Vikash Pillay Email & Phone Number

Key West, Florida, United States

• Created superior customer experience of Key West backcountry through personal experience, attention to detail and expert knowledge of ecology and wildlife.• Supervised and delegated tasks to crew members, providing detailed instructions to execute ship functions.• Identified and fixed problems with boating vessel through regular, in-depth inspections.

Dania Beach, Fl

• Demonstrated active problem solving and communication with teams across pricing, supply chain, marketing, promotions, accounting and finance.• Capitalized on new opportunities by tracking market and customer trends while engaging with senior leadership to devise optimal plans.• Developed and executed category promotions driving internal top and bottom-line results while providing vendors with strong ROI resulting in additional promotional activity with higher spend.• Improved overall productivity and significantly reduced error rates in pricing department by compiling and organizing complete pricing manual for major vendors and applicable contracts.

Sales Analyst Kar's Nuts, Madison Heights, MI June 2015 - March 2020• Created and automated monthly dashboards of Nielsen/IRI/internal customer data which was used for analysis across all business functions.• Managed transfer of $20MM direct to Walmart business to 3p at customer request while improving bottom line by 150 BPS.• Drove $6MM in increased sales through product placement by utilizing data manipulation and fact based analysis.• Reduced data spend by $230k through broker engagement and negotiation.• Led product development team on creation of two new trail mixes and successfully implemented go to market strategy that led to $2MM in sales in first year.

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

• Analyzed and discovered supplier issues that caused $250k/year in losses.• Developed scorecard to understand where non value-added activities were taking place regarding team’s feedback.• Created a tool to calculate re-order points based on changing build rates utilized by multiple members of the high-density team as well as the supply chain manager.• Identified bad suppliers and developed strategic plans to reduce/remove the worst offenders.

Parchment, Mi

• Implemented MRP solution within the organization to create transparency and enhance communication between the Purchasing, Operations and Logistics departments.• Improved quality and safety by implementing metrics involved with assembly to increase efficiency, reorganizing job assignment and analyzing assembly data.• Identified communication gaps with suppliers and developed new process that allowed accurate tracking of raw materials, WIP and finished goods resulting in much higher OTIF scores with top customers.

Toledo, Ohio Area

• Consistently demonstrated adaptability and patience while gaining first-hand experience as well as developing excellent communication skills by working with a manager from a remote location.• Offered and accepted extended remote internship and attended full time classes at Western Michigan.• Learned and developed exceptional Microsoft Excel skills that can be utilized in almost any job aspect; currently utilizing and enhancing these skills in present job as well as organizing trainings for those around me.

Acme, Michigan

Acme, Mi