the insulin pump and glucose sensing product lines which account for over $600 million in annual revenue. Developed processes, programs, and reporting metrics that ensured finished good availability while minimizing excess material. Interfaced with marketing, sales, manufacturing, IT, regulatory, and finance to improve business processes and ensure business continuity. • Planning & Materials – Led the planning group in the scheduling of manufacturing lines and material management. Tracked and reported key metrics including inventory turns, weeks of inventory, and product line fill rates.• Key Reporting Metrics – Spearheaded the implementation of a systematic, pull-based replenishment system. Developed requirements and implemented an automatic, accurate, and easy to use interface for global inventory status. Decreased finished goods inventory levels by 15% while improving availability to the market. • Forecasting – Developed trending tools to improve accuracy of the forecasts accounting for weekly, monthly, and seasonal trends. • Manufacturing – Determined budgets, identified cost savings, and developed process improvements. Implemented Kanban systems to improve material flow and lower raw material inventory by 20% while balancing the build on the line to maintain a 99% finished goods service level.• Marketing – Created launch plans that successfully supplied new products to the field and minimized obsolete material for the products being phased out. • Finance – Developed budgets for the annual operating plan in terms of Labor, Burden, and Material costing.• Regulatory – Principal Supply Chain contact for all FDA and GMED audits. Handled interviews, compiled information, and addressed any issues or questions that arose.• Procurement – Managed team of buyers whose responsibilities included $45 million of inventory and $200 million in annual purchasing spend.

Led clients in projects to develop and improve operational practices. Managed, designed, and implemented warehouse management and shipping systems. Project Management & Senior Consultant Responsibilities• Resource Management – Supervised technical and consulting resources. Led internal and external teams throughout sales, training, and implementation phases of projects.• Design – Worked with clients to determine the optimal way to run the warehouse and ensure that the software supported their requirements and industry best practices. Wrote business plans to streamline the warehouse processes of the clients. Developed specifications detailing client specific changes to the base programs. • Implementation – Provided on-site support during the Go-Live phases of the projects that included issue resolution and reporting/cost benefit analysis.Key Projects, Highlights, and Clients• Bed, Bath, & Beyond – Project Manager with $1 million plus project budget. Designed functional flow to optimize current processes and infuse best practices. Directed technical team to design interfaces between warehouse management software, internet customer ordering systems, and the host system.• K-Mart – Tier 1 client with a multi-million dollar project budget. Led project team to develop and implement the Material Handling Equipment in terms of requirements, interfaces, testing, and Go-Live across the four K-Mart regional hubs.

Worked with manufacturing on projects relating to operational strategies and process improvements. Focused on statistically based solutions for capacity analysis, delinquency reduction, and material specifications.