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.

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.

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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