CAROLYN PONTIER

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Mobile (US): 908-***-****

Email address: ad2sbi@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERTISE

S&OP/IBP IMPLEMENTATION, LOGISTICS 3PL MANAGEMENT, REVENUE PLANNING, DEMAND & SUPPLY MANAGEMENT, ALLOCATIONS PLANNING, INVENTORY OPTIMIZATION, VMI, NEW PRODUCT FORECASTING, ANALYTICS (POS, SYNDICATED), CAPACITY & LABOR PLANNING, CUSTOMER RELATIONS/COLLABORATION, PURCHASING, VENDOR SELECTION, SOFTWARE SELECTION & IMPLEMENTATION, TRANSFORMATION, PROJECT MANAGEMENT

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Senior Global Supply Chain leader; leading transformation and operational excellence with a hands-on approach. Able to flex my management style to suit the audience and drive results. A visionary with a passion for work and an appetite for broadening horizons.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SPANX – Atlanta, GA 2/2023 – 8/2023

VP Planning & Logistics

Provided strategic direction and leadership to a team of 30 Global Supply Chain members in Demand Planning, Inventory Planning and Logistics functions to achieve results through fundamental best practices:

1.Improved inventory turns from 1.2 to 1.6 – OTB rigor, ABC ranking, negotiating MOQ/MCQ.

2.Stabilized the 3PL (GXO) operation and achieved a gold standard operating efficiency driving CPU down by 25%

3.Monthly forecast review/consensus meetings with cross-functional partners; informing the financial and operational forecast. Providing visibility to the 3PL enabling improved labor planning and ultimately cost reduction.

4.Documented SOPs

5.Introduced Project Planning. Lead Forecast tool upgrade/tool selection.

6.Designed and introduced reports driving data driven decision making

7.Coaching and developing teams

MGA Entertainment – Los Angeles, CA 8/2021 – 10/2022

EVP -Global Supply Chain

Lead 8 direct reports and 80+ SC professionals in day-to-day operations. Focused on S&OP process maturation, forecast accuracy improvement, inventory turn acceleration, documenting SOPs and developing templates/reports to drive global standardization and improving customer service (internal & external). Member of the Exec. Leadership team influencing process improvement from Design to Deliver, employee engagement and global communication.

1st 6 months spent in the Netherlands office working with the Logistics 3PL (Raben) to get through the peak season shipping – achieved expected sales targets; developed and documented SOP’s, developed and designed exception reporting; stabilized the operation; set KPI’s and hired a team to run the operation. Lead an EU Distribution Network Design body of work; a new Southern EU DC stood up in Barcelona – went live August 2022.

2nd 6 months – focused on global rollout of the S&OP process, inventory optimization, continuous improvement, stabilizing the forecast given the headwinds, goal setting, improving the bottom line and developing the teams.

Projects in flight:

D365 implementation

Logility upgrade

SoCal DC optimization (shutting down 3 locations)

UK DC location move to Doncaster

FUNKO UK Ltd. London, UK 1/2019 – 7/2021

VP – Planning

Leading Planning & Merchandising for both B2B and the newly stood up DTC business units. Member of the Senior Leadership team; influencing change/introducing best practices.

• Introduced and launched an S&OP planning process resulting in a 42% increase in revenue in year 1.

• Created, and rolled out to the corporate office, a new product creation E2E process as a means of

introducing how Merchandising and Planning would now play central roles in assortment planning and product creation. A seat at the table with an EMEA lens.

• Introduced an OTB principled buy planning methodology which has influenced disciplined buying habits;

reducing excess inventory by 40%.

• Introduced a business process to support core & replenishment product planning. Worked with

Procurement to reduce lead-times and optimize global inventory.

• Lead the implementation and stand up of the EMEA DTC business unit (greenfield). Successfully launched within 5 months and under budget. Introduced the organization to project management – from project charter to Planning, Execution and monitoring.

• Hired the Head of Ecomm, Merchandisers and Planner to run the DTC business.

• Lead the Planning workstream in a new ERP implementation project.

MICHAEL KORS INC. New York, NY 10/2014 – 1/2019

VP -Supply Chain Planning

Led and transformed a team of 2 Directors, 6 Sr. Managers and 2 Analysts in the integration and

implementation of Supply Chain processes and best practices that support the business to deliver desired

results. Results included: reduction in retail store inventory from 38 weeks to 16 weeks of cover without

negatively impacting sales; closed multiple offsite storage locations having brought the WOC to manageable levels; enjoyed better than 75% forecast accuracy, improved cost to serve/cost per unit through high levels of DC collaboration and improved labor planning.

Responsibilities included:

• Introduced best practices across all supply chain functions from planning; global S&OP

processes, inventory strategies, product life-cycle management (PLM); capacity planning,

creation of realistic plans; order management, order fulfilment, and inventory

management

• Oversaw and drove the process of developing long range plans (LRP) with all Business

Units/Geographies that support and optimize the DC labour and capacity plans. Communicate risk

and mitigation plans in a timely manner.

• Through extensive analytics influenced changes in the global supply chain network to be more

responsive.

• Identified and developed talent within the organization including introducing training and development plans

and creation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) throughout the supply chain organization.

• Drove innovation and focused on continuous improvement throughout the Supply Chain organization,

using LEAN principles.

