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 profitability for the company• 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• Developed and executed plans to increase margin to meet supplier, category, and company margin goals• Developed improvement plans for underperforming suppliers to increase sales, market visibility and margin

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