Brian Eilander: Senior Retial Inventory Management Analyst in Los Angeles, CA

• 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.

• 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.