Chris Billinger Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Santa Fe, Nm, Us

Shakopee, Mn, Us

• Maintained a 99.4% in-stock rate on key base malts in seven warehouses during an unprecedented year with customers closing and reopening with odd buying patterns.• Created multiple reports to better analyze the business including an interactive inventory health report to gauge stock levels and weeks of supply; a transfer report for weekly transfer process; and an overstock report to recommend stock balances in other warehouses.• Developed a new end of month process to more efficiently find sales outside of designated regions and apply them to correct warehouses and update demand forecasts and in Avercast.• Work with lead demand planner on identifying exceptions on a monthly basis or if significant exceptions occur.• Worked with buyers to make recommendations of items that should be moved to purchase orders or transfer based on volumes.• Analyze customer purchasing trends of package sizes and grain varieties as global supply chains are interrupted.

Broomfield, Colorado, Us

Broomfield, Co, Us

Englewood, Co, Us

• Forecast vendor/class-level sales, gross margin, receipts and inventory goals for a $100m business to provide detailed strategies for the year. *Collaborated with buyer to create pricing strategy for current and aged inventory to reduce aged inventory by 44% and maintain margin for the fiscal year 2015. • Collaborate closely with the product development team to set inventory goals for private label import product in soccer and basketball. • Manage 125 Key Item Plans on a weekly basis to ensure inventory levels were maintained for positive growth while increasing turn. *Plan big-ticket product at an item level to manage inventories at 30%-50% less while maintaining flat to positive sales and increasing monthly sell-through percentages.• Create robust pivot tables to analyze performance of a category after the season. *Expanded report to track trends in top 50 doors to analyze slow performers, resulting in SKU reduction in the following seasons. • Build strategic store ranks to maximize sales potential, including ranks built for special/seasonal events. • Continually monitor trends in the marketplace to maximize sales and inventory in localized ad markets through reporting and weather forecasting tools like Planalytics. • Create and manage new store financial targets at a class level based on segmentation of the area surrounding the store to accurately rank the store and better serve customers in niche markets like Squash or Pickleball. *Grew the Pickleball category by 100% annually for four consecutive years (2011-2015) through strategic planning of stores and product selection. Worked as the lead to create the assortments and pricing in one of the fastest growing sports in the US over the last few years.

Englewood, Co, Us

• Managed the ad database and ensure all advertising was uploaded correctly. • Worked closely with vendors to get samples in for Cumulus and POG sets as well as set up SKUs and orders in a timely fashion to ensure season sets were completed before the set dates.• Ran weekly reports (SKU Book, WOS and various Query Reports) to ensure the correct doors were protected on a weekly basis to maximize sales. • Collaborated with PAR manager to run and maintain new store target sheets to ensure new stores were set correctly to provide a positive experience for customers at a new location.• Assisted the buyer in day-to-day duties by running reports, mapping out courts to validate assortments; was a go-to when a vendor was unavailable. • Managed buyer duties for the “Other Racquet” category by working with vendors to select product, ran and analyzed APIS grades based on a 3-year average and created a working receipt flow including a 70-door expansion to Pickleball (+114% sales increase), an expanded aisle assortment for Badminton during the Olympics (+68% sales increase) and a complete overhaul of Squash (+22% sales increase).

Englewood, Co, Us

• Worked with buyers in six departments to ensure the correct stores were receiving the correct Wilson product using Fulfillment software and JDA Allocations. • Ran reports and analyzed stores for sales trends and opportunities for stores to maximize sales.• Assisted the vendor with projections, end caps and inventory/shipping issues to ensure they were able to support monthly sales.• Served as a mentor and trainer to new Fulfillment Analysts by being the go-to for any questions on reporting or system usage.

Englewood, Co, Us

Communicate promotions to customers by creating in-store signage for all advertised prices on a weekly basis. Create Fact Tag signs with features & benefits to educate and persuade customers. Work with buyers, traffic and pricing to ensure correct signage is being produced. Communicate with stores on issues and updates that may occur.

Have direct customer contact in person and on phone, sell and repair jewelry, assist in ordering jewelry from vendors, and assist with store advertising by writing copy for direct mail pieces and other collateral. Build and maintain customer relations. Build and maintain customer database for direct mail pieces. Run computerized engraver. Run store when owner is out of town and on weekends.

Responsible for operations at the gym, pro shop, pool, and game check station. Build and maintain customer relations. Maintain inventory for Pro Shop. Maintain customer database for RecTrac.

Little Rock, Ar, Us

Created billboards, posters and collateral for intern presentation, assisted with other agency responsibilities such as calling on pricing, assembling promotional pieces and interviewing a potential client for the agency.