Ryan Noack Email & Phone Number

Golden Valley, Minnesota

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

-Drove a golden financial performance in D46 Boys Denim; beat sales by $4.3M, delivered on turnover, performed $6M better to both gross margin and contribution plans.-Led Boy/Girl division to deliver $100k savings to prior and two year stack of more than $7M in Total Direct Expense savings.-Played an integral role in planning denim growth project for back-to-school 2013 by analyzing sizes, brands, and promotion strategy, which resulted in streamlined assortment and pricepoints driving an estimated 20% increase in denim sales to last year.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

-Contributed to Scarf sales increase of 40% for 2011, by increasing in-stocks by 17% from the previous year during the holiday time period.-Coordinated $34M of retail receipt flexibility through December 2011 across 20 business partners, through canceling unproductive inventory, shifting units, and chasing into items showing strong sales.

-Effectively manage production, timing and action, and import logistics of over $270M across six product categories and 29 business partners.-Negotiate timing, contingency plans, and costing with vendors, and ensure key milestones are met to ensure quality product is delivered on time.-Accurately forecast and plan vendor retail receipts for the fiscal year to facilitate vendor production planning.-Troubleshoot and research solutions when production issues arise including late shipments, quality control risks, and non-compliance to present recommendations to minimize risk and loss of profit to both Target and our business partners.-Received the quarterly Divisional Sourcing Award for "Results Leadership" for partnering with vendors to find creative solutions in eliminating $60k raw materials liability.

-Developed and completed a Cross Category Best Method project that was implemented and utilized across all divisions within TSS and enabled product managers to easily share vendor information.

Mba, Supply Chain Operations

Ba, Economics, Psychology

Activities and Societies: NCAA Varsity Cross Country, NCAA Varsity Track & Field, Omicron Kappa Sigma Economics Honor Society, Student.