John Ramsden Email & Phone Number

Garden City, NY, US

• Director of Demand Planning (Jan 2014 to Present): Manager of Demand Planning Department
• Set and measure KPI and metric goals for Planners, including Turns, Fill Rates and Forecast Error.
• Direct Planning Team on forecasting and purchasing policies and procedures.
• Core member of the company’s S&OP (SIOP) meeting process.
• Company lead in administrating and reviewing the Inventory Optimization and Safety Stock process.
• Responsible for the final approval and release of all vendor purchase orders placed, with an annual spend upwards of $300M.

Centennial, Colorado, US

• Corporate Product Manager: Member of a $100 million product group, driven to increase sales and market share through proper product placement and inventory planning across assigned product lines.
• Strategically negotiated reduced pricing with suppliers, improving inventory carrying costs and sales within the company. One such case netted an increase of $600,000 in annual sales.
• Reduced inventory levels by 50%, going from $30 million to $15 million, within a 1 year period (2004 to 2005). Overall reduction from $85 million to $15 million over a 5 year span.
• Assisted in developing new policies and procedures, which led to improvements in goals regarding (ROI) Return on Inventory, (ROWC) Return on Working Capital and Inventory Turns.
• Collaborated with various levels of management to develop business plans focused on increasing sales, supporting the customer’s MRP forecast, and securing product for sale.
• Employed Manugistics to predict monthly sales run rates and develop the inventory pipeline.Major Accomplishments:

• Account Executive: Responsibilities included securing both new and renewal sales, tracking accounts, customer database maintenance and trade show participation.
• Helped Sales Division reach a 95% product renewal rate, an all time company high.

• Manager of Standard Products Division/Purchasing Manager (1991 – 1996): In charge of sales, promotion, contract administration and inventory control of spare parts and standard products. Administered all purchasing.
• Constructed and maintained a supplier database, increasing the efficiency of vendor sourcing.
• Prepared and issued purchase orders which involved the negotiation of payment terms, scheduling deliveries, price negotiations and expediting.
• Administered all of the company’s shipping and receiving functions.Sales and Marketing Functions:
• The selling process included locating new customers, promoting the company’s product line, fulfilling requests for quotations and setting prices.Major Accomplishments:
• Increased divisional sales and profits by over 200%.