Materials Management/Data Governance

• Serve as lead in a team of 8 materials/product data specialists managing over 100K materials/products and 10K data points.• SOPS – Collaborate with Data Governance team in developing standard operating procedures for Materials Master Data.• Maintain and define procedures to ensure quality and productivity are of the highest standards• Directly manage offshore team of data technicians; includes vendor management and weekly task assignments and reporting.• Managed the… Show more • Serve as lead in a team of 8 materials/product data specialists managing over 100K materials/products and 10K data points.• SOPS – Collaborate with Data Governance team in developing standard operating procedures for Materials Master Data.• Maintain and define procedures to ensure quality and productivity are of the highest standards• Directly manage offshore team of data technicians; includes vendor management and weekly task assignments and reporting.• Managed the implementation and deployment processes for Material Management and Data Governance projects.• Managed a large eCommerce project centered around Product Relationships in our digital catalog• Responsible for taxonomy, attributes, web hierarchy and UNSPSC, BOM's and routing for new products.• Analyzing new product data to ensure data integrity within SAP, BI, Bmedia and Web.• Partner with cross-functional teams in Marketing, Creative Services, Sales, Inventory Management and Merchandising.• Supported the implementation of a Supplier Portal for Vendors to submit material data, enriched data and material changes.7+ years of SAP ECC, APO, and BI reporting experience. Show less

• Reviewed daily sales reports to prevent stock outs, expedited delivery of product and minimized lost sales.• Recovered $2.4 million in sales by cross-shipping lost sales for the various categories over a one-year period.• Maintained inventory levels by reviewing and evaluating purchase quantities to achieve a 99.5% fill rate and a 7.5 turn.• Increased fill rate for a major vendor from 98.0% fill rate to 99.5% fill rate and turned merchandise at 7.5 over prior year… Show more • Reviewed daily sales reports to prevent stock outs, expedited delivery of product and minimized lost sales.• Recovered $2.4 million in sales by cross-shipping lost sales for the various categories over a one-year period.• Maintained inventory levels by reviewing and evaluating purchase quantities to achieve a 99.5% fill rate and a 7.5 turn.• Increased fill rate for a major vendor from 98.0% fill rate to 99.5% fill rate and turned merchandise at 7.5 over prior year 6.5• Eliminated $1.2 million in overstock and dead inventory without sacrificing turns or fill rate.Assist the distribution centers as a liaison to communicate vendor issues, and resolved problem parts and shipping problems.• Analyzed buy-in amounts to ensure proper amounts of inventory were being purchased into the appropriate distribution center locations.• Depleted discounted merchandise in the distribution centers to minimize write-off dollars.• Cultivated partnership with Buyers/Merchants to second source products when necessary.• Collaborated with vendors on allocation fulfillment issues.• Expedited parts to prevent stock outs. Show less

• Provide daily coordination for all import shipments • Negotiated carrier contracts. Monthly meeting with sales contact• Implement and maintain a Hazardous Material Management Program • Manage the Inbound Freight Claims Process • Compile Weekly/Monthly Reporting and Carrier Delivery Performance • Provide daily maintenance of transportation related database • Investigate and resolve misdirected shipments • Work with carriers to resolve customer complaint issues •… Show more • Provide daily coordination for all import shipments • Negotiated carrier contracts. Monthly meeting with sales contact• Implement and maintain a Hazardous Material Management Program • Manage the Inbound Freight Claims Process • Compile Weekly/Monthly Reporting and Carrier Delivery Performance • Provide daily maintenance of transportation related database • Investigate and resolve misdirected shipments • Work with carriers to resolve customer complaint issues • Perform Freight Cost Analysis to determine service options • Create carrier routing tools to assist the Distribution Centers and Inventory Management. Show less