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Louisville, Colorado, United States

Denver

• The regional tools center "Tools Region, NCSA" is one of six tools centers strategically positioned around the world. The center provides various tools used for manufacturing, transportation, installation, and service.
• Operational Management of 70+ warehouse employees and office staff including safety, quality, repair, facility maintenance, planning, purchasing, technical support, order processing and fulfillment, project management.
• Implemented plan for new 500,000 sqft facility, organizational structure, and move to LEAN philosophy
• Developed continuous improvement projects and implemented cost reduction initiatives that resulted in a reduction to annual operational costs by $1M+
• Implemented data driven solutions to operational flow, planning strategies, and purchasing resulting in 10% increase in inventory accuracy, 8% increase to on time deliveries, and 23% increase to forecast accuracy
• Partnered with global and regional cross functional teams to standardize and optimize systems, processes, initiatives, and operational footprint

Honolulu, HI

• ACTIVEON, Inc. is a company that manufactures and provides consumer electronics, pet supplies, water, and other products to major retailers in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Product line up included flat panel.
• Managed the launch of a multi-million dollar international partnership program with Cirque Du Soleil
• Developed assortment strategies for US retail chains, including segmentation strategies, based on consumer insights and analytics
• Managed Social Media content creation, program strategy development, and implementation of program across multiple platforms, including retailer sites, that accounted for a 35% increase in sales
• Project Manager for the design and creation of new products for the US consumer market
• Developed sales forecasts, demand plans, promotional schedules, and production schedules

Greater San Diego Area

• Created a team to standardize and optimize all demand planning, inventory planning, sales forecasting, and production planning functions within the company which increased sales by 10% and reduced inventory by 48%
• Established Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) programs with major US retailers
• Developed reporting tools to track all CPFR activities, forecast sales, track key performance indicators, and production capacity
• Collaborated with global cross functional teams on logistics, warehouse, and systems optimization projects
• Identified inventory or production risks, opportunities, and implemented action plans to mitigate or capture

San Diego, CA

• Developed full project plan to launch a brick and mortar retail location including: architectural plans, fixture sourcing, product sourcing, sales planning, financial forecasts, space planning, personnel planning, etc.
• Successfully developed and launched a new line of pet products in multiple online and retail locations
• Developed and executed trade show displays and presentations
• Project Manager for the design and creation of an ecommerce website

• Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. is a pet retailer based in San Diego, CA. Petco sells pet food, products, and services, as well as certain types of live small animals and fish across 1,500+ retail stores in the.
• Managed a department of 6 analysts with an average inventory of $50M+
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Oracle system development and implementation
• Developed and Implemented Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) process with Major US suppliers including Blue Buffalo, Natural Balance, Nature’s Variety, Central Garden & Pet
• Partnered with cross functional teams on new product launches
• Created standard reporting tools in order to effectively track department Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Transportation broker in charge of developing new accounts, identifying new carriers, and creation of a Less Than Truckload (LTL) program

• Good Source Solutions distributes food products to the correction facilities, schools, relief organizations, non-profit food agencies, and other industries.
• Developed Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and reporting tools for the Logistics department
• Implemented a consolidation program which reduced transportation costs by 10%, increased revenue, and increased on time delivery
• Lead a project to analyze and optimize our Third Party Warehouse (3PL) locations across the US which resulted in a 5% decrease in warehousing costs and decreased delivery times by 7%

• C.H. Robinson is a US Fortune 200 provider of multimodal transportation services and third party logistics.
• Responsible for developing customer relationships, identifying supply chain improvement opportunities, and implementing full 3PL services including Truckload (TL), Less than Truckload (LTL), Intermodal, Ocean, small.
• Created and implemented customer programs that increased revenues by 400% year over year
• Trained all new associates in systems, processes, and industry