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Monroe, Wi

Monroe, Wi

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Responsible for scheduling raw materials and production based on Kanban signals with utilization of ERP systems. Responsible for on-time delivery, turn objectives, reducing lead times, minimizing obsolescence and communicate with suppliers as needed. Participate in daily Gemba walks providing business updates. Manage the non-conforming material requests and the corrective action process with suppliers.

Develop and execute financial plans for multiple merchandise categories.Create preseason buy plans to support sales and inventory goals.Manage in season opportunity and risk through chase strategies.Manage inventory to support catalog appearances and online marketing.Analyze current and historical trends and relationships to continuously improve future season strategies, plans and buys.

Managed and developed planning teams with members both Japan and the United States.Created and executed strategies that increased net sales by 10%, reduced lost sales by 6 points, reduced risk inventory by 14% and increased turn by 1.8basis points.Defined and implemented reporting and purchasing process for Japan only styles to maximize fulfillment to 94.6%.Reconciled system issues to allow backorders on any purchase orders.

Managed and developed multiple member planning teams.Developed and executed plans and buys for businesses of up to $90M in sales annually.Created and executed strategies that reduced liable inventory by 15%.Collaborated with Merchants to deliver plans and strategies.

Developed and defined processes for newly created forecast analyst role.Managed and mentored 14 forecast analysts.Strengthened and reinforced communication between new roles of purchasing and forecastingImproved forecast accuracy by 1.3 basis points.Created and executives strategies that achieved a 9% increase in sales, 500 basis point improvement in customer fulfillment and a 20% reduction in liable inventory.Developed and implementated processes for liquidiation reduction,… Show more Developed and defined processes for newly created forecast analyst role.Managed and mentored 14 forecast analysts.Strengthened and reinforced communication between new roles of purchasing and forecastingImproved forecast accuracy by 1.3 basis points.Created and executives strategies that achieved a 9% increase in sales, 500 basis point improvement in customer fulfillment and a 20% reduction in liable inventory.Developed and implementated processes for liquidiation reduction, reconciliation of net sales budgets and improved in-stock reporting to eliminate duplicated processes. Show less

Conducted training sessions for newly adopted systems.Implemented reporting for overseas offices.Facilitated system problem solving by collaborating with the Information Services team.Audited newly created reporting before delivery to the Inventory organization.

Trained and developed multiple Inventory Assistants and Managers.Increased Turn from 2.8 to 4.1.Increased Customer fulfillment by 500 basis points.Established and evalutated contingency plans with Vendors to reduce leadtimes by 4 weeks for in-season chase strategy

Participated in start up of kids businessDeveloped reporting to monitor backorders from each vendorCommunicated and prioritized with vendors on deliveries \Analzied and reacted on sales to optimize customer fulfillment

Created and defined newly created assistant to VP position.Directed calls to appropriate Merchandise Managers.Developed filing systems and maintained attendance and salary information.

Returned Defective merchandise to vendors.Prepared Monthly Financial Statements.Authorized chargeback's to vendors.Scheduled Freight Line pickups for merchandise.