Mark Ishmael Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

Columbus, Ohio Area

New Albany, Ohio

Analyzed and developed supply chain and operations strategies to improve supply chain forecasting, reporting, tracking, and inventories for consumer packaged goods. Managed P&L for entire organization and individual client projects. Met with clients to gather project scope and pull available product component samples from vendors. Worked with packaging.

Provided strategic direction for Sales, Service, Inventory, Customer Service, and Accounting departments. Managed 5,000-sku parts inventory, which included setting minimum order point parameters. Conducted parts lookup and fulfilled parts requests. Provided “how-to” advice to customers and set up service work. Investigated department needs and developed IT.

* Managed inventory / supply chain consisting of 592 skus, 2,100 component skus, and $650 million in sales, representing 53% of total sales.* Identified and converted $1.4 million in component liabilities into $2.8 million in sellable finished goods revenues.* Achieved 98.4% in-store serviceability through effective supplier and supply chain management.

* Controlled inventory and production volumes accounting for $212 million in sales, which included over 2,500 skus as part of Christmas card line (largest of Hallmark’s seasonal offerings) and control of all assigned lines in Shoebox Seasonal caption Card Business Unit.* Maintained budgets for Alternative Card Department. Forecasted and managed product.