Supply Chain Customer Service
Resume:
Drew Vista
Saint Petersburg, FL *****
*.*******@*****.***
Senior Demand Planner
Driving business success through expert analysis, strategic forecasting, and effective cross-team collaboration, ensuring optimal stock levels and production while maximizing profits and seizing growth opportunities.
Senior Demand Planner with expertise in collaborating with various teams, optimizing stock levels, production, and overall business performance. Advanced proficiency in Excel and other analytics/reporting tools, delivering seamless and easy-to-use tools that facilitate improved decision-making. Strong analytical skills combined with a detail-oriented approach, ensuring that SKU level forecasts align with the topside vision while identifying opportunities and risks based on trends and inventory positions. Exceptional communication skills, effectively leading discussions with key partners and teams to synchronize strategies and drive success in this highly competitive industry.
Areas of Expertise
SAP Demand Planning
S&OP Process Management
Demand Forecasting
Inventory Management
Cross-team Collaboration
Forecast Optimization
Analytics & Reporting
Problem Solving
Communication
Technical Skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams), Logility, SAP, WebFocus and PowerBI
Accomplishments
Developed and implemented a standardized monthly presentation deck, resulting in increased efficiency and improved communication between demand planning and other departments, including executives, finance, and sales.
Acted as the liaison for a key vendor/brand, coordinating cross-functional meetings and presenting forecast updates, which significantly increased inventory management efficiency and forecast accuracy over several months.
Initiated and facilitated weekly team meetings to discuss relevant industry resources and trends, enhancing team knowledge, collaboration, and communication within the workplace.
Devised and employed analytic strategies to identify and resolve unproductive inventory issues across six distribution centers, ultimately improving supply chain efficiency and store replenishment processes.
Career Experience
Intertape Polymer - Sarasota, FL 2022 – 2023
Senior Demand Planner
Prepared comprehensive analyses and reports for senior management, contributing to the development of presentation decks for weekly and monthly business/demand reviews during Executive S&OP.
Utilized advanced Microsoft Excel functions and Logility to create accurate forecasts and trend analyses, ensuring optimal product demand projections across various business channels.
Established and maintained close communication with immediate manager, implementing best practices and strategies to effectively manage product demand across industrial, e-commerce, international, and consumer sectors.
Coordinated and participated in multiple weekly meetings with upper management, purchasing, sales, finance, and supply chain departments, fostering improved communication and collaboration throughout the organization.
Leveraged external resources to enhance industry knowledge, further supporting informed decision-making processes and overall effectiveness in the tapes and film industry.
SalonCentric - Saint Petersburg, FL 2017 – 2022
Demand Planner / Supply Chain Analyst / Store Replenishment Analyst
Prepared comprehensive analyses and reports for various departments and upper management, contributing to informed decision-making during monthly business reviews.
Employed Microsoft Excel, SAP ERP, and Logility along with Data Cubes and PivotTables to create accurate forecasts and trend analysis, ensuring optimal product demand projections based on historical comparisons.
Collaborated closely with immediate manager to establish and implement best practices and strategies for managing product demand across street, store, sub-distribution, and e-commerce channels.
Utilized multiple software programs and continuously expanded knowledge of the business and beauty industry, enhancing overall effectiveness and adaptability in a dynamic market.
Leveraged MS Excel and SAP ERP to manage good supply from vendors/brands to nationwide distribution centers, resulting in optimized inventory levels, accurate pricing adjustments, and improved shipment tracking.
Utilized Microsoft Excel and SAP ERP to prepare comprehensive reports and analyze supply and demand data, effectively streamlining the replenishment process for over 570 stores nationwide.
The Home Depot - Saint Petersburg, FL 2017
Merchandising Execution Team Member
Collaborated with store team members to coordinate deliveries and merchandising, contributing to daily inventory management alongside the Merchandising Execution Team and enhancing customer service experience.
Perl Mortgage, Inc. - Chicago, IL 2015 – 2016
Secondary Marketing Analyst / Investor Relations
Streamlined daily loan-locking process by effectively communicating with Lock Desk and Loan Officers, organized intranet policies and updates, utilized Microsoft Excel for investor data organization, and collaborated with senior management on executing legal documentation and updating investor information.
Additional Experience
Sales Associate/Customer Service/Merchandising Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH - Rosemont, IL 2014 – 2015
Cycle Counter BWay Corporation - Elk Grove Village, IL 2014 – 201
Warehouse Funding / Servicing Coordinator Guaranteed Rate Inc, - Chicago, IL 2012 – 2014
Education
Bachelor of Science in Anthropology Grand Valley State University - Allendale, MI
Affiliations
The Archaeological Society of Grand Valley State University
Founding Member and Member
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