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Maple Leaf Foods IncSenior Demand Planner
Dec. 2019Mississauga, Ontario, Canada• Responsible for creating and maintaining the 18-month rolling sales forecast in SAP: IBP, while working very closely with sales, deployment and supply planning to ensure product arrives at the right time, in the right place - achieving 99.5% Fill Rates. • Lead weekly consensus meetings with sales to pull-in customer sales direction to develop future forecasts. • Key participant in development of Power BI analysis tools, and systems to drive continuous improvement. • SAP: IBP Super User, responsible for maintaining master data for all new and active product listings. • Accountable for monitoring KPIs including forecast accuracy, achieved over 65% forecast accuracy for the past six periods. Performing at a level that is higher than best class in the industry, 55% is industry best class. • Inclusively responsible for managing the forecast and fulfillment of all MLF categories sold to Costco and Walmart customers. Experience with creating reports and extracting data within Walmart Retail Link and Costco CRX Platform.
StrykerDemand Planner
Mar. 2019 - Dec. 2019• Develop and consolidate market analysis and historical sales trends to create item/weekly/location level forecasting. • Manage & Lead monthly consensus meetings with Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain & Finance and Global IBP Team leads and plant managers to pull-in customer sales direction to develop future forecasts. • Key participant in cross-functional development of forecast improvement processes, tools, and systems to drive continuous improvement. Improved forecast accuracy error and bias metrics by 10% over prior year. • Provide leadership & accountability of key inputs and assumptions of key stakeholders in forecasting (Marketing/Sales/SC). • Optimize Safety Stock and ABC Classification of Inventory to minimize stock-out – improved Fill Rates by 2%.
StrykerBuyer
Dec. 2016 - May. 2019Hamilton, ON• Manages the daily procurement process and analyses sales data using reporting tools to assess inventory turns and allocation to ensure critical deadlines are met for our customers and budget targets are met. • Coordinate and meet with the Distribution group to prioritize inbound stock receiving to prevent stock outs. Saved over $40,000 through communication with the Vendor on any delinquent purchase orders to enhance shipping strategies. • Updates and monitors daily business intelligence tools, such as Microsoft Power BI, to review fill rates to improve customer service levels. Communicates effectively and offers solutions for senior management and business partners to solve for supply chain challenges and new procurement contracts. • Develops and maintains partnerships with key suppliers, combines with tracking metrics to measure vendor performance, and daily throughput successes. • Lead of projects and initiatives that focus on reviewing excess, obsolete and shrink inventory to find process improvements. Removing inefficient process wastes has saved to over $100,000 in excess inventory costs.
StrykerSales Coordinator
May. 2016 - Dec. 2016Hamilton• Responsible for supplying loaner implants and instrumentation for scheduled and emergency Spine, CMF, and Trauma surgeries. Responded to Sales Representatives requests with utmost urgency and attention to detail so patient care was not affected. • Accountable for the coordination of loaner inventory and instrumentation in the field through product lifecycle follow-ups with Sales Representatives. Analyzed outstanding inventory, reducing inventory holding costs by 92%. • Placed purchase requisitions for new instrumentation and implants for hospital consignment. Worked alongside product managers to determine sufficient inventory levels to avoid excess and obsolete, which lead to cost increases. • Coordinated and made suggestions of product assortments to be displayed and promoted at medical event tradeshows. Logistically managed the delivery of product to events.
Sleep Country CanadaMerchandising Assistant
Feb. 2016 - Apr. 2016Toronto, Canada Area• Managed vendor/supplier relationships. Responsible for keeping vendors apprised of store openings and ensured that product information is up-to-date and extremely accurate. • Planned and executed in-store events, evaluated proposals from vendors, maintained all bidding records, ran sales bid analysis and communicated selections of sales/events to purchasing and sales. Created sales matrices, price tags, and maintained vendor specification sheets with an extremely high level of accuracy. • Performed administrative duties such as appointments and meeting room booking, proof reading and coordinating labeling of new product introductions, and other reporting (ie/ merchandising numbers, trend reports, analytics of previous sales data) .
Fairmont Chateau Lake LouiseIn Room Dining Supervisor
May. 2015 - Sep. 2015Lake Louise, Alberta• Created daily reports to compile daily amenity deliveries, prepared worksheets calculating billing and balancing work for the shift, and answered emails and responded to guest inquires in a courteous and timely manner with a high attention to detail • When acting as on-duty Supervisor, strategically assigned staff based on their skill sets to achieve the highest amount of efficiency during operations; resulting in double the amount of required prep work for the next shift without overtime
Speakers' SpotlightLogistics Coordinator
Apr. 2012 - Apr. 2015Toronto, ON• Developed and maintained professional relationships with high profile clients, event committees, not-for-profit organizations, colleges and corporations by conducting a thorough needs assessments focusing on a variety of factors (i.e. budget, event theme, etc.); resulted in a 20% increase in client retention and 10% increase in profits in fiscal year 2014. • Installed longer lead times when writing and executing client contracts by analyzing the process against the associated costs at each phase; increased efficiency and reduced costs by 16% in 2014 due to the prevention of expedited services and deliveries closer to speaking engagements. • Coordinated complex local and international air travel, ground transportation and accommodations, including cost referencing to ensure client expenses adhered to budget at all times; on-track against budget 99.5%. • Mentored new to company coordinators by providing on-the-job support pertaining to internal processes, and proactively made suggestions to increase efficiency; led to an increase in employee engagement by 11%.
Leon's FurnitureLead Merchandiser
Dec. 2007 - Jan. 2009Newmarket, ON• Planned and organized company sales promotions and advertising campaigns • Serviced store furniture with regards to maintenance, executing store layout changes and maintaining appropriate merchandising standards • Collected data on inventory and projected future sales to better service staff and route delivery schedules
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