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Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

New York, New York, Us

Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, New Jersey, Us

Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, New Jersey, Us

Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

Directed and managed a high performing Digital Merchandising team of 10 managers who were responsible for merchandising, presentation, and development of high-quality web content for over $1B in sales and 80,000 items including, toys, seasonal, baby products, and fashion apparel. Lead the formulation and implementation of the business strategy for the eCommerce sales channel, developed and executed weekly, monthly, and seasonal online marketing campaigns supported with customized web experiences, personalized emails, digital marketing campaigns, affiliate and social media channels support.

Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

Managed a team of project managers focused on supply chain and merchandising projects that include promotional price optimization, in-stock improvements, supply chain visibility, supply chain efficiency, and ETA management Implemented change management programs to ensure adoption of new technology and business processDeveloped partnerships with strategic vendors to evaluate the end to end supply chain, identify inefficiencies in demand planning, purchase order management, transportation, and distribution. Developed action plans to address the highest priority issues, and worked with the appropriate supply chain partners to implement new processes and strategies that delivered over $1MM in savings in the first year.

Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

Business lead and project manager for a $17.5MM, 3+ year Oracle Retail Merchandising system and apparel transformation project that was delivered on time and on budget. The project delivered a 50% increase in online sales and increased store in-stocks for replenishment items from 82% to 96%.Implemented effective change management programs that ensured proper training and the acceptance of the new processes and technology into the organizational culture.Lead supply chain initiatives that focused on category management, integrated business and capacity planning to improved profitability and supply chain efficiency.

Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

Responsible for the overall direction and leadership of the demand forecasting team.Oversight for the generation of over 16MM item/location/week demand forecasts using Oracle Retail Demand Forecasting.Developed demand models for new item introductions based on inputs from the suppliers, merchants, and similar products. Designed and implement a formal cross-functional consensus process to align supply chain operations to meet sales demand and support business initiatives.

Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

Facilitated the S&OP process and ensured that all supply chain partners contributed to the process, agreed on the inventory flow plans from vendors to distribution centers, and from distribution centers to stores.Analyzed various supply planning scenarios and evaluated the impact on the transportation and distribution capacity constraints, and recommended changes to stay within the targeted utilization. Worked closely with merchandising, supply chain operations, and distribution to improve overall supply chain efficiency from improved demand accuracy, balancing weekly inventory flow, and optimizing order frequency.Developed strategic flow policies to maintain and achieve business objectives and measured the results against supply chain KPIs.

Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

Accountable for the operational delivery of the Domestic Transportation P&L of over $100MM.Management of all truckload, LTL, expedited, rail, and parcel shipments to ensure timely routing requests, pick-up, and delivery of over 30,000 shipments to 10 distribution facilities.Strategically sourced domestic carriers based on their available transportation modes, regional and/or lane specific capacity and performance to ensure adequate space to meet seasonal demand.Optimized carrier utilization and mode selection using Manugistics transportation managment system (TMS)Implemented an improved routing process for top 20 vendors that reduced lead time by over 2 weeks and increased carrier utilization by over 3%.Modeled alternatives product flow scenarios to determine the impact on transportation, and inventory carrying cost and worked with the supply planning team to modify the ordering process and reduce cost.Measured and reported on all transportation-related KPIs and evaluated the root cause for poor performance and implemented corrective measures. Improved on-time shipment results by over 400 bps.Consulted the buying, planning, and distribution teams on purchasing and transportation alternatives to improve product flow, and reduce the cost of goods sold. Manage the direct to store parcel process for new product introductions, video games launches and other time-sensitive merchandise.

Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

Developed RFP for import carriers, and negotiated contracts and terms for over 50,000 import containers.Strategically sourced carriers based on their regional and/or lane specific capacity and performance to ensure adequate space to meet seasonal demand.Optimized the carrier selection and shipment allocation based on cost, service level, and capacity for over 1000 shipping lanes in more than 50 origins and 20 destinations in 8 countries.Built strong relationships with carriers and service providers that ensured contractual service levels, KPIs and contract terms were successfully achieved.Held quarterly business reviews and seasonal planning meetings with all providers to review performance, ensure service level requirements were being met and adequate space availability for peak season.Implemented improved EDI tracking and developed exception reporting to proactively manage on-time performance and improve on-time deliveries to over 98%.Performed financial analysis to ensure compliance with the budget, generating monthly reporting and cause of change analysis. Achieved a cost per cubic foot of $1.32 vs. a budgeted $1.43.

Parsippany, New Jersey, Us