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United States

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Implemented first ever sales forecasting process for Automotive segments.Lead S&OP program to coordinate planning efforts between Operations, Marketing and Sales.Calculate and load forecasts, report gross inventory impact monthly. Monitor brand performance and recommend inventory build-burn strategies.Advise Operations demand changes affecting warehouse and labor capacity.Responsible for planning and scheduling of Air Intake production with full accountability of meeting raw materials, WIP, and finished goods inventory targets. Monitor inventory levels and adjust planning parameters at the SKU level to ensure stock availability and customer replenishment plans are achieved.Collaborate with Sales and Supply Chain to execute reduction plans for E&O and at-risk inventory.Prioritize daily sales order shipping schedule and coordinate shop floor production activities to ensure Corporate on time delivery targets are achieved. Identify gaps in customer stocking programs and create “suggested sales orders” for presentation and execution. Reconcile daily lost sales, backorders and inventory shortages to improve service levels. Manage Brand Protection program. Track online Third-Party sellers engaging in activities diminishing brand image, sales and margins. Enforce Unilateral Advertised Price policy and Authorized Reseller Program.Lead Analyst for various projects involving the reengineering of products and reducing overall Supply Chain costs.

Cleveland, Ohio

Responsible for daily management of branch safety stock levels, forecast accuracy, and DC-to-Branch replenishment model for 29,000 SKU’s valued over $110MM. Implemented new stocking strategy in four DC’s and seventy-three branch locations, resulting in branch level fill rate improvement up to 9%. Achieved 11.3% reduction in total network transfer lines since completing implementation of new stocking strategy.Analyze demand trends at the SKU/Branch level and develop action plans to optimize inventory mix and investment.Communicate planning changes to Purchasing & DC/Branch management, execute changes to minimize impact of rollout. Design and implement programs to reduce stock outs and reallocate unproductive inventory to prevent unnecessary buys. Review customer forecasts and adjust DC/Branch planning to accommodate anticipated demand. Analyze sales order ship history to ensure customer is mapped to demand branch capable of providing the best fill performance.

Cleveland, Ohio

Ensured accuracy of company’s perpetual inventory system (21,000 SKU’s, valued @ $15MM).Identified and eliminated inventory discrepancies to effect purchasing buy messages and material requirements planning, improving fill rate performance from 77.6% to 94% from 2009 – 2014. Calculated safety stocks and adjusted working inventory levels monthly to right size inventory and mix. Worked closely with Supply Chain to reduce out of stock balance from $400K to $ 200K in 2014. Calculated monthly forecast using Demand Solutions software. Lead monthly S&OP meetings with Sales Team and Product Management to incorporate market trends, seasonality, promotions and product life-cycles into the forecast, and discuss historical outliers. Monitored brand performance and variances to AOP, and reported gross inventory impact of new forecast load to Finance. Lead and managed E & O reduction initiative. Conducted monthly meetings with Product Management, Sales Team, and Supply Chain to execute reduction plan for E & O and at risk inventory. Accomplished E & O inventory reduction of $1.3MM in 2014, exceeding goal by $300K. Organized and directed annual physical inventory of all finished goods, raw materials, finished components, work in process, and returns in 7 warehouse locations. Executed 2014 initiative in two days less than scheduled, saving the company $250K. Achieved 99.7% count accuracy certification by external audit. Managed Return Goods Authorization Recovery program. Collaborated with Sales Team to authorize and schedule annual return of $2MM in stock adjustments by retail customers. Reduced rework backlog by $780K and recovered $1.4MM in cash through disposal sales since taking ownership of the program in 2012.

Cleveland, Ohio

Planned, scheduled, and tracked monthly ocean container shipments to Western Europe subsidiaries. Monitored inventory levels and determined replenishment requirements for three U.S. distribution centers. Calculated monthly forecast and safety stock levels using InForem forecast software. Organized and directed annual physical inventory for company’s three distribution centers. Identified excess and obsolete inventory for annual donation program.