Cale Gasner Email & Phone Number

United States

- Responsible to provide accurate financial information, support departmental decision making, preform financial analysis, offer recommendations based upon interpretation of the analysis and ensure overall fiscal & budget accountability. Manage a portion of the financial, administrative and compliance filings associated with approximately $450 million in annual revenues developing and maintaining annual EBITDA budgets/forecasts, variance analyses and metrics based on five-year plan. Participate in pricing development for products and proposals through modeling; product reporting and analyses, competitive analyses and benchmarking. Contribute to corporate wide efforts to grow products, services, subscribers, and EBITDA.- Overall support in budgeting, forecasting operational financial results and monthly packagepreparations. Work closely with program stakeholders to generate and analyze timely & accurateforecasts such that critical business decision can be made. Develop and manage the models, reporting, tracking and general management tools to support the Department’s financial management and reporting functions. Develop, implement and manage all the product budgeting effort and analysis of business opportunities from a strategic and financial level including business evaluation, pricing/margin analysis and financial reviews.- Work closely with internal teams/departments to understand contracts, requirements and exitstrategies. Provide analysis on due diligence research and reports. Responsible for assuring and approving accurate and timely preparation of test and final financial results, including journal entries ranging from simple to complex with appropriate backup documentation to include creation and maintenance of spreadsheets. Accurate, detailed and timely preparation and/or review of analytical review results of financial fluctuations as needed to comply with Accounting Department requests, Sarbanes-Oxley control activity and/or external auditor requests.

- Oversee and manage overall supply chain and logistics operations to maximize efficiency and minimize cost of organization's supply chain..- Collaborate with multiple-functional managers to plan and execute on the development of a distribution center operational process to enable seamless transfers. - Manage and monitor vendor's qualifications and performance to ensure they meet company's requirements.- Overall financial analysis including inventory, COGS, operating costs and key metrics for supply chain management and company products/services. Maintain oversight on operating costs. Publish monthly departmental reports as needed.- Responsible to conduct random physical inventories ensuring compliance to inventory control procedures and implements corrective action as needed.- Assures appropriate inventory controls and procedures are in place and are followed throughout the products lifecycle.- Prepare business reports for management presentations reflecting trend analysis and strategic planning.

- Managing the Product Operations team, initiating and supporting the company and marketing business strategies for all the company’s product lines.- Implement and track marketing promotions and initiatives across all product lines.- Working with the Marketing department to implement, update and execute plan-o-grams for all product lines.- Assures appropriate inventory controls and procedures are in place and are followed throughout the products lifecycle.- Responsible to conduct random physical inventories ensuring compliance to inventory control procedures and implements corrective action as needed.-Prepare business reports for management presentations reflecting trend analysis and strategic planning.- Overall financial analysis including inventory, revenues, cost of goods sold, operating costs, capital, subscribers, and key metrics for products and services. Publish monthly departmental reports as needed.- Develops, maintains, and audits system processes and procedures.- Works closely with GCI Store Managers assuring that processes and policies are being followed to include: Point of Sale (POS) protocols, assures accuracy of reports, develops and analyzes with recommendation for systems enhancements and improvements.- Coordinates distribution of reports on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.- Acts as liaison with accounting group to reconcile & report employee accuracy.- Acts as the central point of contact for monitoring, tracking, auditing & reporting of inventory.- Ensures adequate inventory of offerings are on hand to support marketing initiatives.- Provide daily, weekly, monthly sales transaction monitoring for products.- Maintains and tracks inventory security, physical inventory counts, overstocks & deficiencies.- Oversee returns & refurbishment process, reconciliations and transfer of inventory between stores.- Support stores during month end inventory processing and ensure SOX compliance.

