Darrin Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Boise, Idaho, US

• Responsibilities include creating weekly sales forecast on over 700 high volume items in printed ads for 148 grocery stores, providing those forecasts to replenishment and demand planners for purchase order creation.
• Operate lockstep with division sales team ensuring items for their merchandising calendar plans are purchased in a timely manner at the lowest cost possible and shipped to stores for display execution.
• Develop strategies for seasonal purchasing and shipping to provide cost saving measures obtaining increased profitability and higher in-stock levels during peak seasonal and holiday demand.
• Partner with DC Operations and Transportation teams preparing weekly expected inbound and shipping volume for Water and Paper for increased efficiencies of labor and equipment planning.
• Confer with replenishment category teams on resets for new items additions and old item deletions.
• Assist replenishment planners with continuous improvement in fill rate metrics.

Boise, Idaho, US

• Responsibilities include all P&L Metrics in Grocery and Dairy departments to include, Service Level, Turns, Buyer Dump, Economical Ordering Quantities, and Investment Buys.
• Supervise/Manage/Direct, Provide Projections and Continual Training to Grocery Replenishment Team in the Shaws Division - 1 Sr. Buyer, 8 Buyers, and 2 department specialists.
• Ensure Inventory for normal shelf replenishment, Ads, Resets, Promotions, and Displays, are ordered at best cost, received into Distribution center, and shipped to all retail stores by needed date.
• Resolve ordering, receiving, shipping, and billing issues by open communications building strong relations between Replenishment, Retail Operators, Sales Managers, and DC Operations teams.
• Work with DC Warehouse and Transportation Teams for efficiencies in Inbound Receiving and Outbound Shipping to maximize labor efficiencies.
• Active participant in Ad, Promotion, Market Share, Display, and Holiday Planning Meetings to provide specific input on item and category supply constraints or availability.

Boise, Idaho, US

• Assist Procurement Manager in overseeing all aspects of Grocery Department.
• Train and Develop new Buyers in buying philosophies and practices.
• Build Scan Based Planning Events for retail operators to pre-book weekly Ads and Special Events.
• Resolve problems by open communications between Retail Operators, Sales Managers, and Buyers.
• Attend New Item, Sales, Ad, and Promotional Planning meetings.
• Demonstrate consistent record of metrics on Service Level, Inventory Turns, Dairy Spoilage, and Profit Buy-ins.

Boise, Idaho, US

• Procurement and Replenishment Buying for refrigerated and dry good sku’s in Grocery and Dairy Department; Forecasted and calculated sufficient inventory for weekly Ads and Promotions.
• Negotiations with Vendors for New Items placements, research and review old items to discontinue; careful control of code dated items to reduce product loss and increase profit buying.

Malmö, SE

• Procurement and Inventory Management of over 4,800 parts and materials including electronic components, displays, printed circuit boards, and proprietary enclosures to support the manufacturing and production of.
• Coordinate purchasing activities with planning, sales, and engineering departments to acquire inventory in a cost effective and timely manner to maintain a flowing production schedule.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Purchase and Procurement of fabricated materials, tools, building supplies, various chemicals, and numerous spare parts in compliance with the government acquisition process set forth in the Federal Acquisition.
• Process Purchase Requisitions and create Request for Quotes and Request for Proposals for submittal to vendors for bids, negotiates with vendors on sub-contract modifications.
• Prepare award documentation to include Purchase Order, appropriate FAR clauses, terms and conditions, record and build procurement files documenting all buying activities involved in the purchase to include.
• Oversee procurement activities for Master Ordering Agreements and Service Contracts between URS/EG&G DMI and Vendors for Maintenance and Operations.

• Assisted in overseeing all aspects of Grocery Department for Supply Chain Manager including directing Buyers in Profit Buy-ins, generating weekly AD doc’s and item spreadsheets, creating quarterly projection.
• Procured items from over 260 vendors and Forecasted Inventory levels on over 2,400 sku’s in Dairy, Cheese, and Bakery

• Procurement and Replenishment Buying of over 3,200 sku’s in Grocery, Frozen and Bakery Department
• Forecasted and Calculated sufficient inventory for Grocery, Frozen and Bakery Ads

• Maintained shelf and backroom inventory to support customer demand
• Developed creative sales events to increase sales and profits

• Managed total store operations in absence of Grocery Manager and Store Director

• Stocking, Ordering, Merchandising, of Frozen and Dairy departments

Education record

Associates Of Science Degree