Bike

Fashion

Lifestyle

Moto & Powersports

Outdoor

Skate

Snow

Streetwear

Surf

Swim

Triathlon

Wake

Health & Fitness

Camping

Running

Snowboarding

Cycling

Skateboarding

Skiing

Surfing

Swimming

Motorcycles

Triathlons

Dirt biking

Demand Planner

Planning professional with experience in the action sports industry.  Strong communication and problem solving skills with the ability to conceptualize and execute initiatives requiring teamwork, effective decision-making, and implementation of integrated solutions. Solid understanding and experience in strategic planning, forecasting, and supply chain management.  A detail-oriented project leader with ability to build relationships with all levels and functions across an organization.  Proficient in Excel and SAP.  Fluent in Cantonese and proficient in Mandarin Chinese.

Inventory planner over all motocross and bike hard goods product. Forecast annual sales, plan inventory needs, coordinate buys with vendors, perform SKU and margin analysis and participate in deciding future direction of the line.  
•	Performed margin analysis on key items resulting in major changes to SKU count compared to years past, thus reducing development/production costs while maintaining sales growth in the categories.
•	Regularly analyze seasonality, size scales, and SKU performance to maintain accurate forecasts that promote healthy inventory levels.
•	Direct the annual Global Forecast Meeting, where partners are brought in from around the globe to forecast over $50 million of inventory at cost. From this meeting provide a detailed production schedule for the upcoming season to all vendors/customers.
•	Manage the motocross/bike product inventory in the US and Canada warehouses, totaling over $23 million of inventory at cost annually. 
•	Create and provide penetration reports to global sales teams and offer suggestions to help grow the business through focusing on key items and accounts.
•	Maintained rolling forecasts by category based on sales/purchase forecasts and held regular inventory review meetings with the US/Canada sales teams.

Performed several general business management duties, including operations, sales, accounting, marketing and strategy at one of the fastest growing surf companies on the island of Oahu. 
•	Managed successful projects and marketing campaigns, increasing our market by over 35%.  
•	Sourced several new products, including traction pads, t-shirts, hats, and a fully renovated website (raynorshop.com), increasing sales by over 50%.  
•	Created several professional documents, including project plans, strategic sourcing plans, and industry SCORcard analyses.

General Manager

Created spreadsheets to consolidate information on where money was being spent.  Analyzed the budget and helped create/implement solutions to help reduce spending.  
•	Consolidated thousands of entries on Microsoft Excel to easily analyze spending
•	Helped determine which operations needed to be reduced in order to reduce spending and increase profit.

Budget Analyst

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