Robert Bridget Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

Piscataway, New Jersey

- Coordinate cross-functional analytic research to reconcile significant backlogs and troubleshoot for solutions.- Maintain Demantra Planning system and develop regional view of demand forecasts for the current quarter and following year.- Review historical sales trends, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.

Wayne, Nj

- Manage the Retek Demand Forecasting (RDF) system to provide useful and timely statistical forecasts at the item/store level that meets both short term and long term needs by category. - Manage consensus meetings with the Planning & Allocation teams to develop action plans to address changes to the statistical forecast based on promotional activity and any other relevant business planning strategies or events that will affect future forecast accuracy. - Lead forecast and inventory planning meetings with Marketing Managers to evaluate recommended sales forecasts and inventory goals.Selected Accomplishments:- Revised the promotional coding process to be more effective and applicable to the company's current needs.- Introduced a screen capturing tool to aid in training.

New York, New York

- Analyzed sales and inventory risks and opportunities to distribute inventory accordingly so that merchandise flows efficiently to the stores and generates more sales.- Generated distribution orders for stores and maintained store and warehouse inventory.- Created and evaluated analysis reports to develop strategic plans.- Facilitated communications between cross-functional staff and buyers.- Monitored subject and category sales, identify future trends, and checked the impact of various changes to sales.Selected Accomplishments:- Created Microsoft Access reporting that organizes and tracks promotional titles making the process of managing promotions more efficient.

Bay Shore, New York

- Prioritized shipping and receiving tasks including creating a timely and accurate delivery schedules. - Managed the shipping and receiving teams and made recommendations regarding staffing requirements.- Reinforced industry and performance standards established to control efficiency and potential loss to the company. - Developed a detailed understanding of the shipping and receiving requirements. Selected Accomplishments:- Developed an automated worksheet to calculate the workload plan which transformed a multi-day procedure into a 2 hour process. It has been adopted by corporate to support stores nationwide.- Designed store maps to aid in frontlist placement and area maintenance which is now being utilized district-wide.

Westbury, New York

- Delivered complete customer care which included account management, installations, tech support and training, as well as writing proposals and quotes. - Maintained client communication of product upgrades and changes; delivered product presentations and demonstrations. - Responsible for the coordination of equipment installations, support, and implementation of maintenance contracts. - Researched, developed, and tested different peripheral technology in order to bundled them with our core systems, which increased per unit revenue by 25% – 35%; this also allowed Expedite to take advantage of up/cross-sell opportunities and established a distinctive competitive advantage over other resellers. Selected Accomplishments: - Developed and implemented a customer relationship management (CRM) database to standardize company operations. - Re-branded the company’s image by redesigning, rewriting and producing new marketing assets, competitive reports and training materials.

Islip, New York

- Served as the initial point of contact for all faculty and school administration as well as provided training for the faculty on the distance education equipment.- Provided organizational and marketing support for corporate programs relating to distance education.- Identified innovative multimedia technologies to enhance the teaching/learning process. Selected Accomplishments: - Hand-picked to be a member of the CyberEd Project demonstration team, a venture founded to support a White House initiative to make all children technologically literate which reached over 400 schools in 15 federally designated empowerment zones.

Bs, Technical Management

Electrical Engineering Technology