Justin Patch Email & Phone Number

Bloomington, MN, US

• Maintain forecasts for $60m worth of goods across 11 categories
• Serve in a functional analyst / tester role during the implementation of Anaplan software, developing training materials and guiding a 8 member demand planner team through implementation
• Work with demand planning team in ongoing development and maintenance of demand planning processes and systems to improve forecasting accuracy and drive team efficiency and consistency to ultimately increase.
• Onboard new team members and mentor existing members of the department on best practices, technical aspects, and demand planning theory

Bloomington, MN, US

• Serve as primary point of contact for suppliers to ensure mutually beneficial business relationship
• Work as part of a team including product managers, inventory analysts, and demand planners to determine product assortment
• Execute buy plans to align purchases to approved OTB (open-to-buy), inventory targets, and stock turns for 4000+ SKUS across four distribution centers in a highly seasonal and volatile industry
• Collaborate with suppliers, sales, and marketing teams to launch new products with an impact
• Ensure accuracy of product content on website, print, and promotional materials
• Provide suppliers with regular reporting and feedback on sales initiatives and market trends with the goal of growing sales

Bloomington, MN, US

• Serve as the first point of contact, providing world class service for retail dealers or consumers with question about products, warranties, returns and invoices
• Support Sales staff, functioning as inside sales, by order entry, order follow up, and resolving issues for our retail dealers
• Work with suppliers to process and track direct vendor ship and specialty orders