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Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Oversee the inbound shipments of containers across four countries.Responsible for ensuring timely delivery on new product launch dates while balancing the lead time of 5-11 months, dependent on the country of origin.Experience with import and export duties inclusive of creating folders consisting of shipping documents and invoices, identifying Harmonized System Codes, and communicating with freight brokers.Prolific in executing Ad-hoc analysis and reports to assist short-term and long-term business decisions.Create Purchase Orders once a month based off a strenuous Excel file leveraging average sales per month, forecasts, promotions and inventory risk to send out to over 30 suppliers. domestically and internationally.Utilize PowerBI and Microsoft Excel to analyze inventory, sales, out-of-stock risks, and forecast to manage inventory to the highest level of efficiency.Experienced with Microsoft Dynamics (Microsoft D365) to create, modify, and analyze Purchase and Sales Orders.Participate in wholesale customer meetings, bi-weekly, to continuously improve customer relations and ensure all parties are aligned on forecasts, sales, inventory position, and short-term to long-term goals to achieve success for all parties.

Manages, along with ten other demand planners, an annual average of over $85 million in inventory with a sales budget of over $550 million.Place over 200 purchasing orders for more than 120 manufacturers weekly, stocking each of the five distribution centers across the country, which encompasses managing an annual average of $7.7 million in inventory.Navigate Supply Chain Planning and Performance Optimization software, GAINSystems, to submit purchase orders, initiate transfer orders, adjust forecasts, and overlook total inventory.Utilizes inventory management system, WDS, to perform item research, lead time changes, and order consolidation to maintain effective inventory levels.Review daily reports which encompass managing the active/inactive status of low-demand items, canceling orders below a certain dollar threshold and notifying the manufacturer, placing orders for newly added items, and adjusting forecasts accordingly.Collaborates with manufacturers to discuss future buying based on their current, short-term, and long-term stock availability, leading to discussions regarding our item in-stock rate; and the fill-rate of our products going out the door to customers.Participate in and take lead on quarterly vendor discussions alongside the merchant partner where we cover the total inventory level, fill rate, and item in-stock rate, with discussions regarding how practices can be improved for all parties.Report directly to the VP of Inventory Management while simultaneously working within a team of demand planners and across various departments daily, including accounts payable, IT, merchants, sales, and warehouse associates.

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Successfully complete shopping orders per customer request, and expediently deliver items to individuals to ensure timely delivery within a specified time frame and a high-quality experience. Utilize exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to professionally and warmly communicate with customers regarding any special request or changes to the order, to create a friendly dialogue in which customers feel comfortable.Handle quick changes to the order, due to the need to substitute based on store outages and appropriately communicate these changes to ensure a seamless delivery service.

Wilmington, North Carolina Area

Managed and maintained the upkeep of valuables and personal belongings to over 1,150 club and corporate members. Strategized and implemented best practices to a group of employees through hourly tasks, to ensure optimal efficiency and member gratification. Managed cash intake and revised cash file on a daily basis to equally distribute earnings to other employees.