Jennifer Riske Email & Phone Number

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

In 2020, I created a blog called "Riske Momma" blog. Riske Momma is a space for women who need encouragement, a fun place to go for book reviews, clothing, DIY tutorials, and so much more. My vision is to create a place for me to write, be creative, recommend good quality and ethical small businesses, create tutorials for cooking, sewing, home life, etc..

Windsor, ON

Skilled seamstress that sold one of a kind pieces online and at craft shows. In 2019, I was planning on opening up a sewing studio that would be a place where it would be a social and creative space. Near the end of 2019, I was selected to be part of a competition to win a store lease for a year. I was in the top 5 but did not win. With my completed.

Livonia, MI

• Primary contact for multiple clients in our Third Party Logistics division.
• Assist customers in trade compliance with United States Customs & Border Protection regulations for import and export activities.
• Own all aspects of carrier management to ensure cost-effective, consistently exceptional service is maintained for all assigned customer accounts. Represent assigned customers and advocate carrier needs where necessary.
• Manage network analysis and transportation shipment… Show more
• Manage network analysis and transportation shipment optimization studies in order to reduce freight spend across all modes of transportation. In 2014, I produced $1.5 million cost savings for our 2nd largest client.
• Manage Freight Claims processes and return-of-goods in support of assigned customer Reverse Logistics strategies. Ensure appropriate documentation requirements, acceptable claims criteria and monitoring tools are.

Bingham Farms, MI

• Primary contact for our largest account, The Home Depot USA and The Home Depot Canada.
• Responsible for collaborating with internal and external customers in this highly visible role within company.
• Provide analysis for demand planning, point of sale reporting, color analysis and trend reporting. Striving for continuous improvement internally and externally.
• Responsible for working with our customers merchandising team to implement strategies that leverage category and… Show more
• Responsible for working with our customers merchandising team to implement strategies that leverage category and consumer insights to maximize mutual sales growth and support these strategies through execution of.
• Team player who works with the manufacturing plants to ensure the product is delivered to the customer on time, complete and correct. Show less

Naperville, IL

• Primary contact for 23 distribution centers to assist transportation managers in delivery strategy, metrics and cost efficiency.
• Proven record in implementation and utilization of performance standards and reporting at a location level to ensure achievement of service expectations and cost objectives: on-time delivery, service failures, LEAN.
• Provides support to location management both strategic and operational in nature. Work closely… Show more Primary contact for 23 distribution centers to assist transportation managers in delivery strategy, metrics and.
• Provides support to location management both strategic and operational in nature. Work closely with location management as well as corporate management to achieve company goals.
• Successfully implemented Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Assisted in the on-boarding of carriers to get EDI certified as well as streamlining the reporting for distribution centers. Successfully created reporting.
• Successfully designed and executed the Customer Fulfillment Center and PowerMax Retail Fulfillment Center Metric Dashboard. Currently Project Manager for developing dashboard metrics for Officemax Canada.

Naperville, IL

• Primary contact for offshore stores and distribution centers.
• Coordinate the flow of international freight into and out of the Powermax Distribution Centers to offshore stores in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas and St. Croix as well as load scheduling.
• Main contact to coordinate export shipments to offshore stores.
• Responsible for freight bill processing, filing claims, vendor payment for international department using SAP.
• Institute service metrics and monitor… Show more
• Institute service metrics and monitor all service provider performance and maintain departmental databases. Show less

Hoffman Estates, IL

• Utilizes an extensive retail background to support the direction, development, and maintenance of all planograms within an assigned business unit.
• Utilizes space planning tool to create planogram versions that best support store sales and productivity as well as individual business financial needs for all Sears and Kmart store formats.
• Develop and utilize vendor relationships to support planogram development that meets the corporate business standards.
• Facilitates development… Show more Utilizes an extensive retail background to support the direction, development, and maintenance of all planograms within an assigned business unit.
• Facilitates development and direction of departmental flow, adjacencies and product display with buying team.
• Routinely visits a variety of competitors to review “best practices” that can be incorporated into planogram presentation. Show less

Hoffman Estates IL

• Involved in entire supply chain including buyers, team replenishment, allocation, brand partners, transportation and distribution centers in planning and scheduling receipt and inbound activity of shipments.
• Communicates with buying team, transportation team and distribution centers to achieve goal of 98% or higher on advertised merchandise, store resets, and in-store events for seven departments within the company.
• Resolves issues related to shipment of merchandise, reviews… Show more Involved in entire supply chain including buyers, team replenishment, allocation, brand partners, transportation and distribution centers in.
• Resolves issues related to shipment of merchandise, reviews, and coordinates shipping schedules with brand partners.
• Analyze system information and uses system expertise to determine flow path disruption and implements to meet and exceed in-stock objectives.
• Leverage distribution center knowledge to gather historical data and ensure purchase order delivery schedules is executed according to plan.

Troy, MI

• Maintained and reported data pertaining to inbound carrier administration.
• Initiated weekly carrier on-time summary and load detail reports.
• Complex carrier rate schedules on a weekly basis with consistent accuracy.
• Updated fuel surcharges on a weekly basis.
• Developed financial forecasting and accruals for inbound transportation.
• Developed database for tracking bill of lading issues

Mount Pleasant, MI

Mount Pleasant, MI

Professional Development, Entrepreneurial And Small Business Operations

Starting a Small Business, Writing a Business Plan, Creating a Marketing Plan on a Shoestring Budget, Starting an Arts and Crafts Business.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Strategic Managerment

Bachelor Of Applied Arts, Apparel Merchandising And Design

Activities and Societies: Alpha Chi Omega