Tanya Adkins, Mba, Cpim Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, NC, US

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

• Managed the Demand Planning requirements for large DC consolidation – 9,000+ items from 7 distribution centers down to 3 distribution centers.
• Managed, coached, and trained the Demand Planning team, providing regular feedback.
• Created SKU level statistical forecast for 2K+ SKUs, improving forecast accuracy by 30%.
• Implemented several process improvements to improve service level to major big box customers – including new reporting, collaborative meeting, and forecasting process for items with service issues.

Lake Forest, CA

• Managed and coached a team of 3 (demand planning and supply planning), providing regular feedback.
• Slashed slow moving and obsolete (SLOB) inventory by 27% by improving forecast accuracy and updating safety stock strategies.
• Identified and resolved supply and demand issues to achieve optimal balance of inventory, customer service, and costs.
• Led and supported cross-functional new product launch projects and continuous process improvement projects.
• Ownership of brand S&OP process.
• Created statistical forecasts at various levels of aggregation.

Irvine, CA

• Strategically managed products with $2B in sales from forecast to production plan to order fulfillment.
• Identified root causes of product availability issues and developed and communicated recovery plans.
• Performed a variety of analyses regarding inventory levels, obsolete inventory, work order completion, forecast variance, and production variance.
• Performed stock and ROP calculations, developing unconstrained and constrained production plans.

Santa Ana, CA

• Led successful reimplementation of SAP/APO Demand Planning, collaborating to define business processes, beta testing and training of end-users.
• Provided SKU level forecasting for products with $1B in annual sales, consistently surpassing forecast accuracy goals.
• Implemented and led a collaborative forecast process with Sales and external retail customer, improving forecast accuracy by 12%.
• Integrated historical data, POS sales trends, and marketing and promotional programs into demand plan.

• Successfully led a cross-functional team implementing Logility Demand Planning, Supply Optimization and Inventory Optimization solutions and developed and delivered Logility training as the Subject Matter Expert.
• Developed and provided comprehensive demand planning and business process training to demand and supply planners.
• Performed SKU level forecasting and inventory control for product line with $150M in sales, surpassing accuracy, fill rate and inventory goals each quarter.
• Implemented collaborative planning and forecasting meetings with key retail customers, improving forecast accuracy by 19%.
• Actively participated in monthly S&OP meetings.
• Collaborated cross-departmentally to align current sales goals with long-term product development strategies.

Mba, Business - Operations

Activities and Societies: SOMA - Strategic Operations Management Association

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Activities and Societies: College honors program (Graduated with College Honors), Omicron Delta Epsilon Int'l Economics Honor Society