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Responsible for standing up a Center of Excellence (CoE) for $20B of forecasting. Led a team of Business Analysts that drove strategical initiatives across replenishment forecasting with the use of Machine Learning.

Managed a team of 8 Demand Planners; $3.2B in revenue and 21 distribution centers for a group of highly profitable, commodity proteins. Created a critical process through that resulted in reducing supply chain error of $1.6M annualized or 85% improvement. Headed up teams that drove $100K+ in efficiencies focused around streamlining and enhancing supply.

Accountable for $150M of commodity priced protein forecasts across 13 distribution centers by implementing appropriate forecast models. Identified and drove process improvements across areas of the department to increase $25K+ in efficiencies.

Chicago, IL

Managed product forecasting and buying for all 35 stores & e-commerce. Took initiative to outsourcing project that increased ordering fulfillment efficiency and operations by 89%. Implemented a competitive pricing strategy in the supply chain to decrease freight costs by 76%. Performed margin negations that resulted in a 4% gross margin improvement to.

Business

Economics