Manager Executive

Brian Behrenbrinker

Cornelius, NC ***** 614-***-**** ***************@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/brian-behrenbrinker

Merchandising, Finance and Supply Chain Executive

Seasoned corporate retail professional with over 15 years of experience in Discount, Specialty, Department Store and Home Improvement sectors. Proficient in a wide range of roles from Financial Planning & Analysis to Systems Design & Implementation and Central Merchandise Planning to Store Management. Seeking opportunities with a direct tangible impact on the business through analysis, process design & execution and partnerships that move the business forward. My experience, flexibility and integrity are an invaluable asset the organization can leverage to drive execution and productivity or move teams forward through new initiatives. Core competencies include:

Financial Planning Merchandise Planning Project Management Process Design Story Development

Replenishment Forecasting Demand Forecasting Data Governance Allocation Testing Modeling

Executive Influencing External Reporting Reporting Design Training Team Management

Supply Chain Cross-Functional Collaboration Coaching

Professional Experience

Lowe’s Companies, Mooresville, NC 9/2018 – 8/2020

Director, Supply Chain Finance

Balanced the business need to drive sales, in-stock and productivity KPI’s with stewardship of over $11.6B average inventory across Merchandise Planning, FP&A, Replenishment and Supply Chain teams.

Established foundational inventory forecasting processes and reporting for both business execution and financial evaluation of productivity risks and opportunities.

Managed Annual Operating Plan from establishment of corporate financial inventory targets to the operational business plan and forecast.

Balanced execution of short-term operational processes to support run-the-business activities while influencing parallel development of longer-term transformational initiatives.

Leveraged broad background to ensure quantitative analysis incorporated a holistic view of costs and potential benefits while also ensuring that qualitative impacts are discussed and understood.

Added value to finance and business partners allowing the team to grow from one person to five through subject matter expertise and honest value driving analysis.

Governance and education of both internal inventory management KPI’s and external messaging.

Kohl’s Corporation, Menomonee Falls, WI 7/2007 – 8/2018

Manager, Business Intelligence & Data Analytics

Managed planning, development and execution of strategic data analytics and business intelligence roadmap for Product Development.

Oversaw implementation of digital product testing utilizing First Insight platform for 900 tests (targeted 500) while ensuring strategic utilization, smooth internal process execution, and positive ROI.

Strategic thought partner with leaders across the organization to guide data analytics and business intelligence tool development while simultaneously defining best practice approaches to solve common business problems.

Managed analytic development projects including business objective, data gathering and processes with expected results and analytical metrics to support project business case.

Drove innovation and solution definition through knowledge of industry best practices, alternate technologies and processes.

Manager, Data Analytics & Import Replenishment

Created all new data analytics team and services model with 100% internal user satisfaction. Responsible for defining teams’ scope, assessing opportunities, developing processes, and training for Product Development’s analytic needs.

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Manager, Data Analytics & Import Replenishment

Coached team’s transition into new areas of responsibility and skill sets while ensuring legacy Import Replenishment tasks continued to be fulfilled.

Translated complex data analytics into meaningful insights to drive business strategy while also overseeing company-wide Import Replenishment initiative.

Leveraged existing relevant corporate analytics tools while also implementing rapid prototyping of new internal tools with comprehensive requirements gathering with in eight internal dashboards introduced.

Evaluated 3rd party analytics providers to meet unmet analytics needs. Partnered with internal IT, Finance, and Business partners to successfully on-board five new external applications.

Planner, Import Replenishment

Developed demand forecasting tools and processes to launch full scale implementation of Import Replenishment initiative of over 1,500 SKUs built from 200K units to 9M and generating $5M of incremental Margin.

Owned flow of goods from overseas vendors into third party warehouse facilities and stores. Scope included forecasting by SKU 6-9 months from delivery, generating recommended order quantities for PO creation 12 weeks from delivery, and managing flow of goods into and out of warehouse facilities.

