Evan Alonso Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Responsible for overseeing the management and workflow of 15 global team members located in US, Europe, Indonesia, China, and India. Lead the implementation and enhancements of multiple Global IBP, Demand, and Supply chain projects as part of the global COE (Center of Excellence) Team.• Develop long-term global rollout plan to develop core global supply chain and logistics tools (o9, APO, OMP, s4) • Launched and maintained global supply chain and logistics control tower overseeing all supply chain decision making processes• Built out Global s4 COE to ensure implementation, process, and business procedures aligned globally• Built new IBP forecasting models using business drivers in conjunction with Data Science team• Lead North American & European o9 forecasting and IBP tool implementation and enhancements o Including training of demand planners, marketers, and finance on tool usage o Built out “one number” functionality in application for IBP consensus o Oversaw hiring of internal, external, and contract resources o Managed all project and expense budgets o Translation of business requirements o Rebuilt data structure to improve data accuracy to improve forecasting with Data Engineering • Developed longer term IBP/Demand/Supply technical roadmaps o 24/7 support structure o Tool value creation o Adoption and usage plans for APO, o9, and OMP• Launched and implemented S4 and OMP tools in China o Management of resources, budget, roadmap, long-term strategy, and rollout• Rebuilt backend infrastructure to better support forecasting tool and enhancements

Responsible for system implementations, demand planning forecasting models, inventory reduction, and replenishment• Lead the implementation of o9. Forecast Pro, APO, and JDA tools o User adoption and strategyo Translation of user requirementso Business driver model creation• Lead IT, demand, and supply planning teams, including MLEs, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Demand Planners, and Suppler Planners• Lead demand and supply planning model creation of new forecasts for 12–24-month time frames through IBP • Build KPIs to track inventory reduction and waste• Develop routines for the IBP(S&OP) processes to do consensus forecasting• Build out procedures to deploy forecasts to supply planning and build constrained forecasts• Assisted in the hiring and training of demand planners • Developed advanced forecasting models with data science teams

Zurich, Zurich, Ch

• Create and built monthly forecasts, inventory, and item replenishment models globally• Lead operations & planning team. I am responsible for the management and work flow of 8 team members • Lead and implemented S&OP & forecast review meetings on monthly basis with sales, marketing, finance and supply chain teams• Project lead on implementation of a new ERP system for both supply and demand planning globally• Work with retail accounts (Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, and Holt Renfrew) on weekly basis to drive incremental sales, improve turn, and expand retail footprint• Implemented revenue growth strategies and sales compensation forecast models• Optimize inventory and safety stock levels at distribution center and in retail stores• Monitor and analyze all KPIs and implement strategies to drive them • Create global sales and inventory projections and tracking reports for all new product launches • Review and analyze freight shipment costs and suggest opportunities to ship product sea versus air

•Owned financial approval of all online events and promotions, +$150 Million in annual retail sales volume •Led online operations planning team, responsible for the management and work flow of 3 team members; Provided mentoring to allow both team members to manage their own individual categories•Led project team on finding and building a new ERP system, rolled out for all of e-commerce planning •Analyzed sales, margin results, inventory flow to drive weekly leadership discussions •Supported merchants in developing short and long-term merchandise strategy, drove margin profitability•Forecasted all ecommerce marketing metrics, including traffic and conversion to create sales and inventory plans•Developed new initiative with Marketing and Event creation team to promote weekly markdown events such as “Sunday Night Steals” in order to move various products quickly•Develop pre-season division/departmental annual, quarterly, and monthly sales, margin, and inventory plans by analyzing past years sales reports

New York, Ny, Us

•Responsible for $150+ Million in annual retail sales volume for 650 stores•Partnered with 10-15 vendors on a weekly basis to communicate sales and promotions for inventory and to ensure sales are on track•Evaluated current sales trends for advertised events and developed new strategies such as discounted items or sets•Developed and administer effective projections of inventory and prepare promotional strategies by vendor•Managed all store location data for rollouts/pullbacks of old and new product to meet sales, margin, and turnover goals•Developed analysis of store and product performance to understand all significant variances to plan and develop action plans to get stores continually on plan

Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

•Responsible for $100+ Million in annual retail sales volume•Forecasted baseline and promotional sales plans for 500 items through budgeting and forecasting on a weekly and monthly basis•Prepared budgets for two divisions on a monthly basis and analyzed all variances •Analyzed sales and inventory trends to achieve overall sales, margin, and inventory year-end goals•Worked closely with the vendors to ensure proper assortment selection•Partnered cross-functionally with several departments to maximize efficient product flow

Bachelors Of Science, Business Economics

Mba, Marketing