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Wayne, Nj

Leading Idea Village in enhancing a corporate wide system implementation while managing multiple 3 PL's, Logistics, IT, Retail Accounts, EDI, Inventory, Outbound Orders and creating a New Vendor Compliance Department.

North Bergen, Nj

• Led a team of six in a fast pace environment responsible for all client’s Inbound Containers, Outbound Shipments, Vendor Compliance, and Inventory Management. • Worked closely with the Warehouse Manager providing Supply Chain Management guidance, along with setting priorities for all Inbound and Outbound activities. • Worked closely with internal Logistics & Dispatch maximizing the opportunities for a fleet of 20 trucks including daily port sweeps and over the road opportunities… Show more • Led a team of six in a fast pace environment responsible for all client’s Inbound Containers, Outbound Shipments, Vendor Compliance, and Inventory Management. • Worked closely with the Warehouse Manager providing Supply Chain Management guidance, along with setting priorities for all Inbound and Outbound activities. • Worked closely with internal Logistics & Dispatch maximizing the opportunities for a fleet of 20 trucks including daily port sweeps and over the road opportunities. • Helped manage the labor force for warehouse personnel in coordination with our customer’s volume projections and often need to negotiate monetary relief for unplanned OT hours when new priorities arise to make sure the services provided maintain required profit margins. • Worked closely with IT bringing low cost automation options to streamline the order process flow. • Coordinated special projects when Factory Compliance issues are discovered during Inbound Receiving Process. • Maintained and developed business relationships with the industry carrier community along with all of our Customers. • Trained staff in routing, planning, time management in order to develop a forward thinking mindset to upgrade a positive culture across the organization. • Managed an internal Vendor Compliance team in keeping up to date with retailer routing and Floor Ready requirements in accordance to outbound shipping to our Customer’s Retailer agreements. Show less

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

•Had an immediate impact identifying Vendor Compliance chargeback issues resulting in recovering hundreds of thousands of dollars settling current and “written off chargeback” violations.•Wrote a Vendor Compliance Charter re-defining the job description for a Vendor Compliance Manager by way of interviewing with all the Supervisors, Managers, Directors, and VP’s gathering all their input as to what Vendor Compliance should be responsible for as many of Vendor Compliance’s processes… Show more •Had an immediate impact identifying Vendor Compliance chargeback issues resulting in recovering hundreds of thousands of dollars settling current and “written off chargeback” violations.•Wrote a Vendor Compliance Charter re-defining the job description for a Vendor Compliance Manager by way of interviewing with all the Supervisors, Managers, Directors, and VP’s gathering all their input as to what Vendor Compliance should be responsible for as many of Vendor Compliance’s processes overlapped established job descriptions. This Charter was a key factor in establishing an internal positive synergy in working together as a team to resolve issues. •Established a standardized scope of Vendor Compliance interacting with Operations, Logistics, Legal, Finance, Credit, Customer Service, Sales, Distribution Centers, Manufacturing Facilities, and Executive Management to lead all coordination of Vendor Compliance activities.•Led all implementation process of new customer set up through communication of requirements, timelines, and expectations across departments. •Established and led newly created Vendor Compliance Cross-Functional Team. •Maintained an up-to date catalog of retailer vendor guides, including routing, shipping, compliance and product development guides.•Negotiated needed waivers with customers to avoid chargeback penalties and established a timeline with department responsible for necessary implementation to become compliant with customer requirements. •Presented to Executive team detailed Business Cases supporting adding necessary resources to dedicate for specific customer requirements where waivers were not granted, but financially worth doing business with customer in a profitable way. •Established and maintained excellent relationships with the Vendor Relations Managers for many key accounts, which is vital to eventually settle any past, current or unforeseen issues in the future. Show less

New York, Ny

•Managed (hands on) the overall Supply Chain including but not limited to Operations, Inventory, Shipping, Production PO’s, EDI, Freight Transportation, Customer Service, & Account analytics, detailing customer profitability. •Managed (hands on) three third party warehouses across the country, in coordination of all the outbound shipments to most major department stores, (The Finishline, JCP, Federated, Kohl’s, Sears, K-mart, Belk Stores, and Haggar Direct) as well as specialty stores.… Show more •Managed (hands on) the overall Supply Chain including but not limited to Operations, Inventory, Shipping, Production PO’s, EDI, Freight Transportation, Customer Service, & Account analytics, detailing customer profitability. •Managed (hands on) three third party warehouses across the country, in coordination of all the outbound shipments to most major department stores, (The Finishline, JCP, Federated, Kohl’s, Sears, K-mart, Belk Stores, and Haggar Direct) as well as specialty stores. •Established policy & procedures for all 3 Warehouses in Outbound shipments to eliminate operational errors, while adhering to Retailer Compliance rules.•Managed Production schedule for all factory PO’s from China & South America; including all scheduling of container movement based on minimizing freight costs while adhering to all Vendor Retail Manuals. •Managed process of all cross referencing all Factory PO’s with retail customer PO’s as is pertains to UPC’s, Retail Price Ticket Format, Carton Labels Format, utilizing my accounting analytical skills to efficiently comb through data to ensure no compliance chargebacks are issued from retailers.•Managed all freight movement into the country from China & South America. •Managed all yarn purchasing from the states & coordinating movement.•Specialized in problem solving any & all supplier compliance issues whereby spend the most efforts on creating processes to streamline information & workflow to maximize profits. •Successfully implemented EDI data exchange with our 3rd party EDI partner along with our in-house system Apparel Magic.•Successfully negotiated new Ocean & Inland Rates Logistics group, along with other freight companies to minimize overall costs. •Approved and finalized all Retail Vendor Agreements. Show less

