Supply Chain Project Management

Initiative-taking Allocation Planner with extensive leadership experience in the wholesale and retail industry. Excels at building and developing high-performance teams that deliver positive business outcomes. Proven history of developing strategic merchandise plans focused on sales growth, gross margin improvement, and inventory optimization. Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, MS Word, Visio, Camtasia Recording, SharePoint, and MS Teams.

Certification as a JDA Gold Level User

Core Expertise

Inventory Management Inventory/Sales Forecasting/Implementation Strategic Planning Inventory Replenishment Supply

Management Market Research Process Oriented Reporting and Data Analysis Supply Chain Management Process Management Tableau Technologically Vendor negotiations Problem Solving Contract Review Savvy Staffing Sourcing Leadership Salesforce Communication SQL Savvy Inventory Optimization Organization Time Management Continuous Improvement Attention to Detail Presentation Skills INFOR SMS Utilization Capacity Forecasting Team Player Service Level Management Mentoring & Training Workflow Processes I Maximo Spendwise E-Procurement knowledge Project Management Microsoft

Office Suite Business Analysis

Professional Experience

SYSCO FOOD SERVICES, Houston, TX

Asian Foods

PLANNER 2 2024-PRESENT Lead planner for Asian Expansion project to bring more sales for this area.

Purchase using DPR and SUS for Inventory into Broadlines.

Knowledge of Asian Foods AFS ordering system.

Manage inventory for multiple sites across the US.

Control all aspects of inventory from negotiating pricing, setting up items in the system, purchasing and delivery.

Work with vendors to ensure pricing needs are being met.

Monitor service level to customers.

Building Partnerships with both internal and external customers.

Manage transportation as needed. Hired trucks for delivery

Create and review reporting to better service customers in each area.

Create presentations to highlight customer and business needs.

AS/400 Subject Matter Expert

Tableau reporting SME

SYSCO FOOD SERVICES, Houston, TX

MANAGER, REPLENISHMENT SERVICES 2015 – 2023

Created partnerships with vendors to meet sales goals and build business relationships.

Assess business needs to partner with sales team and category management to promote latest items and sunset outdated inventory.

Ensured planners met 98% in stock inventory levels to meet customer needs.

Worked to expedite product as necessary to meet business needs.

Maintained goals of at least 4% service level increase while working with planners who were not meeting goals.

SME utilizing forecasting tools to better analyze information.

Developed and managed replenishment and inventory policies and procedures with planners and leadership.

Recognized as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Manhattan DPR Replenishment System delivering recommendations and executing inventory re-balancing opportunities.

AS/400 Subject Matter Expert

Created and implemented Perishable purchasing for produce and short shelf-life product.

Designed and implemented reporting for external customers to have a better understanding of our upcoming purchasing needs and help their planning needs for upcoming demand.

Led multiple projects to help define areas of weakness in processes and adjust behaviors to change them.

Extreme use of excel for reporting and giving presentations on findings to help raise service level to the company and customers.

Utilized dashboards for gaining information to work with vendors and buyers on a regular basis.

Tableau reporting SME

SAP Procurement Trained

Managed and led all training activities for procurement team for all U.S.

Managed all Survey Monkey tools for training needs for the Replenishment Team.

SYSCO FOOD SERVICES, Houston, TX

TEAM LEAD, DPR ACCELERATOR

2014 - 2015

Led deployment of DPR for West Coast Operating Companies managing two business analysts during DPR deployments, ensuring expenses were within Sysco guidelines for all deployments, and confirming data cleansing activities completed.

Managed all training activities for the sites that were being deployed including Project Management of deployments.

Provided regular updates to leadership on training and success of the individuals in training.

Completed deployments of all West Coast sites in less than the year allotted.

Built collaborative relationships with Operating Companies and internal partners to ensure DPR deployments were successful and reviewed and updated DPR manuals and tip sheets regularly to meet training needs.

Collaborated directly with consultants during DPR training to ensure sure Sysco’s needs were being met.

Worked directly with Sysco teams during DPR technical loads to confirm all tasks were completed, and DPR information that was loaded matched AS400 system of record.

SYSCO FOOD SERVICES, Houston, TX

BUSINESS TRANSITION MANAGER 2011 – 2014

Worked with all aspects of our Sysco Business Services teams as liaison between their teams and corporate leadership.

This included everything from facilitating meetings to working with leaders on any outstanding concerns they had.

Ensured school inventory was correctly being purchased to maintain service levels and had 20% less spoilage from the previous year.

Created documentation on how product would be moved during any national disaster to sites that needed inventory. This is still in use today for any large event that affects sites during disasters.

Partnered with sales and managing accounts to ensure inventory was available and in stock when needed.

SYSCO FOOD SERVICES, Houston, TX

BUSINESS ANALYST, TRAINING & IMPLEMENTATION 2005 – 2011

Trained Operating Companies on Demand Planning and Replenishment (DPR) while also allotting time to control costs according to corporate guidelines.

Developed a repeatable blended training approach using both classroom and hands-on training and facilitated one-to-one training with associates for more ‘hands-on” practice.

Worked closely with the training development team for training improvement, participated in the development of DPR tools deployed at our Operating Companies, and supported SWIS training in Canada.

Met with Operating Company Management to provide information on training classes and areas that need to be addressed for both DPR and SWIS.

Created then compiled results for training feedback after training was completed and delivered training for SWIS document management systems throughout Sysco US.

Additional Work History

BORDER BOOKS

MERCHANDISE BUYER/TRAINER, Ann Arbor, MI 2002 – 2005

STORE MANAGER, Charleston, WV 2000 – 2002

JCPENNEY SALON MANAGER, Various locations

1988-2000

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