Marcus Booth

Brooklyn, NY

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Merchandise Information Analyst

Macys.com - New York, NY - March 2012 to Present

• Collaborate with planners and allocators to identify purchase order discrepancies that inflate open-to-buy

budgets.

• Maintain and publish daily log of changes to open purchase orders and dollars added to OTB.

• Utilize daily reports to identify key issues, problem departments and vendors, and prepare recommended

plans of action.

• Analyze fill rates of vendors by reviewing on hand stock, expected and back orders.

• Partner with buyers to determine if un-ordered merchandise should be added to website or returned to

vendors.

• Work with replenishment planners to identify top over shipped items and balance inventory levels by allocation

to proper distribution centers.

• Forecast over shipment issues utilizing last year receipts and historical data.

• Ensure that advanced shipping notices are congruent with purchase orders and make corrections in Fed Buy

prior to merchandise being received at distribution centers.

• Partner with merchandise assistants to obtain cost, UPC information, and product descriptions make new

product live on the website.

• Attend weekly PO Tracking meetings with allocators and planners in each family of business (Men’s, Kids,

RTW, Center Core, Home and Beauty).

• Monthly presentation to planners and allocators of issues and vendors that have inflated open to buy by

division.

Inventory Planner

Coca-Cola Refreshments - Maspeth, NY - December 2009 to March 2012

• Purchased and scheduled daily shipments of promotional and marketing items and raw materials (via SAP

and AS400.)

• Counted and reconciled all raw and finished goods inventory.

• Coordinated return to vendor transactions for breakage, damage, and loss to receive credit from vendors.

• Collaborated with Point-of-Sales team to launch new products and promotions, and ensure that all artwork

codes, promotions and graphics have been allocated correctly.

• Calculated weekly forecast of material usage with supply chain planner for weekly ordering and allocation.

• Facilitated shipment of finished goods to sales centers in the Metro New York/New Jersey Market.

• Ran weekly open to buy report to insure that purchases are expensed from the proper capital accounts.

• Supervised a warehouse team of 8 production workers.

Procurement Analyst

Coca-Cola Refreshments - Atlanta, GA - June 2006 to December 2009

• Placed Enterprise Buyer Professional purchase orders via SAP (R/3, Fico) for sales and marketing

equipment.

• Reported daily open to buy budget and goods receipts.

• Researched and approved accounts payable invoices via J.D. Edwards Xign online.

• Coordinated with field offices and suppliers to minimize shipping cost by ordering in full truckload quantities,

provide lead times, and resolve shipping/invoice issues.

• Updated and processed inter-market transfers of sales and marketing equipment in AS400.

• Maintained e-catalog (SAP) by adding and deleting SKU's, updated pricing, and edited delivery locations.

• Performed supplier-pricing audits to ensure that purchases aligned with yearly contract rates.

• Assisted vendors with EDI transactions. (810, 832, 846, 850, 856)

Merchant Assistant

The Home Depot - Atlanta, GA - February 2004 to May 2006

• Provided information on product information, price, availability, new rollouts, and delivery of goods.

• Created merchandise maps for the stores.

• Informed merchants and regional merchandise managers of consistent and/or excessive vendor/product

problems.

• Processed request for SKUs / UPCs to be added or deleted to markets based on consumer/location demand.

• Placed purchase orders for stock at distribution centers for specific territorial SKU demands.

EDUCATION

Communications

The Art Institute of Atlanta - Atlanta, GA

1998 to 2011

SKILLS

Microsoft Office 2010 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access); SAP R/3 Business Warehouse; SAP-esourcing;

Contract Management; AS400; Crystal Reports; Maximo; Crystal Reports; J.D. Edwards Xign; Lotus Notes.

Pivot Link. Mac Proficient.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Emory School of Professional Studies: 2005

• Time Management

• Diversity in the Workplace • Advanced Excel

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