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Boise, Idaho, Us

Boise, Idaho, Us

Boise, Idaho, Us

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Tapped to take the management lead of procurement for the Northwest Division, chain-wide vendor management of three high profile paper manufacturers, as well as, chain-wide inventory management of all Safeway self-manufactured cultured dairy, overseeing 6 direct reports (3 managers and 3 analysts) and 16 indirect reports. • Appointed to Acting Director of Purchasing in December 2014.• Manage the efficient utilization of $100M daily average inventory investment in the Northwest Division, while maintaining superior product availability to the Safeway stores.• Led the consolidation of purchasing for all Safeway’s Self-manufactured Cultured Dairy products resulting in efficient production to order with limited waste. Efforts taken opened production capacity and prevented the outsourcing of an item line to a third party producer.• Cultivate the relationship and results of the vendor managed inventory for the top three paper vendors.

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Led Supply Chain’s support of Safeway’s merchandising and sales plan through product allocation and vendor engagement for the Beverage/Snack/Main Meal/Meals and Ingredients Business Unit. Lead a team of 6 embedded managers and 10 analysts.• Created best practices to facilitate the support of the 4th Quarter holidays plans while ensuring maximum efficiency and communication for our distribution and retail partners.• Defined process and reporting to communicate promotional volume recaps and expectations for warehousing and retail which enabled labor, space, and logistic planning.• Developed best practices for allocating product to support marketing plans while adhering to retail mapping.• Drove efficiencies for the warehouse, including cross docks and the flow of all products from vendor to shelf.

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Primary management lead of procurement for the Vons and Texas Divisions. Lead a team of 8 direct reports (1 manager, 1 supervisor, and 6 analysts) and 12 indirect reports. • Developed process to set working capital and turns goals across all centralized supply chain at all levels. Process became the basis for an automated process developed later.• Initiated and created the basis for post event analysis process to gain understanding of promotional movement and drive future improvement.

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Promoted to define and drive Supply Chain’s support of Safeway’s merchandising and sales plan through product allocation and vendor engagement. Lead a team of 6 embedded managers and 10 analysts supporting the Beverage/Snack/Main Meal/Meals and Ingredients Business Unit.• Drove the development of Supply Chain support of the Beverage, Snack and Alcohol/Tobacco (BSAT) Business Unit during a Supply Chain restructure.• Redefined the allocation process for Liquor utilizing store specific sales.• Led the development of Live Event Management process training document and trained all Supply Chain teams.

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Promoted to drive vendor performance and efficiencies through scorecard reviews and development of Joint Action Plans.. • Took a lead role developing and testing of Live Event Management and Net Landed Cost applications. • Secured and developed Live Event Management partnership with five key vendors. Presented formal training to ensure understanding and success of the process.• Drove strategic and tactical solutions for Safeway’s Supply Chain through cost benefit analysis and facilitating communication with key stakeholders.

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Promoted to maximize Texas sales and profits through overseeing the purchasing and efficient management of perishable and non-perishable inventory.• Motivated and mentored the Texas Procurement team to meet and exceed the team's goals, including: service level, warehouse inventory, and aged inventory.• Designed and implemented a planning and forecasting program to support merchandising end displays. The program was successfully implemented into my team, followed by full implementation to all procurement teams.• Defined, implemented, and monitored the 2006 hurricane preparation and exit strategy plan for the Texas division. Processes set are still being utilized in 2015.

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Purchased and managed inventory across 8 divisions and 12 distribution centers, including Center of Store and Service Deli products.• Successfully forecasted product needs to support retail sales during promotional and seasonal periods.• Took a lead role in developing an embedded procurement team within the Service Deli/Bakery Business Unit.• Supported the Vons Division in a key role that involved prioritizing purchase orders and coordinating deliveries with the Vons warehouses, vendor, carriers, and backstage personnel

Managed store merchandising of promotional and seasonal inventory to support expected sales. • Developed and implemented weekly product merchandising plan.• Executed daily operations of the entire store, including supervision of all store union and non-union employees.• Engaged effective leadership and encouraged team concepts.• Albertson’s Third Person during the period of August 1997 to September 1999, when my location was sold to Ralphs Grocery Company.• Assisted in the successful merger of the two companies’ cultures to maintain moral, productivity, and sales.

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