Grant Fisher Email & Phone Number

Tucson, Arizona, Us

Poway, Ca, Us

· Trained and worked with all of the buyers to set up and use an automated buying program· Implemented a program to ensure that the sales from one warehouse captured the purchasing cost without losing monies while increasing profit· Identified business intelligence software to link to the ERP system to get automated reporting, quicker analytics, and dashboard capabilities

· Led a team of seven buyers and one director to lower inventory by $2MM and improve the fill rate by 10 points· Successfully transferred the purchasing demand of 17 Farmer’s Markets from one warehouse to another warehouse 1,400 miles away without shorting the customer or adding too much inventory

· Completed 4 Government Bids for $20MM+· Implemented a phone system change to IP phones· Analyzed system data and recommended that we avoid taking on $3MM of non-profitable business

· Completed one Military Bid for $20MM+ · Provided the company President with valuable information for a 5% increase in gross sales

Rosemont, Il, Us

· Managed the purchasing department during a system conversion. The customer fill rates increase from high 80 percent to over 99 percent· Reduced inventory by over two million dollars by eliminating 20% of excess and obsolete· Increased the number of company branded items through the category management process

Rosemont, Il, Us

· Used cost reduction analysis on a select number of larger volume items for military and school usage. The customer cost was reduced while the annual divisional income increased by an estimated $170,000· Recommended that all the southern California divisions review the profitability of one their items · Negotiated with vendors for local vendor agreements, larger marketing rates, and increased levels of auto deduction. 186 programs were added and maintained

Rosemont, Il, Us

· Consolidated less-than-truckload shipments to truckload by increasing the number of participating vendors in the logistics program. This improved the freight income as a percent to sales from 26 to 106 basis points· Negotiated and evaluated carriers to lower local delivery costs by 22% while increasing service levels

· Created and maintained the nationwide network-rate function for the transportation costing model including air, frozen, refrigerated, and dry· Evaluated and purchased the transportation software· Developed QA processes and managed QA team · Developed and automated processes for distribution comparison and pricing analysis

· Increased on time service by 68% by increasing responsibility and ownership· Located, evaluated, and set up new carriers and agents

· Reviewed and negotiated the planning, selection and procurement of logistics services for finished goods and raw material flows form point of manufacture to point of ultimate use· Led a cross-functional team that identified, reviewed and implemented a flow for the integrity of product into an international third party warehouse. The team reduced the transit time into the warehouse· Setup and executed the RFP process for selecting a nationwide LTL carrier· Analyzed, recommended and implemented methods of reducing transportation cost of $1 million per quarter utilizing Oracle, and other database applications. Published quarterly reports including transportation cost metrics using presentation software applications

· Negotiated and implemented domestic air, rail, and truck rates and services. Provided a 46% reduction of excessive costs for operations

Malvern, Pa, Us

· Led a team of 14 employees in distribution that increased production by 50%· Completed monthly transportation cost and service metrics to evaluate and select the carrier base· Successfully classified product under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for exports into Mexico and Canada

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

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