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Crystal Lake, Il, Us

Crystal Lake, Il, Us

Hoffman Estates, Il

In this role, my team acts as a vendor of the Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard brands selling to 30+ Countries, Ace Hardware, Grainger and other Industrial Distributors. Our team creates customer buy forecasts and roll up the forecst to our manufactures for production.

Sears Holdings Corp.

Responsible for the Inventory Plan for three lines within Electronics. Key proformance indicators are receipts, markdowns, type of inventory and how they relate to sales and profit.

Responsible for external customer service for the Brands Organization for International, Retail, and Industrial customers supporting Craftsman and Kenmore sales. Supporting the customer service reps for more than 35 International customers and their document requirements.Assisting in the creation of the Brands Ordering Support System (BOSS) to sell Craftsman, Kenmore and DieHard to external Retail and Industrial customers.Liaison between the Brands Sales Team and supporting departments including Inventory, IT, Sears logistics, third-party warehouse, product management, IMA, and vendors.Documenting process flow of orders and reporting.Customer communications regarding back-orders and item availability.Communication flow between third-party warehouses and sales team.

Responsible for coordinating a sales plan that supports Military Channels; and Premium Incentive Markets. Accountable for item placement within plan-o-grams for the regular assortment of products and promotional planning throughout the year. Successfully grew the sales from $7 million to $13 million. This included plan-o-gram resets to add 40 new items within the regular assortment, as well as a gift bar program to support fourth quarter sales.Assisted with inventory flow between the Vendor, Sears and the Military.Assisted with Operations Manager position, including process documentation:This position allowed me to see the entire process from start to finish: Product assortment, flow, relationships with the Military buyers, and third-party Military representatives-plan-o-grams, signing, packing, defective allowance, flow of inventory both internal and external, training and trade shows for store managers that introduced new Craftsman products, product ATMs.

Responsible for coordinating a monthly merchandise flow of $4 million from domestic vendors, import flow centers, and retail warehouses to a third party provider. Accountable for data and system integrity.Successfully supported sales of $1.5 million Sears Craftsman products to Alternate Channels (AAFES, Navy, Military, and Mar-San Incentives).Assisted with special-group projects to include gift bar and hurricane relief efforts.Ensured data integrity on entry inputs and system updates.Met inventory productivity and turnover goals.Explored and optimized alternative inventory reduction methods.Involved in all aspects of promotional planning for Military Base Stores carrying Craftsman products.

Responsible for planning, managing, and maintaining departmental replenishment at store level for the General Purpose and Auto Lift tool lines.Maintained a monthly inventory of $32 million to support yearly sales of $250 million.Served as a single point of contact for 1,000 stores, 40 vendors, and 7 warehouses.Replenished in-line product and promotional product while achieving at goal in-stock levels, turnover plans, and revenue growth.Conducted monthly forecast meetings with vendors.Conducted weekly analysis of store selling trends and merchandise seasonality to adjust store replenishment levels as needed. Represented the Hardware Division in focus groups for system functions.

Controlled the initial operational set up of an Authorized Sears Dealer Store and on-going technical support functions.Coordinated shipment and set up of computer, printer, and two registers for new stores.Supplied technical support for computer/register systems for 300 stores.Assisted owners in register training and balancing bank accounts.

Provide in-depth maintenance, updating, data manipulation/integrity, and reporting of system information for the buying team.Verified accuracy of information for multiple sources.Input vendor spec sheets into replenishment system. Trouble shot system errors.