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Bedford, Ma

• Strategic leader for inventory forecasting, purchasing, production and capacity planning and operations for 2 manufacturing plants – Bedford, Ma and Shannon, Ire. • Primary point of contact with Contract Electronic Manufacturers (Flextronics and Foxconn) with global responsibility for fulfilling internal and external delivery commitments for $700M product line. • S&Op leader of cross-functional team in working with the CM’s and internal functions on tactical and strategic matters. • Delivers on objectives related to product cost, lead time, on-time shipments, quality, inventory optimization, scrap, E&O, cost reductions and supply chain readiness for new product introduction.• Instituted ISO 9001 certification and LSS Process improvement culture.

Boston, Massachusetts

• Responsible for Planning, Reporting and Inventory Management Operations supporting 3 SBU’s with $6B sales and $550M inventory in a high growth and complex matrix environment. • Direct team in budgeting and forecasting sales, inventory and purchases for 33 Fulfillment Centers and major vendors. Team also executes network stocking strategy by balancing stocked vs. wholesaler supported inventory, integrates acquisitions and reduces unproductive obsolete inventory. o Stocking strategy improvements result in consistent margin enhancements of $6M annually• Consistent year over year performance improvements in inventory turn, in stock, obsolete reduction, working capital and RONA. • Core team member in the monthly Sales and Operations Planning team which identifies and executes initiatives to ensure business objectives are achieved. • Key liaison with external consultants to improve, standardize and simplify planning and inventory management processes in which key processes were enhanced to align with best practices within the .Com, Catalog and Contract (BtoB) Industry. o Established processes, controls and reporting to improve replenishment decision making. Specifically, designed, developed and enhancement of inventory reporting, information dashboards, overstock avoidance, vendor lead –time reductions, promotions, fulfillment center allocation and fulfillment center capacity planning. o Guided the team to increased inventory turn by 70 basis points, while improving customer service to 98+ % which drove a $22M improvement in working capital.•Key member of the acquisition integration team chartered to assimilate purchasing organizations, systems and processes. Successfully integrated 6 acquisitions from $50M - >$1B in sales. • Project Champion of multiple Lean Six Sigma black belt projects which have driven in excess of $2M of expense savings.

Retail, Catalog And Internet Divisions - Boston, Ma

Responsible for all aspects of Merchandise Planning and Inventory Management teams of business machine category, which represented $2.0B in sales and $350m inventory. Lead staff of 3 managers and indirectly 16 planners and inventory analysts. Business Machines categories consisted of Printers, All-in -Ones, Printer ink and Toner, Calculators, Telephones and new product launches. o Achievements include increased turn by 55 basis points, while improving customer in-stock to 98+ % from 93% and reducing excess and obsolete inventory by $40m. • Re-structured organization to synchronize demand planning and inventory management resulting in an engaged and motivated team which provided solutions and consistent positive results. The team was recognized numerous times for successful product launches.• Established new processes, controls and reporting to improve replenishment decisions, simplifying tasks and improved visibility to issues. Specifically, development and enhancement of inventory reporting, assortment analysis, direct product profitability modeling, vendor performance analysis, micro planning, distribution center and store allocation and deployment processes.

Responsible for inventory management and supply chain for the Delivery and Internet Divisions which consisted of sales of $1.5 billion and inventory of $170 million; turning 11 times per year in 8 Fulfillment centers. Directly oversaw staff of two managers and indirectly 11 Inventory Analysts plus 2 business analysts. o Identified and improved vendor collaboration in on-time to due date, forecast accuracy, and fill rates. o Directed inventory team in the successful launch of Staples.com and ensuing hyper growth.o Partnered with Operations and Fulfillment Centers in planning product flow and reducing expenses.

Responsible for maximizing E3 replenishment system of 10 existing fulfillment facilities; integrating 5 legacy replenishment systems; IS Business lead to prioritized and execute replenishment and merchandise IS system upgrades.

Corporate finance responsibility to direct, prioritize, plan and facilitate projects and personnel in all facets of sales, margin and inventory control and reporting. Accountable for the budgeting, planning and reporting of merchandise sales, margin and inventory to ensure integrity and adequacy of reporting.

Responsible for P&L, Balance Sheet, and operations reporting and sales\marketing analysis