Jason Svaldi: Demand Planning Manager in Monona, WI

• Manage team of Demand Planner/ buyers to predict demand and work with over seas vendors to supply finished goods • Drive growth through vendor collaboration to increase vendor capacities • Refine the monthly forecasting/ supply process to grow new planners skills • Work cross-functionally with Sales, New Product Development, Finance and Marketing

• Manage team of buyers to keep high in stock levels while operating within inventory budgets • Present monthly at company S&OP meetings on KPI's for supply, warehousing, and key vendor topics • Work with IT team to implement Supersession and Chinese New Year supply planning functionality to SAP Software • Implement a SAP min/max replenishment for hard to forecast items • Work with Asian vendors to launch new products on time • Manage effective inventory flow through constraints in factory capacity • Work cross-functionally with Sales, Demand Planning, Logistics and Warehouse Operations

• Sales forecasting and inventory planning for company's top categories with sales over $130 Million annually • Architected and created Open to Buy reporting that allowed quick and actionable analysis of company inventory at key category level • Collaborated with the Business Team to implement an assortment planning tool to compile styles, plan sales to financial budgets, and provide production projections to vendors