Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Supply Chain Executive with 30+ years of extensive experience in Retail & Manufacturing Supply Chain Management, Procurement & Strategic Sourcing, Logistics, and E-Commerce. Demonstrated leadership and high performance in: - Supply Chain systems and business process integration and optimization - Business process and legacy systems re-engineering - Leading a high-performance, customer focused organization - Effective inventory productivity management - Large-scale system implementations - Enabling CPFR-type environment to drive supply chain strategies in support of financial and operational objectives - Retail store and DC operations Specialties: - Strategic, operational, and tactical solution architecting of supply chain systems and processes - Supply Chain/Inventory Management systems & related business processes - Advanced Planning systems such as JDA. - Technically adept in SAS, SQL
Responsible for the design, development, and delivery of Supply Chain strategies that enable the achievement of sales and profitable growth targets. Work with a team of dedicated associates across Demand, Replenishment, and Sales & Operations Planning to ensure flow of goods in support of our Retail and Merchandising plans balancing service, cost, inventory targets, and safety objectives.
Business owner of supply chain systems support, managing a large and diverse group of associates. Own the support, maintenance, enhancements and training of Inventory Management systems including Replenishment, Allocation and Order Management as well as Item Hierarchy for the company. Own the On-Line Business Unit relationship between the OBU and Inventory Management.
Business owner of supply chain systems support. Own the support, maintenance, enhancements, training and support of Replenishment, Allocation, Order Management, and Item Hierarchy for the company - both Kmart and Sears systems.
Project manager overseeing the conversion to Kmart systems for the Sears Apparel group. This included retiring the existing Sears apparel application for Allocation and Replenishment (SAMS), coordinating the closing of the Sears Fashion Distribution Centers with the migration of supply chain activities and inventory to the Kmart supply chain network.
Business owner of our DRP application which was used in our Hardlines businesses. Managed dedicated group of support analysts, providing support to the business users as well as working closely with IT on break/fix, enhancements and new opportunities. Participated in and was a member of the future state Supply Chain systems selection team. Provided supply chain expertise, guidance and assistance in selecting future state supply chain systems (Manugistics).
Set the strategic direction of inventory policies in support of the financial sales plan. Created and maintained weekly sales and inventory forecasts at all levels of the supply chain. Set inventory plans in support of our category management goals. Partnered with Vendors and Logistics in improving fill rates and inventory productivity. Implemented the first CPFR (Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment) initiative for the company and achieved significant benefits in DC inventory productivity, DC fill rate, and store-level instock with one of our strategic vendors in 2001 - 2002.