Responsible for managing $60-120M of inventory at our US based distribution centers. Partner with leadership at DC to execute the inventory plan and to ensure high service levels for product availability while balancing the inventory investment. Works with cross functional partners to ensure space, storage and labor requirements are aligned to the inventory requirements and will collaborate on market solutions.• Manage and Forecast inventory investment to meet aggressive service (productavailability) and productivity (turns) targets.• Develop and maintain the inbound product forecast to inform DC partners of labor requirements necessary to properly flow product into the Distribution Centers.• Develop forecast modeling based on historical data and causal factors.• Perform gap analysis, identify root causes, recommend and implement supply chain planning enhancements.• Make recommendations for optimal inventory strategies.• Collaborate with other analysts and management team to design, develop and perform analysis on supply chain KPIs.• Develop and conduct ad hoc analysis in pursuit of root-cause understanding of various challenges and issues presented to the business related to inventory support.• Lead project and process work streams aimed at developing creative solutions and make recommendations to improve inventory performance balancing business objectives.• Review and analyze planning data to prepare reports for management and cross functional partner review.• Partner with Inventory Systems team to ensure integrity of planning requirements.• Build and maintain relationships with supply chain partners (DC leadership, Network Design, Space Planning,Transportation and Supplier Performance Management) to develop building-specific strategies, identify constraints, and recommend and execute solutions to meet performance metric goals and long-term supply chain objectives.

The Strategic Sales Support Lead serves as trusted partner and valued resource for sales teams supporting Major Metros, Strategic Verticals, and Critical Customers. This highly customized and advanced level of support provides end to end management of all support needs and business activities for focused sales teams supporting these critical customers. Serves as liaison and single point of contact for navigating internal operational resources in order to manage and resolve a wide-variety of issues and needs. Provides comprehensive sales support infrastructure that enables these teams to focus on selling more, saving time, and being more prepared while simultaneously elevating the level of support and overall experience for these critical customers. Partners with leadership to identify future opportunities for increased levels of sales support across North America. Through comprehensive and dedicated support, this role serves to reduce sales administrative time and convert it to increased selling time.

Oversee financial and demand forecasting for Data, Consoles, LTE Mesh, WLAN, EMB, PSA and dropship products. Monitor monthly and quarterly performance. Analyze the financial impact of various business decisions and report on variances. Develop, design, maintain and operate a full year forecast model showing a projection of Wireless Broadband Solutions results for the current year by month. Implement action plans and ownership to capitalize on potential upside for the organization. Research and understand capacity, material and factory information to be incorporated with order information. Assess risk and opportunities related to financial goals and forecast. Analyze and report financial estimates to upper management, factories, P&L owners, Business Controllers and materials organization. Forecast material demand and manage shipment prioritization. Drive overall issue resolution (material, capacity, customer specific, revenue recognition) to maximize billing. Evaluate product trends, discounts, delinquencies, order conversion and backlog content.

Interpreted and implemented accounting systems and procedures. Managed account reconciliations related to Benefits, Debt, Insurance Other Than Group, Severance and incentive Programs. Reviewed and analyzed accounting information system proposals to ensure compliance with user requirements and company policies. Monitored performance and critical metrics, assuring the existence of appropriate controls at each step while searching for new opportunities for improvement. Played a key role in strategy revision, planning, program enhancement and overall process improvement.

Accurately and efficiently evaluated credit applications and validated credit worthiness of customers via credit approval processes and annual review of credit limits. Reviewed clients and account debtors for creditworthiness. Reconciled customer accounts to ensure accurate receivables. Led monthly conference calls with sales division, controllers and supervisors to review receivables. Prepared detailed reports showing credit, collections data and account status. Mentored new employees on credit analyst responsibilities and trained staff on appropriate technical systems.

Via the company’s inbound toll-free call center, researched a wide variety of business solutions and applications designed to improve the customer experience. Responded to customer inquiries pertaining to test equipment, canopy and site equipment. Interfaced daily with internal partners in inside and outside sales, PM’s, Dealers and Value Added Resellers (VARs). Performed order entry, answered price inquiries, assisted in identifying technical parts, resolved customer issues and helped optimize solution design. Collaborated with third-party vendors to expedite products, track orders, and determine lead times.