Mark Johnson Email & Phone Number

Dallas, TX, US

Richardson, TX, US

• Manage team of 5 deployment planners responsible for deploying inventory from 15 regional distribution centers to 200+ downstream locations.
• Rebalance inventory within the network by analyzing customer service fill rates, warehousing and freight cost.
• Rolled out and executed Sales Force Request Process and supported change management for the field.
• Implemented Hold For Pickup Process after partnering with multiple departments to create and test the procedure.
• Reduced Stock Transfer Orders 20% year over year which reduced freight costs by $700K.

Richardson, TX, US

• Managed a team of 6 supply planners responsible for the planning and purchasing of high-volume, seasonal repair parts and installation supplies providing the highest service level and fill rate within the working.
• Responsible for key metrics of network and facing fill rates, inventory turns and $60M average inventory, 25,000 stocking SKUs, 200 store/shipping locations and 10 RDCs.
• Consistently kept stockouts at record lows under 4% in 2016.
• Managed the development of the supply plan and presented to senior management in monthly Supply Planning and Sales and Operation Plan (S&OP) meetings.
• Maintained parts inventory turns despite adding new stores, and incremental inventory for new initiatives.
• Developed proactive strategies to anticipate and mitigate issues and risks with respect to supply planning.

Richardson, TX, US

• Balanced supply with demand for the replenishment of repair parts & supplies to support required customer service levels.
• Planned highly seasonal materials using both MRP and Reorder Point planning.
• Managed $9.0M of inventory including 1,100 materials for 130 distribution and store locations utilizing 95 suppliers. Acquired three additional product lines of 150 materials.
• Reconciled receiving and invoice discrepancies with suppliers, warehouses, and accounting. Reduced number of pending invoices by 50%.
• Developed simplified method of managing status of top sellers, promotional items and stockouts.
• Performed root cause analysis which led to the discovery and resolution of a warehouse lead time issue which reduced the number of network stockouts.

Plano, Texas, US

• Teammate in rolling out industry leading replenishment process for salon backbar inventory.
• Increased turns and saved inventory dollars by taking initiative to develop exception reports (in the absence of any corporate measure) to reduce Salon service cost by over $1M.
• Accountable for $20M of inventory which, with multiple turns throughout the year, equated to $600M in service sales. This included up to 450 skus with 60-day lead times.
• Participated in TV broadcasts to educate, train, and answer questions regarding new replenishment process.
• Applied strong skills in best inventory management practices to effectively manage inventory for men’s clothing, including consideration of key factors such as seasonality, promotional campaigns and recent sales.
• Maintained an advantageous 97% fill rate to effectively coordinate merchandise and inventory for 1,000+ stores nationwide.

Miami, Florida, US

• As Lead Buyer, increased sales and satisfied customer demands by properly forecasting and planning to meet customer requirements across multiple brands and products for various major launches, including laptops.
• Conscientiously analyzed business trends to take advantage of upswings or cut future receipts during downswings.
• Attentively maintained a 95% fill rate coordinating merchandise and inventory valued at $20M - $100M across multiple categories for 500 stores.
• Skillfully managed key challenge of four-month short life cycle for laptop computers by keeping inventories tight in preparation of end of life and quick transitions.