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Greater Omaha Area

• Lead the Fiscal Business Planning process for the Soft Surface Flooring Division. • Using Buyer input and historical data, develop the yearly plans from the bottom up in JDA with the goal of hitting the tops down number from Management. Assist in developing Strategies to achieve the plan. Responsible for $96M in yearly sales and $11M in average inventory.• During the monthly Forecasting process, identify opportunities in exceeding our plan, plus factors causing issues in hitting those plans. Present to management our plan going forward.• Manage the EOL (End of Life) process at the sku level, recommending mark downs to profitably exit unproductive items.• Manage the process of Forecasting and Replenishment of 120k sku’s.

Green Bay, Wisconsin Area

Working with DMM, lead the divisions Inventory Management and Merchandising Team to achieve Shopko's goals. I lead a team of Inventory Analysts in all aspects of replenishing and inventory control for 200+ stores.Responsible for maintaining instocks to goal by Department while managing to a monthly receipt plan and end of month inventory plan.Directly responsible for all Merchandise Planning functions for the Consumables division, this includes building the plan at Division, Family of Business, Department, and Category levels.Lead the Merchandising and Inventory Teams in the monthly forecasting process. Responsible for presenting the results to Senior Management.

Review, analyze and approve all changes to the flow of goods and store order multiples in conjunction with modeling cost/expense ratios for various businesses within Pamida.

Responsible for providing leadership to the Allocation and Replenishment Managers and also managing the replenishment functions in order to provide superior customer service through being in stock.

Primarily responsible for planning the tasks/project timelines for opening Pamida's new stores.Secondarily responsible for the procurement of all corporate and store supplies, fixtures and equipment.

Directed a staff of 33 management personnel responsible for replenishment functionsReduced inventory levels from $228M to $188M without sacrificing in stock positionStandardized ad allocation process and with IS aid, developed current allocation toolsDeveloped necessary reports to manage vendor performanceImplemented parameters to gain consistent flow and weeks of supplyImplemented an OTB checkbook to monitor replenishment orders

Managed all logistical functions for the Linens and Domestic divisionDeveloped department training activities and best practicesCollaborated regularly with Merchandising, Store Operations, and DistributionMaintained awareness of industry systems including MMS and Inforem

Prepared Seasonal Strategic Plans with respect to sales, margin, turnover, and inventoryMonitored plan performance, identifying issues, opportunities, and plans to recoverResponsible for $480 million in sales and an average inventory of $95 million

Bachelor Of Science, Management

Activities and Societies: Vice President of Circle K

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