Stephanie Bennett Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Us

REI is a purpose-driven and value-led company dedicated to enabling us to enjoy the outside. It's the nation's largest co-op consumer, a growing community of 23 million members who expect and love the best quality sporting gear. As of 2023, reported revenue was $3.85B in sales, with retail locations across the U.S. and in the District of Columbia.My work at REI is a testament to my ability to think strategically, build cross-functional teams, and deliver results that drive business success. With supply and demand planning expertise and a passion for the outdoors, I am well-suited to lead a supply chain strategy that will help REI meet its 2026 business growth goals.The role is multifaceted:✔️ Enterprise Supply and Demand Planning Establishment. I manage a team of five and millions in yearly material buying. My team plans and implements an enterprise supply and demand planning solution focused on shortening product lead times and introducing a flexible purchasing program. Wins to date:Reduced costs by millions, and decreased product lead times by 27%. Cut down aged inventory by 16.8% and reduced inventory risks.✔️ Global Sourcing Management: I partnered with the Asia sourcing team to build a long-term sourcing strategy. We were thrilled to see how this approach improved forecast accuracy and capacity planning for 20+ vendor partners. ✔️ Strategic Planning: Anticipating shifts in the market or consumer demand is a superpower of mine. Using data analytics, I build strategies for short-term or long-term impact. For example, I led an initiative to reduce lead times by enabling closer-to-market purchasing. The result?Overall leadtime reduction across all Products by 28%. In 2024 Launched a "Go-To-Market" program with leadtimes reduced from 180 to 90 days

Seattle, Wa, Us

Amazon Fresh is a grocery delivery and retail service operated by Amazon. The service offers over 500,000 grocery and household goods items and is available in major cities across the U.S. and some international locations.My hands-on approach and strategic insight resulted in designing a demand planning strategy for Amazon’s Fresh launch of an online grocery delivery business supporting $22M in annual sales.My team positioned Amazon Fresh to hit sales goals by creating, testing, and executing forecasting strategies to acquire more customers and grow sales. Additional Contributions:✔️Strategic Thought Leadership: I contributed to scoping and refining the national sourcing strategy for the best of Amazon Business. The work involved collaborating with stakeholders at all levels to reduce in-network transportation costs, maximize in-stock ratio, and maintain internal Amazon customer performance metrics. ✔️Crisis Management: The role included managing forecasting and vendor relations with Kimberly-Clark, a multinational personal care corporation. Remember the toilet paper shortage during the pandemic? Through a collaborative partnership, we kept Amazon Fresh shelves stocked to 68%. I know that doesn’t sound like much, but it was pretty darn good for COVID!✔️ Supply Chain Management: Cost reduction was an ongoing goal at Amazon Fresh as well as preparing for their massive Prime Day Sales promotions. I am proud of my team's impact on these critical success factors:Reduced grocery waste due to expiration or overage (~$1M weekly). Enabled $8M+ in sales during the Prime Day promotion in one day, leading the team to keep 82% of items in stock.

• Took a "gap" year from my career to ski and enjoy the great outdoors while working at an amazing place.

Ashford, Washington, Us

Bight Gear creates high-performance, technical outdoor apparel explicitly tailored to the needs of mountain guides and climbers. They were acquired by Black Diamond in 2024.I was thrilled to join a startup that matched my hobbies and passion for the outdoors. I embraced the chance to take on multiple roles in the supply chain, such as planning and executing sourcing strategies, negotiating vendor contracts, setting prices, creating financial plans, developing a direct-to-consumer sales strategy, and launching a new ERP system (Shopify).STRATEGIC IMPACT★ Reduced costs, improved efficiencies, and made the supply chain more resilient, ★ Aligned product lines more closely with market demand.★ Improved financial performance,note: after the unexpected death of my fiance in March 2018 from an avalanche, I left the company in order to take personal time to grieve and heal.

Seattle, Wa, Us

K2 Sports is an American winter sports company operating several outdoor and winter sports brands with a focus onskiing and snowboarding.I enjoyed learning about supply chain operations during my five years as a Supply Chain Planner. I took a break to earn a master’s degree, and then returned to lead the company’s inventory planning and strategic direction.Shortly after I rejoined the company, they planned a large-scale SAP deployment throughout the supply chain. I took on additional responsibilities by leading the SAP workstream. I trained over 20 North American staff on SAP and the Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) module and managed the implementation from start to finish.STRATEGIC IMPACT✔️ Team Leadership: I was proud of improving team morale and productivity under pressure after layoffs. By empowering the team, we redefined roles and processes to achieve our goals with fewer staff members.✔️Supplier Management: We successfully drove business growth by developing long-term sourcing strategies with domestic and international suppliers alongside development teams.✔️Cost Reduction: I saved millions by leading negotiations on contracts, capacity, and manufacturing with over 20 vendors and raw material suppliers in Asia, Europe, and North America.✔️Forecast Accuracy: A big win was Improving sales forecast accuracy domestically and globally within the sports portfolio.

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Managed production planning for multiple product categories from development through delivery of the finished product.• Directed six-person team located in the United States and Asia responsible for maximizing production efficiency.• Organized production locations and timelines to meet margin and delivery goals set by the sales department.• Conducted multiple factory visits in Europe and Asia to review current practices, negotiate pricing and manufacturing schedules.• Met consecutively with product managers and development team to create and maintain development and production timelines. • Communicated effectively with sales and customer service to discuss key account needs and delivery requirements. • Managed staff in Asia to closely monitor factory production, start-up schedules and quality control.• Worked to improve factory efficiency specifically in raw material purchasing and production scheduling.• Assisted product managers and development in creating and maintaining financial models and product line reviews.

Burlington, Vermont, Us

Worked with various product lines to ensure on-time delivery from the factory. Also worked with customs to ensure that all goods were classified correctly and were able to be imported back in the days when Quota still existed.

Masters, Environmental Education

Graduate Certificate In Sustainable Business, Sustainable Business

Ba Degree, Political Science