ROBERT J. JABLONSKI

651-***-**** adi9ys@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Product Manager/Buyer/Inventory Manager with P&L responsibility for both branded (Doellken Woodtape, Rehau) and house brand PVC and Wood Veneer edgebanding along with Veneer Sheets and related adhesives. Primary Responsibility for Rehau Door, Panel and Laminate Program. E-Commerce Manager responsible for Sales on Holdahlcompany.com and Amazon.

Holdahl Company Product Manager/Buyer/Inventory Manager Aug 2013 to Present

Masters of Business Administration Degree Metropolitan State University, St Paul, MN

Product Manager in the Edgebanding, Sheet Veneer, Eva Adhesives area in a distribution environment. Direct P&L responsibility for purchasing and sales in excess of $2.9 million dollars per year.

Lead Rehau sales from $60K per year in 2013 to $1.28 Million in sales (2020)

Lead Doellken Woodtape and Dorus Adhesive edgebanding products sales from $600K in 2016 to $904K (2020)

On a daily basis analyze and project into the future inventory needs utilizing a computerized forecasting and purchase order system, which is based on historical usage during a two-month usage and production cycle and from input from customers as to anticipated or firm projected future needs.

On a daily basis obtain quotes for a broad range of materials from both current and potential suppliers. Perform analysis to obtain best pricing, quality and delivery

Maintain stock at 5 Different Warehouse locations and work with branch managers on appropriate stock levels dependent on Rate of Sales, Lead time and Order frequency

Direct responsibility for excess and obsolete inventory. Continuous action plan for its disposition (Vendor, Customer, Clearance, Disposal)

Responsible for setup, maintenance, costing and pricing maintenance for several thousand SKU/PN within our business specific ERP (Agility)

Follow internal purchasing procedures that ensure that product is ordered/quoted in a timely manner. Product is correctly priced and agreed upon shipping dates and quality parameters are adhered to. Sole responsibility for bid evaluation and price justification.

Track vendor shipping schedule, taking into account lead time and being proactive to stop critical inventory shortages from happening.

Introduced the Rehau Door and Panel Program which has grown from Zero in 2016 to 100K in 2018 and 263K in (Projected 2020)

Westlund Distributing Product Manager July 2007 to July 2013

6 years of experience in a combination of Purchasing, Materials Management, Inventory Control, Logistics and sales for several different lines of PVC/Veneer Edgebanding, Adhesives, Drawer Slides, adhesives and other woodworking related hard goods in a distribution environment I had direct P&L responsibility for purchasing and sales in excess of 2 million dollars per year.

Negotiated pricing financial and shipping terms with a new PVC edgebanding manufacturer, this was in response to another vendors quality and delivery problems. Conducted risk assessment of new supplier and potential conflicts with current supplier. This primary product line has grown from 0 to $350,000 per year in just under three years.

I managed production stock for a dozen different OEM manufactures keeping them at contracted levels and responding to projected demands.

Holdahl Company E-Commerce Manager Aug 2013 to Present

Sole responsibility as a product manager/buyer for sales in excess of $2.9 million and operation/maintenance/sale on all E-Commerce conducted on www.holdahlcompany.com, Amazon and E-Bay, in excess of $1.7 million per year

As the sole Internal Project manager, I researched, quantified, searched, interviewed, contracted, created requirements, led stakeholders thru design approval, development and User Acceptance testing that yielded Holdahlcompany.com

Translated Holdahl Company business needs into requirements, worked with a variety of software development project managers and developers (Both on and offshore) to translate needs into reality

Interviewed and Interacted with a broad variety of internal stakeholder as to current business practices and integrated them into the website launch

Currently working for relaunch/Phase II of Holdahlcompany.com to better integrate with our ERP and to utilize more current software that will allow the company to transition from selling parts to selling solution.

Started Sales on Amazon and sold $350,000 in first year. $500,000 in second year. Top five internal Customer within the first year concurrently with website development and launch

Primary responsibility for project management, product selection, data import, layout and design, categories, pictures descriptions, and customer import

U.S. Army, Company Commander, June 2003 to December 2005

Overall in charge/project manager responsible for all planning, training and movement of an Army Reserve unit to Afghanistan and its safe return.

Produced, procured, contracted for and purchased advertising materials for television, print, radio and branded novelty items in numerous advertising campaigns in print, radio messages and branded novelty that supported Afghan government and U.S. Government objectives with a staff of 62 military, civilians and contractors.

Responsible for conducting Pre and Post testing of advertising product to ensure that it connected with the audience it was intended for

Contracted for local purchase of printed product and novelty items by leading a buying team that included media creation, contracting, finance, operational and logistics sections.

U.S. Army/NATO, Media Director, Aug 2002 to May 2003

Produced, Sought out and purchased/contracted for new advertisement mediums in Bosnia-Herzegovina and placement of product to effectively reach the target audience including Television, billboards, magazines and newspapers.

Responsible for conducting Pre and Post testing of advertising product to ensure that it connected with the audience it was intended for

Responsible for a $2.5 Million Dollar budget of which roughly half was for Radio, TV and Print dissemination. Allocated these resources to develop/publish/print and broadcast print, radio and television media with a staff of 26 military and civilians.

MBA Metropolitan State University 2010

US Army Command and General Staff College 2004

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