Responsible for driving our Replenishment business with efficient inventory. The Replenishment business is a meaningful part of our business in both MGA and Little Tikes, representing the core of our assortment that customers can count on being available for them in every Wal-Mart and Sam's locations. As the leader of the Wal-Mart team, I partner with MGAE leadership, sales and planning counterparts to deliver customer-centric merchandising strategies for their divisions, driving sales in our replenishment assortment to achieve desired company goals.Develop and lead the execution of replenishment and forecasting strategies that support the customer strategy and produce competitive advantage and superior results.Partner across Supply Chain and Sales to identify and implement strategies to optimize our ordering practices, to drive inventory flow and achieve customer outcomes.Provide strategic direction and leadership to foster innovative and evolved business practices.Proactively identify the need for cross-divisional initiatives and implement appropriate plans.Ensure alignment on priorities and direction by partnering with cross functional groups such as Merchandising, Supply Chain.Lead replenishment and forecasting teams to drive higher levels of performance and overall results based on objective standards.Lead through the design, implementation, and support of enhancements to the process/tools and drive greater efficiency and productivity among the replenishment team.Support program management and generational investment initiatives as required of the role.Identify and develop leaders who are promotable throughout MGAEas a change leader to support company initiatives and ensure adoption by their team.

As the Sr. Manager of the Strategic Supplier Collaboration and Operations team, the Sr. Manager is responsible for overseeing key aspects of Fleet Farm’s supplier relationships and activities. The Sr. Manager of Supplier Collaboration and Operations develops supplier deliverables and performance plans and works to ensure suppliers meet or exceed their contractual obligations by delivering quality products and services on time and in full according to Fleet Farm’s Supplier Guide for over 3200 suppliers.Developed a best in class Supplier Collaboration TeamTrained and supported vendor community (3200 suppliers) to ensure compliant shipments are receivedProvided internal support and collaboration with Sales, Merchandising, Retail, Planning andInventory, Accounting, Distribution, Logistics, International and Supply Chain teams to ensure accuracyand compliance with Fleet Farm Supplier Guide and Fleet Farm strategic vendor relationship initiatives. Improved merchandise performance by developing vendor partnerships utilizing supply chain reportcard.Streamlined the flow of goods and expedited merchandise to the retail floors, resulting in improvedretail service levels. These efficiencies have supported direct channel sales through the distributionnetwork. Enhanced vendor performance that reduced costs of product prep, decreased labor, and increasedturns.

Served as a key liaison within the Customer Service Department, overseeing a team of employees that interface with the customer and several internal departments including Sales, Logistics,Planning/Forecasting, Finance, and Customer Accounting. Manage, coordinate and train assigned customer service personnel inaccomplishing all functions associated with order and account management. The functions includes receipt and cleansing of customer orders, Also includes releasing the orders down to the Distribution Centers and working with customers to reconcile between orders placed and orders shipped. Orders are received/entered either manually or via EDI. Takes appropriate action to maintain customer satisfaction by employing creative thinking, a positive attitude, strong interpersonal skills and the ability to trouble shoot as required. Develop, implement, and measure sales strategies based on season, trend, SKU/style popularity, marketing campaigns, and consumers.Lead the identification and execution of continuous improvement programs within these areas ofCustomer Service operations; through team guiding principles, policy, standard operating processes,operating toolsets, and best practices.Takes appropriate action to maintain customer satisfaction by employing creative thinking, a positiveattitude, strong interpersonal skills and the ability to trouble shoot as required.Drive order management activities pertaining to all of the 8 Mattel Toy Stores located throughout the US.Oversee input and release of orders and work to generate appropriate lists of toys for the Toy StoreManagers to choose from. Works with forecasting group to ensure that proper forecasts are entered forappropriate accounts.Direct Import collaboration with Mattel’s Hong Kong Customer Service Department ensuring DI orders are produced and shipped from source on time to Mattel’s Distribution Network.Responsible for 3,000 plus sku’s and approximate 2017 revenue of $876mm.

Driving the adoption of GS1 US solutions and standards within the apparel and general merchandise industry, as well as provide support for business development initiatives and customer relationships, including the acquisition of new customers and providing industry relevance in support of the retention and growth of existing customers.

The role of the Vendor Relations Manager is to work closely with all internal departments and external retailers to ensure we adhere to all Vendor Relations guidelines. As the point person for the entire organization, the Vendor Relations Manager needs to maintain a global perspective in executing the role. Manage implementation process for new customers, including communicating requirements, timelines and expectations across departments.

Trains, communicates and supports entire vendor community comprising of more than 4500 suppliers to ensure compliant shipments are received across all channels. Facilitates issue resolution across the entire Supply Chain. Provides and coordinates internal support to Merchandising, Retail, Inventory Control, Accounting, Distribution and Supply Chain teams to ensure accuracy and compliance in accordance with Cabela’s Vendor Manual and Cabela's Strategic Vendor Relationship Initiatives. Manage and supervises the Vendor Development Center Coordinators, Vendor Development Associate Staff and the Strategic Supply Chain initiatives