Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management & Marketing

• Set strategic direction and developed SOP's for all supply chain functions: sourcing, inventory planning, forecasting
• Formed strategic partnerships with external suppliers and distributors to support triple digit growth objectives
• Implemented NetSuite ERP software to optimize inventory management processes and reduce waste and expiration

Director, Inventory & Supply Chain

• Executed inventory planning initiatives to reduce overhead and increase fulfillment for Mobile Accessories
• Partnered with strategic retailer accounts (e.g., Amazon, Wal-Mart) to resolve critical supply and logistics challenges
• Eliminated redundancies and streamlined workflow planning process to increase team productivity by +15%

Manager, Strategic Supply Chain Management

• Led team of 4 to execute global inventory planning and distribution for 2 brands (SkinCeuticals and Dermablend)
• Global S&OP lead responsible for execution and alignment of inventory and forecasting targets across 13 countries
• Drove manufacturing planning initiatives to successfully mitigate scaling issues and support +46% growth globally
• Partnered with manufacturing on production insourcing project aimed to reduce total production costs -15% by 2022
• Designed target inventory calculator in Excel that improved inventory overhead carry by -12%

Senior Manager, Global Brand Supply Chain

• Led 6 merchandising category directors through quarterly lifecycle planning process with SVP of Merchandising
• Made discontinuation recommendations to Category Management to maximize catalogue sales productivity; 70% of recommendations accepted including removal of slow-moving product category resulting in +15% inventory turnover
• Conducted cost-benefit analysis for 5 methods of obsolete inventory disposal to optimize margin recovery

Senior Analyst

• Lowered forecasting error and bias percentages by 8% across 5 product categories - 9,000+ SKUs
• Created team dashboard in Excel to identify key service and inventory issues; improved forecasting accuracy +5%

Analyst, Forecast Operations

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