• Demand Planning / Forecast Analysis • Supply Planning • Inventory Analysis • Design and implement best practices Demand Planning processes, consistent with IBF and ASCM standards • Integrate cross-departmental planning processes to continuously improve our Sales and Operations capabilities, creating one seamless connection between business units • Provide leadership for S&OP process to ensure supply/demand imbalances are proactively addressed • Identify continuous improvement practices to improve forecast accuracy • Leverage statistical forecast processes based on historical trends and integrate business intelligence and enterprise inputs; regularly evaluate forecast vs. actuals to enable dynamic adjustment.  • Monitor demand changes related to product transitions, identify potential risks, provide recommendations to mitigate risks, and project end-of-life inventory exposure  • Partner with marketing and sales teams to effectively manage new product introductions, end-of-life run outs and promotions • Develop NPI (New Product Introduction) projections in collaboration with other departments based on market share assumptions and retailer inventory requirements • Develop and maintain an inventory and replenishment plan that supports our service levels while minimizing inventory exposure  • Review, assess, and report on supply and demand variability and identify opportunities to manage and mitigate risk  • Manage KPIs: establish and draw insights to mitigate risks and capitalize on opportunities • Manage & Lead Sales Budget Process

• Collaborate with the sales team, customers, and distributors to ensure baseline forecasts are accurately updated in our Sales system and communicated within the organization • Establish volume forecasts for all products at the SKU and customer level (direct and indirect) • Analyze current sales trends and insights to deliver more accurate ongoing product forecasts by customer • Lead collaborative monthly forecasting meetings with sales managers and S&OP meetings with cross functional teams • Own, generate, and effectively communicate meaningful sales and forecast reporting • Lead and execute Annual Budget Planning Process along improvement ideas to streamline the business and improve processes enabling the best possible demand forecast • Lead the Customer Service Team to ensure orders are entered accurately, timely and ensure the team has the tools available so that they can clearly communicate the status of those orders from receipt of the PO to delivery to the customer.

• Provide recommendations on integrated planning tools and be the champion of the demand planning system roll-out for Daiya• Work closely with the Sales Team to obtain promotional and total sales projection to build a weekly SKU-level shipment forecast by DC• Develop an excel based forecast tool considering both baseline demand and promotional and marketing SKU level lift as a key input to the demand signal• Facilitate the S&OP process and collect necessary data to establish a robust sales forecasting process• Collaborate with the Sales and Marketing team to develop and manage the planning/forecasting process for new products (including line-extensions)• Assist Finance with case shipment projections and conversion to gross sales $’s• Analyze forecast accuracy and bias to determine source of variance to correct demand signal• Provide data to the Purchasing and Scheduling team to ensure uninterrupted supply• Liaison between the Supply Chain and Sales team and communicate action plans on supply/inventory• Collaborate with Master Scheduler to ensure service levels and inventory carrying KPI’s are met

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• Created Vacation Tracking Software (requirements gathering, security and configuration based on HR policies, rollout to the all NP locations and remote users. All training materials were developed and signed off).• Trained on windows 10 roll out to entire company (Training Materials developed & shared) & Migrate IT Drive to SharePoint.• Administered IT Orientation (Create presentation and improve Day 1 experience) – Integrate with HR & Interaction with Technology – Improve user experience with meeting rooms. OneDrive adoption – use, documentation and interaction with business users.• Developed a plan and execute migration all NP locations fax services to Cloud. • Trained for Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer, SharePoint, and Production and Inventory Management.

• Provided Functional Gap Analysis by identifying key business applications functions• Analyzed pros and cons of various infrastructure options and was responsible for upgrading key business component – EDI• Upgraded and eliminated customizations wherever possible and align process to fit the core application (embedding industry best standards)• Replaced the Reporting & Budget tool and run the current business concurrently while preparing the upgrade of the ERP system• Administered best practices with setting up security based on the new design• Maintain IFS database structure (Enterprise Planning System)• Cognos (v8.4 & v10.1) Reporting (Dashboard) system• Developed complex reports to remove day to day data entry and automate reports to run daily • Facilitate Yearly Budget cycle with Finance Department • EDI – diagnose & fix issues • Support IFS & Radley Lot Trace interfaces• Resolve more complex IFS related support calls (i.e. problems that encompass and span several IFS modules or Crystal reports)• Manage Corporate Cell phone accounts, primary objective to decrease cost.• Business Process Mapping (Assist in the design, validation & documentation of business process workflows)• Support IFS Demand Planner (Software) • Query, maintain and administer Oracle Database 10g & 11g • Disaster Recovery Manual created and updated as needed

• Provided demand planning perspective to facilitate execution of new product launches, promotions or service challenges. • Investigated effectiveness of collaborative inputs using forecast value add analysis.• Tracked and reported key performance indicators like Accuracy, Bias and significant shipments to forecast variances. • Established underlying assumptions in demand plan to highlight risks and opportunities.

• Planned & coordinated shipments between warehouses. • Closed Month end process, bank reconciliation, trial balance and account schedule reconciliations as well as general ledger entries • Established internal templates and formalize processes related to financial reporting • Ability to read and identify errors with income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flow

• Responsible for all customer service related functions including but not limited to: order entry, reporting, maintaining metrics, and cost savings tracking. • Performed shipping coordination activities such as shipping customer material, handling routine issues, operating basic warehouse equipment, entering shipping information into the customer computer system, and equipment inspections. • Handled hazardous material and preparing shipping documentation and packaging requirements. • Interfaced directly with customer point of contact, purchasing directors, facility directors and plant managers.

• Responsible for handling large volumes of inbound calls for MCI and Nextel. Assist customers with repairs, orders, and answer questions regarding monthly statements, delinquent accounts, products, promotions, run credit for prospects, handle large credit card transactions, fraud & penalties. • Identified and communicates risks and issues impacting business rules, functional requirements and specifications. • Participated in and contributes to managing the scope of applications and related changes. • Assisted quality assurance with functional test case reviews. • Collaborated with stakeholders on the evaluation of the feasibility, effort and costs to implement requirements.