Vice President - Inventory Management Course Materials
CurrentDirect inventory management, pricing, publisher relations, and overall course materials operations with 11 team members and multi-million dollar department and physical course material procurement budget. Develop and implement strategic vision establishing sales and inventory forecasting as well as sourcing / acquisition strategies for Course Materials department ($900M physical and digital business / 2M+ book titles) with full P&L accountability. Oversee system business requirements and process improvement. Champion business development including lead generation and retail operations support. Build and foster vendor relationships. Negotiate and maintain purchasing contracts including development, attainment, and management of strategic publisher and vendor partnerships.Selected Achievements:* Reduced average NEW inventory for physical course materials 67% in 7-years via improved store guidance focused on forecasts, proactive returns to publishers, and movement strategies to match store level supply and demand by site.* Conceptualized and implemented store level inventory targets by book condition. Avoided $7M inmarkdowns by identifying store-title specific liabilities and implementing NEW condition non-returnableprogram.
