Business Analyst Supply Chain

Marc Williams

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Professional Profile

Seasoned operations leader experienced in business analysis, negotiation, demand planning, buying, new business development, marketing, and management. Sixteen years of progressive experience in high-volume consumer product environments. Dedicated problem solver with advanced computer skills in Excel, Access, Logility, SQL, Tableau, SAP and data analysis and visualization using Python. Proven ability to foster cross-functional collaboration and decision-making. Familiar with data integration and migration of large data sets.

Education

Business Analyst Bootcamp- Simplilearn(Certificate program)

Purdue University

B.S. Logistics, Transportation & Supply Management

University of Maryland at College Park

Awards

2015 Functional Excellence Award – Under Armour

Senior Business Analyst: Supply Chain and Sales Operations

Experience

Under Armour Inc./Baltimore, MD 2010 - 2018

Manager of Materials Planning

I managed the acquisition of raw materials, specifically fabrics and trims, from Latin American and Asian suppliers to ensure timely fulfillment of UA orders.

●Produced monthly projections to provide suppliers with expected production needs of fabric yardage and trim parts based on UA’s finished good forecast, utilizing SQL and SAP.

●Managed approximately 91 trim suppliers, 138 fabric suppliers, and 35 finished garment factories. This annually encompassed 40,000-50,000 trim parts (zippers, elastics, labels, etc) for 1.5 billion pieces total and up to 2,000 types of fabric totaling about 350 million yards.

●Managed daily relationships between suppliers and finished goods factories to identify and solve potential capacity constraints.

●Collaborated closely with leaders in Sourcing, Factory Supply Planning, Sales, and Marketing to focus on priority products based on brand strategy, revenue, and margin.

●Produced weekly and monthly reports on supplier current performance, including timely delivery of materials requested by UA and quality of materials/trims.

●Ensured products vital to company KPIs were delivered on-time and at high quality.

●Flagged supplier performance shortfalls to Sourcing to guide potential re-sourcing to other suppliers. This contributed to a reduction of lead times by 9 days.

Senior Business Analyst April 2013-June 2016

I managed fill rate analysis and reporting for Global Wholesale, Independent and Direct Distribution partners of UA Footwear and Accessories. Worked collaboratively across Supply Chain, Sales, Product, Marketing, and Finance teams to support successful launches of major footwear lines.

●Managed delivery-tracking and assisted with allocation of products for global launches of Speedform, Speedform Gemini, and Curry I and II, UA’s largest shoe line launches at the time.

●Ensured product available to wholesale partners and international distributors for synchronized global launch dates.

●Provided fill rate reporting and analysis for weekly cross-functional meetings and monthly Sales, Operations and Planning meetings for Directors and top Executives.

●Presented analysis and KPIs to executive decision-makers through the analysis of large data sets, using Tableau for clarity.

●Assessed potential revenue risk of late supply orders to advise Supply Chain and Finance, including potential air freight liability. Provided timely data to reduce need to ship goods by air, which resulted in significant cost-savings.

●Worked inter-departmentally with Marketing and Sales to anticipate needs for seeding of product to key influencers and fulfilled highly specific requests for product.

●Utilized data mining for root cause analysis of all product and service related concerns, using advanced Excel functions and Access.

●Developed fill rate reports providing visibility of late deliveries to Sales Reporting team, contributing to the accuracy of financial calls.

●Flagged potential delivery issues to Sales and Marketing executive to equip them to mitigate risks to top-line and bottom-line revenue.

●Provided strategic assistance in managing data to root cause and solve Apparel delivery issues and create cost-savings.

●Performed analysis of data quality to identify and correct data quality completeness and correctness issues, ensuring data is being properly managed.

Key Account Manager/Accessories Sept. 2011-April 2013

I managed four Key Accounts by delivering sales presentations, tracking shipments, managing customer issues, and selling excess inventory.

●Achieved an on-target growth rate of more than 30% for the first half of 2012.

●Delivered $850K of at-once sales in six months, exceeding annual goal of $550K.

●Worked closely with Scheels to grow Women’s sales significantly, including delivering a $500K order for Fall 2012.

Planner/Accessories April 2010-Sept. 2011

As an Accessories Planner I managed the planning for 12 Key Accounts.

●Recapped and analyzed weekly sales results, developing seasonal plans and managing inventory and margin plans for all 12 Key Accounts.

●Independently created and managed department’s weekly sales and excess inventory reports. Identified opportunities to reduce excess inventory.

●Provided Key Account managers and Buyers with recaps of each account’s current orders and through careful analysis made suggestion of additional buys.

●Traveled and supported Key Account Managers with all pre-line and financial meetings, assisting with financial recaps, product set-up and presentation of product.

The Sports Zone/Beltsville, MD June 2007-April 2009

Buyer

As a Buyer for Sports Zone, I had exclusive responsibility for the profit and loss and inventory turn for Men’s Apparel, Women’s Footwear, and Children’s Footwear.

●Planned the financial budget and managed Men’s Apparel and Women’s and Children’s Footwear, which had combined yearly volume of over $12 million.

●Independently identified, developed and nurtured relationships with new vendors, growing vendors’ list from 7 to 35.

●Grew overall comp sales 5% in the first year.

●Managed the sourcing of commodities and developed and maintained vendor matrixes.

Minuteman Press of Bethesda/Bethesda, MD June 2006-June 2007

Director of Operations and Sales/Owner

●Managed all daily operations, from managing staff to facilitating the production of all printed product.

●Led a staff of 8-10 people, managing workflow, performance evaluations and daily support.

●Grew business 25% from yearly revenues of $355,000 to $475,000.

●Worked with supply vendors to ensure timely delivery of materials along with negotiating beneficial pricing and terms.

Ricoh Business Systems/New York, NY-Washington D.C Jan. 2005-May 2006

Major Account Executive

●Marketed to and consulted with Fortune 500 Corporations on how product offerings fit their financial goals.

●Awarded top sales rep in overall performance in the Ricoh Sales Development Training Program.

●Retained 95% of Ricoh’s specified trouble accounts in designated territory.

Saks Fifth Avenue/New York, NY Dec. 2003 - Dec. 2004

Senior Assistant Buyer Women’s Intimate Apparel

●Independently handled all aspects of three departments’ business and assisted in the development of younger staff in the office.

●Drove several departments to make multi-million-dollar sales plans.

●Surpassed previous year results in two out of three departments by a total of $3 million.

Hecht’s/Arlington, VA Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2003

Assistant Buyer Women’s Coats

●Analyzed sales results and stock levels to identify best-sellers, poor performing merchandise and improper penetration of goods.

●Dealt with vendors to secure samples for advertising and to negotiate positive terms for incoming and outgoing goods, resulting in $200,000 of additional gross margin.

●Tracked receipts averaging $12.3 million seasonally from manufacturer through in-store delivery.

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