Greater New York City Area

• Managed (hands on) five third party warehouses across the country, in coordination of all the outbound shipments to most major department stores, (JCP, Federated, Kohl’s, Sears, K-mart, Belk Stores, and Haggar Direct) as well as specialty stores. I specialize in assessing any & all chargeback issues as it relates to cash collections & creating processes to permanently eliminate chargebacks & maximize profits. •Set new policy & procedure for all points of the supply chain, including… Show more • Managed (hands on) five third party warehouses across the country, in coordination of all the outbound shipments to most major department stores, (JCP, Federated, Kohl’s, Sears, K-mart, Belk Stores, and Haggar Direct) as well as specialty stores. I specialize in assessing any & all chargeback issues as it relates to cash collections & creating processes to permanently eliminate chargebacks & maximize profits. •Set new policy & procedure for all points of the supply chain, including & not limiting to: Making sure Vendor Agreements are in place &/or renegotiating new agreements, Training Sales & Warehouse Personnel to adhere to all vendor guidelines with respect to item setup, PO verification, ticket approval, label approval, size breakdown, retail price & terms.•Successfully managed & implemented a process of capturing all inventory & communicating via an FTP site whereby we exchange inventory pre-advices & inventory receipts & all EDI transactions such as 850 PO’s & 856 ASN’s back & forth from our in-house system to our third party warehouses.•Successfully transitioned the use of a third party EDI provider (cost in the hundreds of thousands) & implemented an in-house EDI system by hiring one expert, thus exchanging EDI between our in-house systems to all of our EDI for all trading partners & adhering to current EDI requirements.•Created an entire style structure that suited the purpose of separating our two manufacturing sources, while simultaneously having the capability to report accurately to all of our licensees thus eliminating redundant outside the system reporting. •Successfully negotiated & collected hundreds of thousands of dollars of Compliance Chargebacks by efficiently analyzing the root cause of the problem, traveling to the accounts & guaranteeing them an execution plan of how we correct the compliance or process issues at hand. Show less

Greater New York City Area

•Set new policy in & procedure for all points of the supply chain, including & not limiting to: Making sure Vendor Agreements are in place &/or renegotiating new agreements, Training Sales & Warehouse Personnel to adhere to all vendor guidelines with respect to item setup, PO verification, ticket approval, label approval, size breakdown, retail price & terms. •Restructured and retrained a department of 5 to be able to work with different types of deductions.•Traveled to meet… Show more •Set new policy in & procedure for all points of the supply chain, including & not limiting to: Making sure Vendor Agreements are in place &/or renegotiating new agreements, Training Sales & Warehouse Personnel to adhere to all vendor guidelines with respect to item setup, PO verification, ticket approval, label approval, size breakdown, retail price & terms. •Restructured and retrained a department of 5 to be able to work with different types of deductions.•Traveled to meet with key customers & successfully received extensions to comply with new compliance rules & negotiated account settlements after establishing we’ve met with changes successfully, & also in conjunction with the Vendor Compliance Federation.•Developed a reliable & detailed monthly reporting of chargebacks, markdowns, cash flow & total dilution analyses for our major customer’s utilizing their websites & check processing schedules.•Reconciled monthly Factor statements with all in house ledger activity. Show less

Avenel, Nj

•Restructured and retrained a department of 15 to be able to work with different types of deductions – which included weekly meetings regarding Logistic/Routing Violations; as it related to their new computer system (Blue Cherry). •Changed the AR Department’s thought process of blaming every department for chargebacks. •Worked with the different departments (Customer Service, Sales, and MIS, four outside warehouse) as a team to help document, resolve and collect chargeback… Show more •Restructured and retrained a department of 15 to be able to work with different types of deductions – which included weekly meetings regarding Logistic/Routing Violations; as it related to their new computer system (Blue Cherry). •Changed the AR Department’s thought process of blaming every department for chargebacks. •Worked with the different departments (Customer Service, Sales, and MIS, four outside warehouse) as a team to help document, resolve and collect chargeback issues.•Developed department procedures and guidelines as it related to the aspects of Credit, Accounts Receivable, and coordinating with the three different factors used. Show less

Greater New York Area & Secaucus, Nj

•Restructured and retrained a department of 13 to be able to work with different divisions, different types of deductions for the Fashion, Jewelry, Watch and Fragrance divisions which included weekly meetings regarding Logistic/Routing Violations.•Supervised and controlled all Cooperative and Advertising budgets.•Responsible for setting and maintaining department procedures, along with training manuals.•Analyzed and prepared significant increases/decreases of invoice and… Show more •Restructured and retrained a department of 13 to be able to work with different divisions, different types of deductions for the Fashion, Jewelry, Watch and Fragrance divisions which included weekly meetings regarding Logistic/Routing Violations.•Supervised and controlled all Cooperative and Advertising budgets.•Responsible for setting and maintaining department procedures, along with training manuals.•Analyzed and prepared significant increases/decreases of invoice and deduction balances for Management and Sales.•Prepared weekly and monthly cash forecasts, calculating the DOS for our major customers.•Assisted the Controller with month-end and year-end preparation of Financial Statements (posting journal entries to the GL, bank reconciliations, year-end and month-end Bad Debt Analyses).•Established credit limits using D&B reports, JBT reports, and established trade references within the industry.•Prepared Bankruptcy Claims, Letters of Credit, and initiated wire transfer payment schedules for many of our major customers.•Reconciled AR to the GL on a monthly basis, and all inter-company analyses for each fragrance brand. Show less

Bachelor Of Science, Accounting

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