• Set team targets and regularly monitored performance. Developed and managed budget and expense

Requirements

CHANEL USA, New York, NY 8/2008 – 10/2014

VP- Demand & Operations Planning

Instituted and lead the S&OP process with cross-functional/global partners which improved inventory turns from 8 to 4.5; increased customer satisfaction 8 points and reduced excess and obsolete inventory

significantly. Ultimately implemented a collaborative forecasting process with Key Retailers facilitated by Key account Sales Managers having a dotted line reporting into me. Drove high levels of engagement and accountability.

Lead the teams in:

• business Integration with marketing, sales and sales promotion to have a clear understanding of planned consumer marketing initiatives, and planned sales promotional activity • Developed a statistical base line forecast to support the marketing initiatives • Managed business risks/opportunities to support gap fill discussions with Sales/Marketing/Finance • Reviewed, and adjusted when necessary, marketing and sales planned lift forecasts • Worked closely with Sales Administration to understand trade inventory planning to support shipment forecast with key Retailers such as Macy’s• Maintained close communication with supply planning counterparts to ensure harmonization of supply/demand balance •Developed new item forecasts for specific product/product families • Performed bottom-up and

top-down validation of forecasts and presented and defended the forecast while building

consensus during the monthly S&OP process • Proactively communicated variances between the

operational and financial plans by acting as an early warning signal on business/customer trends •Key contributor to Budget/LE building process in collaboration with Sales/Marketing/Finance • Developed KPIs for the Sales/Supply/Demand Planning Teams which were routinely monitored and shared across the organization • Actively participated as a SME (Subject matter expert) in key strategy teams throughout the organization • Continuously looking for process improvement and applying best practices through LEAN events

COTY US LLC, New York, NY 8/2004 – 8/2008

Director of Forecasting

Managed and directed the Demand Planning, Sales Forecasting and budget/LE process of half of the

company’s annual sales volume. Brands included Rimmel, Underground, Adidas Personal Care and

Airspun sold through the Food, Drug and Mass channels of distribution. Previously responsible for the

Bath brands and the international forecasts.

Effective July 2008 expanded responsibility with the acquisition of Del Labs to include all Del brands –

Sally Hansen, NYC, La Cross, Borghese and Natural Beauty.

• Maintained statistically generated forecasts and related algorithms and parameters for an 18 month

rolling period.

• Worked with Sales/Marketing groups to develop, monitor and adjust forecasts on a weekly/monthly/seasonal and yearly basis.

• Created and maintained performance metrics comparing forecasts to actual sales taking into

consideration the lag analysis.

• Performed trend/root cause analysis to report inconsistencies with forecasts and actual sales.

• Communicated the forecasting plan to all parties and monitored progress on a weekly/monthly basis.

• Continuously identified and developed areas for improvement related to weekly/monthly forecasting

process.

MAIDENFORM INC. - Bayonne, NJ 3/1999 –7/2004

Director Forecasting

Managed worldwide Demand Planning, Sales Forecasting and Budget/LE process for the following

brands – Flexees, Lilyette, Private label for Victoria Secrets and JC Penney.

• Created and managed a $250M Demand Forecast on a worldwide basis, utilizing Demand Solutions

software tool, syndicated data from NPD, seasonality factors and ad hoc market influences.

• Actively participated in the monthly S&OP process.

• Prepared and presented “state of the business” analysis by brand to Senior Management quarterly.

• Reviewed profitability, productivity and sales performance by brand as a precursor to

recommending discontinuation of skus from the line-up.

• Participated in price elasticity analysis with the Marketing teams.

• Held monthly consensus meetings with major retailers (Walmart, Target, JC Penney, Mervyns and

Kohls) to improve forecast accuracy.

• Assisted in the annual Budget/LE process.

YURMAN DESIGN, INC. – New York, NY 7/1998 – 2/1999

Director of Sales Planning & Administration

Managed a $250M annual Sales Forecast of high-end Jewelry sold through retailers like Neiman Marcus,

Saks, Bergdorf Goodman and hundreds of independent Jewelers.

Managed and controlled the Field Sales team expense budgets and co-op.

Also managed the Customer Service and Order Entry teams.

LA PRAIRIE INC. – New York, NY 3/1990 –6/1998

Manager – Forecasting & Inventory Control

Managed the forecasting and inventory control functions of a prestigious, high-end brand spanning Color cosmetic, Fragrance and Treatment categories, sold through retailers like Neiman Marcus, Saks, Bloomingdales, Bergdorf Goodman, etc.

FUJI PHOTO FILM USA INC. – Elmsford NY 9/1985 – 3/1990

Assist Product Manager – Camera Division

Managed the forecasting, purchasing and inventory control functions for Cameras

EDUCATION

STELLA MARIS COLLEGE – Madras, India 1984

Bachelor of Arts – English major

APICS – Supply Chain Organization (Member)

Course work

IBF – Institute for Business Forecasting (Member)

Certified Business Forecaster

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Technology: Manugistics (DPEE) –Demand Solutions –SAP - Hyperion (Report writer)- COGNOS

–RLM - Micro strategy BI – Just Enough (allocations software) – JDA – Microsoft D365 -WMS

Platforms: Windows NT, Microsoft suite

Retailer Tools: Retail Link (Walmart), POL (Target)

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