Christopher Malatesta Email & Phone Number

Providence, Rhode Island, US

Houston, Texas, US

• Collaborate with Sales and Operational leaders to support the demand forecasting, production scheduling, supply chain and inventory planning with key KPIs to include inventory, fill rate, and on-time delivery. Worked.
• Developed Vendor and Customer IDs for transition to NetSuite ERP System as well as the creation of ~1,000 new product ID numbers.
• Implemented a master production schedule and currently achieving 85% daily attainment. On track to reach 100% by end of May 2022.
• Currently developing monthly forecast demand reporting for each of the TAXA “Habitats” to analyze demand and move away from produce to order.

Katy, Texas, US

• Ensure accurate sales projections by comparing consumption with forecasts for domestic and international accounts through regular monthly meetings. Organize the S&OP Team by analyzing pertaining issues with E&O items.
• Aided in the reduction of targeted cost of goods (COG) from $47M to forecast of $45M.
• Devised forecasting procedures for projecting future demand for effectively managing orders, in close collaboration with international team.
• Upgraded current system from Demantra to Oracle Planning Central cloud-based system for employing statistical-based forecast to conduct future analysis with accurate sales/productions forecasts.
• Minimized the excess items by 3% within a year and discontinued/obsolete items to $3M at the year-end.

Katy, Texas, US

Houston, Texas, US

• During my last job as Buyer II, I implemented the updated vendor lists toBCM Punchout systems by supporting the development of request for quotations(RFQ) and new business contracts. I coordinated with AP department.
• Developed RFQ and reviewed contracts for new preferred vendors andincorporated them into the internal ordering system.
• Effectively managed expenditures for reducing overall cost per PO by RFQfor PO through Federal Grant Money.
• Improved BCM procurement process by conducting training sessions with end-users for eliminating communication gaps.
• Leveraged extensive expertise in executing purchase orders from end-usersto fulfill clinical/research requirements, while integrating the alterationsthe PO ranging from $25K to $1M+.

Houston, Texas, US

• Manage a process of ad changes and additions from the time information is received until execution has been completed.
• Responsible for forecasting up to 1,000 SKU for assigned groups on a weekly basis.
• Review historical sale trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data and developforecast for customer's advertisement timeframe and create demand plans.
• Meet with assigned customers to review current, seasonal and future promotional activity.
• Work with procurement team off-site to drive in booked promotional and turn forecasted items for assigned customers and categories.
• Maintain forecasting system models using Demantra and Oracle, to complete trend analysis and complex statistical algorithms to ensure highest forecast accuracy.

Keene, NH, US

• Worked on the Southeastern Grocers team that consisted of 8 warehouses in Florida, Louisiana and South Carolina.
• Procured PO’s from a variety of vendors such as Kellogg’s, Kimberly and Clark, Nestle Purina, etc.
• Placed purchase orders to vendors in order to cover every day turnaround needs by the customers, as well as weekly ads that ran or temporary price reductions.
• Analyzed how well items moved along through forecasting and its performance with previous ads and pricing.
• Worked with logistics carriers to expedite purchase orders or to push off orders due to warehouse capacity.
• Reduced dead and excess inventory across vendor lines.

Battle Creek, Michigan, US

• As a Retail Sales Representative, I supervised the regional operations ofNorth Adams & Pittsfield in Massachusetts, along with Kingston in New York.Led a territory team to streamline the packing out truck.
• Effectively managed the team's weekly and quarterly budget for sales andlabor, achieving a weekly target budget, ranging from $55K to $70K.
• Secured unplanned holiday displays for Keebler cracker products toincrease sales for the holiday season.
• Identified a potential issue worth $35K of expired product throughout theterritory and collaborated with account executive team to reduce the impacton weekly budget by decreasing the credits from $35K to $15K through.

Battle Creek, Michigan, US

• Worked in stores around the Albany and Berkshire areas.
• Restocked, rotated, and removed expired Kellogg snack products.
• Responsible for set up and efficient placement of displays around the stores to help visually promote products to the consumer.
• Worked with other team members to mitigate problems or issues that may occur within a store and provided superior customer service.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business Administration And Management, Marketing

Associate'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General