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Greater Boston Area

Led strategy campaign to holistically redefine pricing standards and rules for all Cengage products that capitalized on strengths and helped address market inefficiencies to ensure Cengage led the market in quality and affordabilityOptimized partnerships and contracts with higher ed institutions, retailers, third-party eCommerce, and direct eComm platforms.

Assist in structuring and executing operational and strategic initiatives by developing work plans, gathering and synthesizing relevant data, leading analyses, and developing final recommendations.Drive recommended courses of action from the planning stage through execution and tracking.Effectively communicate a wide variety of topics to executive team.

Boston

Correctly anticipate, forecast for, and execute introductions of new titles, editions, and ancillary products for several product divisionsResponsible for production of company-wide projects and reporting, both planned and ad hoc in nature, for executive and peer audiencesDesign and maintain databases to facilitate data publication and peer usage

Framingham, MA

Team with Product Manager and Planner to help maximize sales, service levels, inventory and turn, meet company objectives, and reduce overstocks, insufficiencies, and obsolescenceUtilize forecasting/planning/allocation tools to order product and ensure the company is constantly in stock both in fulfillment centers and stores

Union, NJ

Lead inbound allocator in newly established department specializing in assigning product between our two warehouses to best serve the vision of the buying teamsMaintain, manipulate, and utilize Access and Excel databases to provide buying and planning teams the tools necessary to manage their businessesManage flow of domestic and imported goods in the most.

Responsible for allocation of product from various vendors and manufacturersComprehend organizational data and forecast needs, sales, and growth for portions of the company as small individual products and as large as entire departmentsAct as intermediary for buying department, individual stores, and our imports teamAccountable for weekly reporting of.

Manage weekly payroll of the hundreds of employees under our employMaintain client and candidate relations amidst hectic and demanding atmosphereFacilitate and complete the filling of employment orders by organizations, groupsHandle and direct workflow for the entire office as initial contact

Liaison between Director and County Assembly, Freeholder, and Municipal racesResearch and compile data on assigned territoriesAssist campaigns in coordinating press, volunteer, and voter outreach events