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Olathe, Kansas, United States

Olathe, Kansas, United States

Excelligence Learning Corporation is the world’s leading tech-enabled platform company in early childhood and elementary education. Educators, parents and children in more than 40 countries use our over 20,000 innovative, high-quality and grade-appropriate educational products and teaching solutions to teach, learn and grow.Excelligence’s diversified portfolio of leading businesses and brands delivers quality, innovation, service and value on a global scale, by leveraging cutting edge technologies, early brain research science, digital first product and go-to-market development, and state-of-the-art fulfillment.The company has three core divisions: Supplies (Discount School Supply and Really Good Stuff), Equipment (Children’s Factory, Angeles and Learning Carpets), and Services (Educational Products, Inc., ChildCare Education Institute, FrogStreet and LifeCubby). Leading proprietary brands include: Colorations®, Excellerations®, MyPerfectClassroom®, Environments®, and Steve Spangler Science®.

Olathe, Kansas, United States

KAT Wholesale Outdoor is one of the leading nursery and landscape distribution companies in the Midwest with three Kansas City locations. It consisted of three wholesale distribution centers and one retail garden center.Responsibilities: Manage the procurement of all Hardgoods inventory for the four KAT locations. This includes bulk stone, palletized stone, manufactured stone, weed barrier fabrics, and all related accessories. Manage the procurement of all Tree inventory for the four KAT locations. This includes Balled & Burlapped Field material and container/bag grown trees. Coordinate the in-bound shipping and logistics for Hardgoods and for Tree deliveries. Oversee the consolidation of products and vendors as KAT and its parent company, DCA Outdoor, continue to expand through acquisition. Communicate with Site Managers and Operations Managers with regard to incoming loads, preferred inventory levels, receiving procedures, and special order requests. Create and manage all Purchase Orders utilizing our SBI inventory management software system. Match and approve vendor invoices and credits for payment. Participate in all strategic planning and forecasting for the Procurement and Operations Departments; relating to inventory, product costs, and product pricing. Maintain and seek out vendor relationships that create a positive advantage for KAT and its vendors. Key Results: Implemented and participated in a purchasing strategy shift from site-based purchasing to category-based purchasing. Organized and implemented an ongoing directive to use Stocking Levels and Stocking Plan Min/Max procedures for KAT procurement. Ongoing successful integration of Colonial Gardens and KAT Wholesale Outdoor – East into our distribution center inventory strategy and stocking plans.

Lawrence, Kansas, United States

Protection 1 Security Solutions (ADT) is the leading security and surveillance monitoring company in the nation.Key activities: Reverse Logistics Management: Coordinated, tracked, and processed product returns, product Rapid Replacements, and defective product returns to suppliers. Directly responsible for $1.5 million of product returns to vendors annually. Successfully processed an increasing number of Vendor Product Returns, whose volume had increased by 2.5 times over a two-year period. Coded corresponding credits for Accounts Payable. Assisted the Senior Buyer with daily purchase order processing averaging nearly $6.5 million a month. Researched and implemented a national pricing agreement for the aerial lift rental suppliers. The chosen supplier created a cost savings of nearly $250,000 annually on our lift rental expenditures. Identified, researched, and resolved mismatched invoices and product receipts that failed our 3-way matching process with Accounts Payable. Prepared Batteries By Mail orders and validated against supplier invoices. Prepared month-end system and sub-system closing reports.

Weston, Missouri, United States

The Perennial Farm was a 13-acre wholesale greenhouse growing facility that produced perennials and annual bedding plants.Key activities: Improved customer service and operational efficiency by introducing and maintaining computerized accounting and inventory systems for the existing business. Allowed for the creation of Sales Invoices, Customer Statements, financial accounting, inventory tracking, and templates for a customer database and a 1,000 part number inventory database. Previously, no computerization was utilized for these functions. Refined production methods for annual bedding plant production. Labor costs were reduced by 35%. Production cycle time was reduced by 20%. Propane input costs were reduced by 40%. Implemented a structured, information-based marketing and sales plan. Sales revenue increased 25% in year one and 20% in year two. This occurring in an industry that was undergoing stagnant growth. Owner-level decision making for a 7-member staff. Performed all accounting functions; i.e. customer invoicing, Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable processes, delivery ticket reconciliation, payroll, taxation, and general bookkeeping.  Coordinated logistics, order pulling, tagging, and loading of product. Performed best practices for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) protocol and weed management programs.

Lenexa, Kansas, United States

Oversaw purchasing, inventory control, operations, and financial functions thru 2006. Promoted to General Manager in 2007 to oversee all operations, both day-to-day and long range; with responsibilities increased to include managing sales, marketing, and human resources.Key Activities: Directed all aspects of a 13-member team at the wholesale distribution center. Performed all inventory purchasing functions totaling over $2 million annually and managed the distribution, storage, and maintenance of a $1 million rotating inventory of perishable products. Developed, implemented, and maintained an inventory database utilizing nearly 5,000 unique part numbers for the accounting/inventory software. Database was the key component for efficient tracking of inventory, production of Sales Invoices and Purchase Orders, and in reducing keystrokes for inventory searches. Developed, implemented, and supervised a Pick Ticket system for the inventory order pulling process. Lead time to pull orders decreased by nearly 50%. Order pulling errors decreased to an almost “zero-tolerance” level and orders pulled per day nearly doubled. Designed and supervised a project to revise the layout of the 20-acre wholesale yard. Design allowed for simultaneous unloading of inbound freight and efficient loading of customer orders along a predetermined “driving loop”. Developed and maintained vendor relationships. Lead the planning and implementation of all short-term and long-range strategies, goals, and budgets for Sales, Marketing, and Purchasing. Coordinated equipment, facility, and property maintenance functions and oversaw related special projects.

Shawnee, Kansas, United States

Began employment as a Distribution Coordinator. Within 2 years, began to oversee all logistics functions (local and out-of-town) from the facility. Promoted to Buyer in 1996 to manage purchasing and inventory control functions.Responsibilities: Oversaw and performed all purchasing duties associated with the replenishment of nursery stock for the wholesale nursery resale yard. Performed all liner purchasing functions for the In-Ground Field Division, with input from the Division Field Manager. Organized and reconciled vendor invoices with receiving/shipping paperwork from inbound shipments of purchased products. Created and maintained yearly Buy Lists for all product classes for the Nursery Division and In-Ground Field Division. Implemented and monitored Outbound Delivery Scheduling Board for local and out-of-town shipments. Coordinated and performed all outbound shipment order pulling, order loading, freight logistics, and product delivery. Participated in annual pricing, product assortment, and sales forecasting meetings for the Nursery Division.Key Results: Implemented a Just-in-Time Inventory Management and Purchasing system. Overall, annual Inventory Turns increased from 4.1 to 6.5, 35% above the industry standard of 4.8. Created an Inventory Re-order Monitoring database using re-order points, lead time, external customer demand, and internal customer demand as variables. Applying this to my ordering process decreased inventory “stock-out days” by 20% for two consecutive years. Implemented outbound delivery scheduling board. Daily outbound delivery count increased, scheduling lead time for customers decreased to 24 hours, and fuel consumption decreased through efficient routing practices.

Bachelor, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting