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Senior Retial Inventory Management Analyst

Logistics, Shipping & Operations

A highly-motivated senior demand planning analyst with 7+ years experience in supply chain, allocation, and demand planning.  Strengths include solid analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.  Also the ability to learn and apply new systems and procedures quickly.  Works well independently, and as part of a team, in a fast-paced deadline driven environment.


•	Review daily inventory levels for customer to assure inventory levels are maintained and generating purchase orders to achieve planning/sales goals.
•	Effectively work with cross-functional teams to develop timelines for product releases and orders to ensure optimal business operation.
•	Evaluate and take ownership of buyer score card reviewing current buying trends, turn, and other business aspects.
•	Review and communicate demand forecast builds to operations department based on sales forecasts, promotions, and account resets.
•	Prepare, monitor, and maintain monthly open-to-buy (OTB) budget, sales forecasts, and demand plans.
•	Positively communicate with senior management, staff and other studio partners regarding supply chain initiatives and conditions.
•	Prepare ad-hoc reporting for executive team evaluating business trends, shipments, and returns.

Senior Demand Planning Analyst (Wal-Mart), 2010-2014
•	Tracked, analyzed, and maintained forecasting models weekly based on title demand, promotions, and business trends ensuring optimum inventory levels and forecast accuracy.
•	Prepared, monitored, and maintained monthly open-to-buy (OTB) budget, sales forecasts, and demand plans.
•	Prepared ad hoc reporting for executive team to evaluate business trends, shipments, and returns.
•	Effectively worked with cross-functional teams to develop timelines for product releases, orders, and building of product ensuring optimal business operation.
•	Communicated with other studio partners and category management on supply chain initiatives and monthly planning increasing productivity and efficiencies.
•	Participate in planning sessions with management, sales planning, and raw materials to develop corrugate configurations for all new release and promotional activity leading to accurate placement. 
•	Partnered with IT and management in testing upgrades for JDA forecasting system prior to being implemented to ensure accuracy.
•	Trained new-hire analysts in JDA forecasting system ensuring understanding of forecasting models.
•	Validated data integrity and stay informed of department data resources decreasing errors.
•	Selected for job transfer to Universal Studio Home Entertainment (USHE) as part of the Paramount Home Media distribution agreement with USHE. 

Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) Analyst (Best Buy), 2008-2010                                                                                       
•	Generated replenishment orders and operational aspects of assigned account in replenishment system.
•	Developed, monitored, and revised replenishment plans by item and store for new releases and catalog product ensuring inventory level goals were achieved.
•	Improved operational efficiencies by managing returns and monitoring KPI’s for Best Buy.
•	Analyzed vendor inventory reports and sales to maintain required supply, in-stocks, and turn as related to Best Buy.
•	Prepare, monitor, and maintain monthly open-to-buy (OTB) budget and sales forecasts for Best Buy.

Senior Demand Planning Analyst

•	Assessed loan attributes and documentation resulting in accurate and quality loans.
•	Reviewed and analyzed documents to ascertain loan viability, identifying risk, and potential fraud.
•	Analyzed debt ratio, loan-to-value ratios, credit score, property valuation, and other loan factors.
•	Streamlined and implemented new loan underwriting procedures increasing productivity and reducing loan portfolio losses.
•	Effectively communicated with brokers, title companies, escrow companies, and attorneys decreasing loan turn times.
•	Maintained a professional, ethical, and courteous relationship with both external and internal customers.

GE Money-WMC Mortgage

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