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Columbus, Ohio, United States

Demonstrated expertise in product portfolio management, sales strategy, and client relations.• Daily interaction and visits with customers around enhancements and future needs to become efficient• Pulled and analyzed data from customers in order to meet service and inventory levels• Executed vendor acquisition strategies, expanding supplier network to enhance price savings and streamlineprocurement process.• Conducted comprehensive quarterly inventory management, ensuring accuracy and alignment withorganizational goals.• Implemented strategic inventory control measures resulting in $200k reduction in missing or lost inventory.• Drove the successful execution of business plans, surpassing location goals in sales, margin, inventorymanagement and customer satisfaction.• Managed and grew direct sale business with over 200 SKU's, achieving annual sales of $500,000.• Oversaw efficient operations, contributing to seamless logistics, inventory control and a conducive workingenvironment.• Logistics lead tasked with organizing carriers for timely pick-ups and deliveries, optimizing logistical operations for ontime deliveries• Assumed a leadership role in ensuring overall site safety and equipment functionality.

Held leadership role in creating hand sanitizer startup business for the US• Controlled Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) for E-Commerce business through Amazon• Work hand in hand with sales on large customer opportunities• Oversaw the pull of large amounts of data to assist in forecasting for future demand• Responsible for day-to-day oversight of inventory and order management for US business• Managed inventory and closely worked with production facility to ID needed production• Weekly inventory reporting which included producing and managing 10,000 bottles (per week) of hand sanitizer aswell as over 250,000 units (per year) of component inventory• Inventory included 6 different finished goods and up to 12 different components• Managed inventory by using several SAP reports to bring data into Excel pivot tables to present to leadership• Traveled occasionally to production facility to oversee production process and inventory levels• Reporting responsibilities around customers/ pricing/ quality• Responsible for creating SOPs and best practices• Weekly responsibility for ERP system and well as internal material movement• Was a key member for our SAP go live for implementing our current version of SAP

Dublin, Ohio, United States

Managed a team of 10 customer service reps and oversaw the day to day operation of order entry to receipt of payment.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Government