Michael Carlos Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

• Directly reporting to SVP – Operations.• Construction of pre-season global demand forecasts for each channel and collaborate with multiple departments throughout the organization to align with the financial architecture, product line plans/key marketing stories, manufacturing capacities and Logistical/Distribution lead-times.• Weekly/monthly analysis of sales information to identify trends to optimize allocations of core and seasonal products. • Key contributor to monthly S&Op planning meetings with Operations, Sales, Manufacturing/Sourcing, Product and Merchandising, and FP&A for greater visibility of challenges, wins, and opportunities to re-plan to meet financial goals.• Establish team KPI’s and dashboards to improve operational cadences and focus on maintaining product margins, reducing operational costs, and increasing company revenues for all lines of business.• Continued coaching and mentorship to cultivate an environment for overall team success and professional development for our Planning Team. • Prepare and establish all assortment and inventory allocation planning and responsible for the successful execution of buy plans (+$100m/annum) to support sales and demand for over 70 countries for Wholesale, Retail, and Ecommerce.• Continued process development and execution of the Planning and Allocations function for our expanding D2C channels. • Long-term strategy planning with Senior Leadership on company goal setting and targets.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

• Directly reporting to SVP - Operations.• Perform consolidated gap analysis on initial forecasted plan to actual results.• Global procurement and inventory planning based on market intelligence and supported with current and historical data.• Monitoring sales velocity to establish appropriate safety stock and initiate inventory replenishment/re-balance plans for all business segments (Wholesale, Retail, Online) to maximize Sales conversion.• Developed inventory planning strategies that includes SKU Stratification, seasonality, regional size curve optimization and stock rebalancing.• Ensure adherence to standard purchasing policies and best practices.

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

• Directly reporting to COO• Managed (5) Business Analysts that supported the development of strategic business plans, value-add analysis and recommendations to enhance business performance.• Motivated, coached and lead a high performing team of analysts to effectively support Senior management teams by creating impactful KPI’s and setting rigid targets, timelines and goals.• Determined sales and profit drivers by synthesizing large amounts of complex data from multiple sources then identifying profit opportunities and risks.• Analyzed and reported on various requests including market trends, weekly sales, under/over performance and SKU analysis.• S&OP Team Lead that is primarily responsible for co-ordinating and managing the ongoing monthly S&OP cycle• Change Management leader working with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment, buy-in, and execution of organizational changes.• Project Manager to key business initiatives in Operational planning, Supply Chain, Category Management, and Technology development.

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

• Directly reported to Director of Inventory Replenishment & Global Logistics.• Managed (9) Inventory Analysts, (3) Supply Chain Coordinators as well as (2) Inventory Administrators.• Developed inventory planning strategies that includes SKU Stratification, seasonality, demand shifting and stock rebalancing.• Created and maintained positive vendor relations by articulating strategy to vendors and ensuring alignment and mutual agreement with the use of detailed inventory analytics.• Gained full understanding to anticipate the overall impact of vendor decisions to ensure the success of a category and proactively communicated to all stakeholders of the impact to sales revenues/targets.

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

• Directly reported to Director of Inventory Replenishment and Global Logistics.• Created and communicated timely and accurate Inventory Replenishment to Suppliers based on the Replenishment Calendar.• Proactively analyzed Supplier SKU performance by using leading and lagging indicators of demand, market trends, and competitor analysis to maximize the profitability of Inventory assortment.• Mastered the KPI’s of In Stock%, Aged Inventory, Expansion, and Conversion while developing action plans to meet targets.• Being a teacher to Suppliers on Demand forecasting; being able to tell ‘the story’ of what the data is showing and what will be the best course in order to drive the business successfully.• Effectively communicate inventory requirements to internal teams in huddles and category meetings. Built relationships with Suppliers and internal Managers with empathy, respect, and professionalism.

Burnaby, British Columbia, Ca

• Directly reported to Inventory Manager.• Primary Inventory Planner for emerging EU & USA Markets.• Planner of inventory stock levels, product life-cycles, and seasonality trends.• Creating and analyzed yearly sales forecasts and developed yearly production plans.• Created PO’s and production plans.• Liased and worked directly with the manufacturers in Asia for timely results as well as U.S, EU, and Canadian Customs agents/brokers for import and export of goods.• Responsible for managing Duty Drawback program and was point of contact with Canada Customs.

• Domestic/International procurement of raw/finished materials.• Sole production planner and scheduler of all in-house manufacturing of all major components.• Established a Kan Ban system to facilitate the priority of all stages in the production, finishing and assembly of final product. • Coordinated with outside vendors for timely delivery of WIP for further in-house production.• Buyer of equipment and tools for manufacturing and assembly department.• Maintained Safety Stock levels and min/max based on SKU performance.

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