- Designing and maintaining weekly inventory status reports with statistical forecast.- Monitor SKU levels and recommend SKU rationalization initiatives in the future.- Evolving and maintaining documentation and standard operating procedures for demand planning processes and systems.- Conduct current and future forecasting analysis, insuring forecasting processes and methods are followed.- Assemble and analyze all data pertinent to creating sales forecast (historical sales, market trends, seasonality, promotions).- Manage Inventory to levels assigned by management.- Prepare, report, and communicate forecast, financial analysis and inventory measurements to management (forecast accuracy, inventory plan vs. targets).- Establish and utilize best methods (statistical models and software tools) in creating our inventory targets.- Continuing to improve forecasting techniques, methods and approach.- Work on special projects with substantial complexity, breadth of scope, and impact to the organization. Deliver analyses that lead to understanding of complex issues and are critical to strategy development, execution, and problem resolution. Serve as a resource for standard and specialized subject matter expertise. - Lead forecast and inventory planning meetings with Marketing and Sales to meet inventory goals.- Help develop and manage operating budgets, understand expenditures and projected requirements- Design and implement supply chains that support business strategies adapted to changing market conditions, new business opportunities, or cost reduction strategies- Provide continuous improvement on inventory levels, increasing turns, lowering the cost of inventory.

- Translates data into information critical for strategy development, execution and problem resolution.- Collects data on actual financial performance, compares to forecasted performance, analyzes variances and prepares periodic and ad-hoc reports.- Constructs and maintains financial models in support of the development of forecasts and reporting processes.- Performs financial analysis associated with special projects.- Serves as a resource for internal customers by researching and answering their questions.- Participate in the ongoing analysis and maintenance of financial systems. Assistswith system upgrades and conversions.- Ability to work with complex billing, provisioning systems and switching records.- Compile data submitted by managers and compare to budget targets set by executive management. Identify variances and submit for review by executive management. - Strong communication/interpersonal skills with emphasis on decision-making, conflict management, team building and teamwork.

- Greet customers with a smile in person and on the phone, energizing customers with an outgoingfriendly and engaging manner.- Exude a demeanor that is friendly, inviting, and competent, inspiring confidence in the customer,while being continually aware of and taking advantage of opportunities to make all appropriatesales.- Vitalize the customer interactions by responding quickly, accurately, and effectively to customerinquiries regarding Alaska Communications products and services.- Tackle multiple tasks effectively, keeping assigned files and/or records in proper order.- Swiftly enter accurate customer data in an automated customer information system.- Diligently protect confidentiality of customer account records, complying with all laws and Alaska Communications policies.- Serving in various venues, delight Alaska Communications customers by fulfilling their needs with Alaska Communicationsproducts and services.- Proactively perform online and other service related activities in support of customer interaction.- Recruit and assist to recruit qualified candidates for open positions consistent with companypolicies and procedure

- Call monitoring for quality assurance and coaching purposes- Creation and implementation of training material for all 35 representatives including escalation agents- Managing representative and department metrics- Help representatives with questions pertaining to customer business accounts and concerns- Assist the account manager with daily operation of the department- Meeting and exceeding client goals, needs and expectations-Acting as an escalation point for customers and representatives- Providing premier customer service

- Conducting a demographic study of potential territories and selected an office location- Creating a business plan including sales and recruiting projections, budgets, and goals- Devising and implementing advertising strategies in several different media- Selecting, maintaining, managing and controlling an inventory of supplies and product- Recruiting, selecting, and training an active sales work force of 26 people- Providing personal and professional development for the sales force- Planning and Conducting staff meetings and workshops- Directing and supervising a receptionist staff and assistant manager- Developing a network of college campus administrators to facilitate on campus recruitment of students- Improved management and communications skills such as: Professional communication skills including negotiation, persuasion, motivation and critique- Increased mastery of Public Speaking skills including speech crafting and audience management- Assisted in planning and conducting team meetings- Conducted group interviews- Conducted personal consultations with sales force- Supported and Instructed representatives through daily phone calls- Aided in the implementation of advertising and recruiting strategies- Trained representatives in goal setting, public speaking, time management skills, and sales skills- Mastery of selling cycle, negotiation, and closing techniques- Learned concepts in consumer behavior- Enhanced Public Speaking experience and skills- Presented Cutco products for direct sale to the consumer and established a mastery of general sales skills- Field trained new representatives- Filled and Submitted customer orders- Identified potential customers through personal referral and lead generation- Attended training workshops and high level conferences

Minor, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Delta Chi

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Activities and Societies: Delta Chi