Primary contact for Import Replenishment including evaluating potential programs for sales and margin viability, working with cross-functional partners daily to refine SKU and total program level forecasts, owning trouble shooting any issues and generating ROI analysis for leadership.

Planner, Merchandise Optimization

Managed and developed communication, reporting, and troubleshooting of clearance forecasting process. Facilitated one-on-one and Division meetings driving resolution of clearance process issues.

Guided technical team in issue identification and resolution to drive improved forecasting and reporting accuracy by balancing customer needs, technical resources, and business risk.

Forecasted future clearance performance leveraged across the enterprise.

Facilitated communication of optimized size selling analysis through on-boarding of buying offices to identify operational opportunities and reporting design with technical team partnership.

Limited Brands, Columbus, OH 7/2002 – 7/2007

Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis – Bath and Body Works

Responsible for developing, monitoring, and communicating financial results for a $2 Billion Brand to executive leadership and internal/external stakeholders. Communications ranged from weekly executive P&L reviews to scripts and Q&A materials for executive communication to the street.

Managed the Brand’s expense budgeting, forecasting, and performance processes for both stores and corporate office expense departments including a $13 Million in-season expense reduction initiative.

Area Lead, Event Lift Forecasting MP&A – Project Insight

Responsible for designing, planning and implementing an Event/Promotions tool across multiple brands and sectors leveraging historical data to forecast future Event/Promotion performance.

Developed Business Case for the Merchandise Planning, Allocation, and Replenishment portion of an enterprise wide IT reengineering project reviewed with brand leadership and applied to brand budgets.

Manager, Merchandise Control, Analysis, and Testing – Limited Stores

Managed and refined testing execution processes with cross-functional stakeholders. Ensured execution of more than 300 annual Merchandise, Marketing, Floor-Set, and Operational tests.

Developed presentations and content materials for Line Reviews, Quarterly Budget Reviews, Brand Marketing Meetings, Conversion Reviews, and ad hoc executive meetings.

Managed and developed associates of divergent experience and skill sets.

Senior Analyst, Business Planning – Limited Stores

Developed company financial budgets with cross functional partners that served as the basis for annual Merchandise Plans and communication with external financial community.

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Senior Analyst, Business Planning – Limited Stores

Performed in-season financial and merchandise performance analysis (floor-set, seasonality, inventory status/performance, product groupings, marketing campaigns, and promotional initiatives).

Kmart Corporation, Troy, MI 1/1995 – 7/2002

Director, International Process Development

Manager, Merchandise Process Integration

Systems Analysis and Development, Merchandise Planner Resource

Merchandise Planner

Co-Buyer, Ladieswear

Assistant Store Manager, Western Region Softlines and Operations

Education and Credentials

Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI

Master of Business Administration

Concentration in International Business and Production Operations Management

Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID

Bachelor of Science, Finance

Bachelor of Arts International Studies

Minor in International Commerce

ASCM/APICS

Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP): Certification education in progress for late 2020

Technical Expertise

Data Management and Communication

Google Applications – Drive, Mail, Calendar, Docs, Sheets

Microsoft Applications – Project, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Visio, SharePoint

Company Specific Applications - Micro-Strategy Reporting Tools; Power BI; Tableau: Visualization; Spotfire: Visualization; Bazaar Voice: Digital Customer Product Reviews; AS400 Mainframe (Purchase Order and Item Management, Tracking, Reporting); Import 2000 (Import Contract Management System).

Forecasting and Replenishment Tools

TM1; Manugistics NetWORKS Modules: Promotions, Demand, Collaborate, Monitor; JDA Arthur Planning; Makoro (Financial Planning); MMS (Merchandise Planning); Essbase; Built Custom Replenishment Application; Manugistics NetWORKS Fulfillment; Arthur Allocation System; INFOREM Replenishment.

Trend Analysis and Testing

First Insight: Digital Product Testing; APT; NPD; TrendAlytics; Edited; Euromonitor International.

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