Building efficient, practical supply chains through data-driven decisions.

Combined vision, ingenuity, and strong business acumen with extensive procurement and logistics management skills to support organizational effectiveness, reach, and overall expansion. Lead, motivated and developed teams to deliver beyond expectations in terms of service, quality, and efficiency.Achievements: Effectively optimized new product development, increasing visibility to open orders to boost business value. Instrumental in reducing costs by $243K by supervising and implementing a transition from air-freight to sea-freight. Increased Gross Margin by 21% while maintaining top-line sales; established company cashflow reporting initiative. Addressed human capital issues to reduce employee turnover by 50%. Standardized HTS codes reducing tariff charges by 62% while improving time-to-market. Engage effectively with multiple stakeholders, winning trust on transparency, fostering confidence at all levels to enhance mutual business focus and achieve shared goals.

Analyzed processes to identify barriers to success and developed unique solutions to increase revenue – instrumental in doubling the inventory turnover in retail stores. Implemented Open to Buy, SKU Stratification, Min/Max strategies to lower same-store inventory by $30M while maintaining sales. Increased margin on core, discontinued, and promotional items to boost GM% by 66bps on same-store sales. Expanded store fulfillment from 2 DC's to 7 DC's without business interruption. Supervised cross-functional/remote teams for annual physical inventory and weekly cycle counting to reduce shrink by 46% over two years. Developed a team of analysts in two offices with eight promoted to leadership roles.

Impressive track record of surpassing ambitious goals, controlling costs, and improving efficiencies while building high-performance teams for lasting success. Conceptualized and built a team of Merchandise Planners to unify forecast plans from 30 Buyers in 3 brands with annual Net Sales of $800 million. Selected the Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP) software to secure cost savings of $2.8 million. Implemented accountability for promotional items, inventory needs, expected sales forecasts to ensure accuracy and accessibility for leadership and cash management.

Enhanced the customer returns process to reduce the reverse logistics from months to two weeks. Sustainably optimized visual merchandising of top-selling items increasing sales by 6%. Created business reports to increase visibility in the Buying, Visual Merchandising, and Distribution operations.

Teaching Assistant for BUS M 530 Operations ManagementTeaching others tools in:Operations ManagementFlowProcess Chain Networks (PCN)LeanTotal Cost of Ownership (TCO)BottlenecksStrategic SourcingInventory Management Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) ForecastingValue Stream Mapping (VSM)Quality Function Deployment (QFD)Gantt ChartsProject Management

Provided detailed analysis to VP, Director, and Senior Managers regarding sales and inventory needs.* Identified areas of growth in the Aquatics department* Mined data to demonstrate trends and opportunities* Collaborated across departments and hierarchy to implement new standards* Mentored other interns in presentation style and work ethic

Worked to create a seamless flow of inventory at over 75 thriving dealership locations around the country. Managed data integrity of over 200 brands and 10,000 brand codes yearly. Produced daily reports tracking our current position within the marketplace.* Reduced same store inventory while maintaining same store sales by optimizing inventory ordering process* Pioneered data quantification system to predict seasonal trends* Absorbed duties of several employees by effective use of Excel Visual Basic

Developed proprietary customer retention management database diminishing lost sales from misplaced contact information at Utah’s largest recreation vehicle dealership.* Facilitated sales to customers from Spain to New Zealand through 24 hour email support* Maintained online advertising and website-leads generation* Originated a national advertizing campaign that was adopted by Camping World, Inc.* Prepared follow-up schedules and reports for Sales and General Manager* Created electronic billboard signage on main Interstate freeway to attract customers