John Acker Email & Phone Number

Hoffman Estates, Il

Responsible for leading a team of 4 analysts who equip over 4,300 technician trucks with the right parts to service our customers

Hoffman Estates, Il

* Identify excess and obsolete inventory in our warehouses and implement strategies to reduce surplus* Implemented process leading to over 9,000 items being listed on Amazon at reduced prices* Troubleshoot listings that required actions to complete activation of the listing* Liquidated over $800K of products using online auction Bstock.com* Enhanced the process for calculating warehouse reserve used in assessing inventory risk

Hoffman Estates, Il

• Facilitated flow of all home appliance vendor purchases to the stores from major manufacturers and several retailers.• Responsible for annual inventory fluctuating between $100M-$150M at cost while executing in-stock and turnover goals.• Coordinated additional 68 new store launches; closure of 29 stores and 10 warehouses.• 2014 – 2015 Leadership Academy graduate engaging in direct mentoring and contact with senior leadership.• Given direct management of an associate in Dec 2014 to elevate performance of critical tasks.• Planned and executed product information on 1,000’s of models into new Netsuite platform.• Leveraged vendor partnerships to construct custom shipments to fulfill inventory needs.• Participated in inventory related strategic planning for future needs.• Managed advanced wire payments to vendors to maintain credit lines.• Liquated apparel to exceed annual profit plans for surplus purchased inventory.• Oversaw manual accounting entries to adjust book inventory for corrections/adjustments.• Reconciled system receipts vs invoices and facilitated discrepancies to conclusion.• Performed inventory reconciliation of raw materials to completed goods for apparel.• Compiled and dispersed weekly and monthly PowerPoint decks to senior executives.

Hoffman Estates, Il

• Increased responsibility to include the expansion of inventory in apparel and one time purchases.• Enhanced floorplans to focus on individual store product category sales and replenish accordingly.• Generated inventory tracking reports by category which were utilized in Board of Directors meetings.

Hoffman Estates, Il

• Developed and implemented Ideal Floorplan for weekly store replenishment.• Provided financial analysis of special vendor opportunity purchases made available.• Coordinated the assortment and inventory flow for the opening of 31 Outlet stores.• Tracked manual store receiving and processed accounting entries to book inventory and pay vendors.

Hoffman Estates, Il

• Managed $341M (+6.7%) in sales with Ave inventory of $54.2M-Store, $10M-TDC• Built and executed yearly snow tire forecast and inventory.• Utilized CPFR tool for vendor collaboration on replenishing to sales velocity.• Corrected attribute code errors to properly identify tires by size for sales analysis.• Identified and corrected pricing, source and status issues for special order tire lines.

Hoffman Estates, Il

• Drove 2.1% sales increase while increasing overall in-stock by 240 BP.• Liquidated department inactive merchandise by partnering with other Sears formats.• Evaluated and recommended pack quantity changes on slow turning inventory.• Managed the compilation and distribution of several weekly team reports.

Hoffman Estates, Il

• Forecasted inventory needs with vendors to drive desired sales plan.• Resolved numerous customer order problems daily.• Implemented the startup of Baby Hardlines onto the Sears.Com website.• Managed the cadence pricing for discontinued products.

Hoffman Estates, Il

• Developed financial spreadsheets in excel to assist in forecasting.• Resolved store, vendor and internal customer issues daily.• Creator of Frequency Charts used company wide.

Hoffman Estates, Il

• Implemented store integration and product assortment.• Placed national spot orders for stores and traced missing inventory.• Responsible for reducing inactive inventory in the supply chain.

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting

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