PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Atlantic-inc., based in Los Angeles, CA: July 2007   “ Present
National Account Manager Wal-Mart & Sam  's Club
 ‚  Responsible for US and International business for Wal-Mart and Sam  's
Club.
 ‚  Direct report to CEO and Owner of Atlantic-inc and serve to counsel him on
every single decision related to Wal-Mart and Sam  's business.
 ‚  Solid growth achieved in US and Canada. Brand new business developed in
Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Wal-Mart.com, and Sams.com. 
 ‚  Responsible for all aspects of line reviews from initial planning to final
modular execution.
 ‚  Frequent travel to international countries to conduct line reviews. 
 ‚  Gained cross-functional alignment to grow profits.
 ‚     Owns    all aspects of the day to day business including account call,
and all sales revenue goals, WM forecast, WM inventory sales/ratio management,
promotional planning, and any other function associated with management of daily
business.
 ‚  Responsible for business development planning and sell-in from both internal
and external levels. Monitor business results versus plan and adapt/adjust
accordingly.
 ‚  Successful in bringing prospective and a voice to the internal Atlantic-Inc
team and WM team specific needs (brands/packaging/price points) on an ongoing
basis and more specifically during the annual planning process.
 ‚  Manage all KPI  's including, instock, fill-rate, MABD, forecast accuracy,
and lead-time accuracy.
 ‚  Responsible for managing Atlantic team in Shenzhen, China and ensuring the
entire Direct Import process is done with accuracy, specifically all quote
sheets, templates, po maintenance, etc.
 ‚  Work with product development team to validate pricing, packaging,
merchandising and package design.
 ‚  Maintain coaching responsibility and act as mentor to all members of the
Atlantic team. Integrate team functional experts into the business planning
process. Train personnel on presentation skills, technical/functional
proficiency, analytical problem solving, and managing and measuring business
results.

Philips: January 2006   “ July 2007
Supply Chain Manager
 ‚  Managed supply chain team tasked with improving supply chain efficiencies
within PACP for Wal-Mart.
 ‚  Manage all KPI  's including Fill-Rate, MABD Compliance, instock, forecast
accuracy, lead-time accuracy. 
 ‚  Improved MABD compliance from 63% to above 95%.
 ‚  Established structure for reporting to measure performance against customer
goals.
 ‚  Responsible for sales forecast and Wal-Mart forecast.
 ‚  Improved internal forecast accuracy from 90% to 96% consistently.
 ‚  Established    Store Within a Store    weekly meetings with sales and
operations teams in home office and local office to determine issues that needed
quick response, root cause analysis, and resolution.
 ‚  Weekly interface with PACP Director of Warehouse Operations/Transportation,
Demand Planners, Customer Service Mgrs, to ensure that we consistently met
Wal-Mart expectations.
 ‚  Established and led quarterly forecast and flow of goods review for items
with Sales and Operations team. 
 ‚  Event planning with sales team and product management team which included
product changes, price changes, promotions, store count changes, and
competition.
 ‚  Established procedures and taught root cause analysis   “ store
instock/overstock, under-forecasted and over-forecasted items.
 ‚  Changed order review days according to demand to end over-time and
inconsistent work schedules for warehouse operations.
 ‚  Considered a valuable resource for Warehouse Operations/Transportation
Director on internal processes which ultimately impact Wal-Mart.
 ‚  Have consulted other Philips Divisions in Canada, Mexico, and China on
supply chain fundamentals and keys to success with Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc: Bentonville, AR: March 1994   “ January 2006
Divisional Replenishment Manager   “ Jewelry (April 2005 - January 2006)
Divisional Replenishment Manager   “ Toys (2003-2005)
Divisional Replenishment Manager   “ Sporting Goods (1999-2003)
 ‚  Managing team of eight replenishment managers and analysts in execution of
instock and inventory management from inception to exit strategy. Currently the
scope of my team is responsible for maintaining instock levels on $1 billion in
merchandise at store and distribution center levels. 
 ‚  Developed process flow documentation and strategy outline for business
process changes to allow deeper analysis of store-level instock opportunities.
 ‚  Implemented multi-tier replenishment systems to support increased
store-level forecast replenishment.
 ‚  Currently posting instock improvements of 1% and reduction of 19 days of on
hand inventory. 
 ‚  Skilled in developing scenario plans to ensure highest levels of instock
position and appropriate levels of inventory for key holidays and seasonal
events.
 ‚  Ability to translate trends into actions that benefits the department  's
sales.
 ‚  Work with Buyers to develop    best practice    procedures to proactively
communicate/execute events impacting supply chain procedures.
 ‚  Successfully managed numerous remix conversions in highly seasonal, highly
visible departments. (Sporting Goods / Toys).
 ‚  Challenge suppliers on continued improvement of efficiencies, procedures,
and infrastructure to continue to support Wal-Mart growth, demand, and measurable
benchmarks.
 ‚  Core competency in CPFR, Inforem, DPF, Profiles, Forecasting, Host, and
Retail-Link.

Replenishment Manager   “ Team Leader (1997   “ 1999)
 ‚  Responsible for store and warehouse replenishment of automotive categories.
 ‚  Responsible for setting and developing strategies for seasonal peak builds.
 ‚  Brought to this position to develop and improve import replenishment channel
for import automotive items, improve buyer relationships, improve instock and
inventory levels.

Replenishment Manager (1995   “ 1997)
 ‚  Replenishment of all import toys.
 ‚  Developed, maintained, and improved communication with buyers, suppliers,
and upper management.
 ‚  Organized numerous forecast meetings with supplier and held numerous
supplier training summit.

Warehouse Solution Coordinator (1994   “ 1995)
 ‚  Worked with merchandising and replenishment to resolve supplier mis-ships. 
 ‚  Conducted meetings with suppliers to review all mis-shipments and provide
direction on how to reduce shipping errors.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS & EDUCATION 

Walton Institute 
MBM
Leadfirst & Leadfirst 2 
Excel, Word, Power Point 
Dale Carnegie
Powerful Listening
How to Make Presentations
Behavioral Interviewing
Communication Skills for Women
Leadership Foundation
Writing Advantage and Business Writing
Performance Management
Managing Diversity