Mark Kadison Email & Phone Number

Naperville, Il, Us

Naperville, Il, Us

Naperville, Il, Us

Naperville, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

 Oversee inventory, purchasing, forecasting and planning for seven category groups in the Consumer Electronics Department including senior analysts as direct reports. Responsible for $30 million of inventory with an annual spend of $130 million and annual sales of $176 million.  Responsible for the Inventory plan including inventory turns, margin and in stock percentage.  Manage the open to buy while supporting the sales forecast. Provide recommendations to merchants for product promotions execute promotions and perform post mortem analysis. Create and manage a monthly financial forecast for sales, inventory and gross profit. Identify and react to current trends, opportunities and risks to the current monthly plan. Work cross-functionally with merchants, finance, space planning, A/P and store operations.  Manage special projects such as Dorm store requests for the department during BTS season. Lead manager for the business unit in quarterly review of item/store system settings to optimize inventory, specifically in high volume stores. Successfully reduced clearance markdowns 50% annually three years in a row by utilizing promotional plans prior to transition and controlling the inventory flow to the high volume stores.

is a leader in both business to business office products solutions and retail office products. OfficeMax provides office supplies and paper, print and document services through OfficeMax ImPress, technology products and solutions, and furniture to large, medium and small businesses, government offices, and consumers.; Primary responsibilities include demand forecasting, budget and inventory analysis involving 500 active skus, $20 million dollars in inventory for annual sales of $75 million dollars in desk accessories, storage and decorative accessories.Review of historical sales trends, research of demand drivers, preparation of forecast including regular ad activity and evaluation of results to ensure appropriate purchasing volume and inventory levels.Coordination of the forecast of new Plano-gram items rollout based on trends in historic data, along with the management of the end of life skus and the tracking of new forecasts and sales.Perform root cause analysis on forecast variance and implemented action plans with Merchant team to resolve issues involving clearance and overstock inventory. Continue collaborative efforts with Merchant team to align demand and sales forecasts.Lead and manage seasonal selling periods for the furniture team including multiple categories and planners. Duties include on time receipts, initial set allocations, maintaining 98% plus in stock levels, strategic allocations to retail sites based on sell thru during the season and regular updates to the team and management.Analysis and validation of one time buy seasonal skus including weeks of supply alignment of the Buyers forecast to Inventory management thresholds by site velocity. Provide year over year forecast analysis to right size forecasts, especially during peak seasons. Weekly consolidation of retail and contract forecasts bias for review during regular forecasting sessions. Share specific techniques regarding forecast model .

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Forecast and purchasing for Desk Accessories, Storage and Decorative Accessories Utilizing JDA, SAP and Business objects reporting.

Kansas City , Ks, Us

Purchasing and Forecasting.

Control frozen foods inventory in excess of $7 million dollars consisting of more than 1100 items for annual sales of 140 million dollars in the Midwest region.Forecast and plan all promotional activity for ice cream and pizza in the Midwest region.Utilize Sales Data Warehouse and Manugistics (JDE) systems to manage sales and forecasts two weeks to four months in the future.Purchase Dean manufactured goods, Baskin Robbins, and Purchase for resale items such as Breyers, Good Humor, Ben & Jerry's and Ice Cream Specialties.Allocate inventory to various distribution centers and implement inventory management activities including outside storage facilities. Implemented outside storage program reducing outside storage costs significantly for the past four years. Track sales figures pertaining to individual accounts within the region to maximize sales and achieve service goal with "just in time" inventory.Schedule inbound and outbound activity including outside facilities, company production and distribution plants and carrier coordination.Manage Logistics processes necessary for the picking and shipping of product to the Midwest region. Maintain distribution rates and inter-company traffic lanes for bulk shipments.

Manage warehouse operations including a team of 25 employees responsible for the accurate and timely shipping and receiving of frozen products.Routinely manage transportation relationships within the organization to provide information to key customers and employees.Effectively maximize route efficiency to achieve or exceed financial goal while staying within budget and providing service to the customer.Monitor critical updates for computer systems; install new software, PC setup and hard drive formatting.Led cross-functional team to build effective leadership roles within the organization. Team members consisted of leaders from Transportation, Warehouse, Logistics and Sales departments..Provide D.O.T regulated reports and maintain files for union drivers.Created and utilized reports tracking critical warehouse functions such as picking averages, accuracy, and overtime.Country Fed Meat CompanyCountry Fed Meat is an Atlanta based company that specializes in the delivery of Frozen Foods to Commercial and residential customers.

Service and grow existing customer base of residential and commercial accounts.Develop and present new sales techniques within the sales group.Train new salesmen for the control of there own routes.Work with Corporate marketing to facilitate the execution of business development opportunities with field based consumer sales organization.Actively participate in quarterly sales meetings in trade spending outlines and programs. Designed and implemented a new reporting structure to track and maintain customer distribution and promotion out of the Chicago office.Mark R. KadisonHinckley & SchmittHinckley & Schmitt, founded in 1888 by Otis Hinckley and George J. Schmitt, is a leading commercial and home water delivery business. Today Hinckley Spring's water is sold throughout the Midwest and is honored as the official bottled water at many Chicago-area events and attractions.

Service and grow existing customer base of residential and commercial accounts.Control all account balances and reconcile any delinquencies with the designated region.Participate in sales promotions driven by the expansion of existing routes.Manage over 400 accounts serviced on a weekly basis with annual billings of $250,000.Facilitated development of a sales planning management system for the Chicago region.Perform monthly sales analysis to identify problems and opportunities for major customers expanding sales of new and improved products.