Bike

Golf

Dive

Creative Agencies

Fashion

Fishing

Lifestyle

Moto & Powersports

Music

Outdoor

Skate

Snow

Streetwear

Surf

Swim

Tech

Triathlon

Wake

Yoga

Health & Fitness

Travel

Motorcycle racing

Team leadership

Motorcycle touring

Proven talent for aligning business strategy and objectives with established business development and operations models to
achieve maximum operational impacts. Growth-focused leader with expertise spanning start-ups and turnarounds, cultivating
and managing vendor relationships, global supply chain, operating efficiencies and sales. Exceptional administrator with keen
interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills, as well as creative solution expertise.

Build the Merchandising teams, systems, and support for the Owned Retail channel’s demand planning, inventory
performance and assortment planning department.
 - Develop a team of Retail Buyers, Data Analysts, and support staff to launch and acquire over 60 locations in 6 months
 - Serve on the Transition team for acquired stores systems and inventory switch over
 - Create demand plans for new product launch schedules
 - Created KPI dashboards, forecasting methodology, PO management, assortment planning systems 
 - Develop and catalog SOP library 

Merchandising Manager 

Product management operations for an industrial supply distributor. Development of forecasting methods, KPIs, category optimization, inventory performance, pricing, and margin strategies across five sales channels.

 - Implemented a purchasing forecasting method. Improved fill rate 35% while maintaining turns
 - Led a team of cross-department stakeholders to launch of a private label metalworking tool brand
 - Implemented Amazon FBA inventory planning and management program. 65% improvement in stock out rate.
 - Launched a category assortment optimization strategy where opportunity buys, competitive market analysis, and
vendor data were collected to cultivate identify new business

Director of Supply Chain 

• Launch of a startup bicycle manufacturer for sustainably produced bicycles and eco-friendly products
• Advance the development of the business model; launch bicycles produced from recycled stainless steel
• Organize and implement operations and financial planning
• Develop product concepts, launch strategy, sales and distribution

Partner 

• Developed and executed annual strategic planning processes that were the bases for all company improvement
initiatives throughout the years
• Supervised all product management and purchasing functions, in addition to managing 16 employees in procuring
$45M annually
• Cultivated and nurtured long term vendor agreements and managed vendor contracts
• Created trust and built enduring brand partnerships by establishing business ethics standards
• Designed a bike lease program for employees that supported in customer-facing staff building knowledge and
enthusiasm for bikes
• Optimized a curated assortment of 40,000 skus with a 35% annual SKU turnover
• Executed the successful launch of 3 private label brands
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, 2011 to 2013
• Partnered with the company’s CEO to develop an overall strategy
• Led the Warehousing, Fulfillment, Product Management, and Purchasing departments up to 50 employees
• Developed forecasting methodology in order to enable buyers to maintain fill rates, turns, margins and the overall
product lifecycle
• Partnered with IT contractors to build software capable of communicating with the ERP system to build demand
planning with saw tooth line point forecasting methodology; increased order fill rate from 85% to 95% and
improved inventory turns by 30%; increased inventory turns and increase SKUs offered to improve customer
experience
• Formulated and implemented Operations and Purchasing Department business processes, key performance
indicators, and employee evaluation templates with the goal of driving efficiency and performance improvements;
increased order fill rate from 85% to 95% and improved inventory turns by 30%
GENERAL MANAGER, 1998 to 2011
• Developed a turnaround strategy to take company from under $1m annual revenue to over $60m
• Devised a strategy to win back and build trust with vendors, which led to the development of the company’s core
values
• Nurtured a company reputation for honest and open communications, on-time pay, and brand building
partnerships that led to an industry-leading assortment of products from the best brands in the industry
• Piloted the organizing and executing of a move from 15,000 sq. ft. of space in Ontario to a new 74,000 sq. ft.
Riverside facility

Director of Purchasing and Product Management 

Oversaw dealer services for a 150-employee manufacturer and distributor of motorcycle, watercraft, and bicycle
parts and accessories
• Cultivated and maintained 70 accounts servicing dealers ranging from Harley Davidson to personal watercraft, dirt
bike and street bike dealers
• Achieved two of the largest transactions in the company’s history by designing and implementing a proprietary
sales concept

Dealer Services 

Oversaw the launch of a new store in Denver and supervised day to day operations. Successfully managed a team of 15 employees including bicycle techs, ski techs, merchandisers and sales staff

Store Manager 

Demonstrated expertise in training, supervising, and scheduling a team of six technicians to meet company goals
and effectively address customer needs

Service Manager 

Find out detailed information about Robert Beck,  in Redlands, CA

Robert Beck: in Redlands, CA

Robert Beck

Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.

All Industrial Tool Supply

Bjorn Bikes

Jenson USA

White Brothers Performance Products

Pederson's Ski and Sport

SuperGo Bike Shops

Fullerton College