NORA SCHAMEL
13152 Elizabeth Street
Thornton, CO 80241
720-239-3964

http://www.linkedin.com/in/nschamel

SUPPLY CHAIN PROFESSIONAL

Retail and Wholesale Industry executive with over 12 years experience measuring
global supply chain processes with focus on identifying and controlling critical
cost elements. Adept at communicating goals, interplay of ideas and concepts
through the Value-Chain. Courageously tackles business challenges and
consistently attains results regardless of task level or complexity.

NOTEABLE HIGHLIGHTS

 *  Developed account compliance team at Crocs, Inc. reducing open chargeback
liability from $4.0mm to $1.5mm by the end of 2008.

 *  Reduced account deduction exposure by putting in place vendor agreements
stating chargeback exemptions. Estimated cost savings of this effort totaling
$800,000.

 *  Lead project team implementing new compliance system at the Sports
Authority, Inc. recovering costs related to the following vendor errors:
 o Missing or inaccurate EDI transmissions - $1.2mm
 o Inaccurate ticketing - $250,000
 o Late / Early shipments - $2.1mm

 *  Initiated inventory planning best practices, system installation and user
training at Gart Sports reducing overall inventory ownership by 27%.

 *  Directed all aspects of business planning, sales forecasting, and inventory
goals for NIKE, Inc. factory store division realizing a gain in annual sales from
$285mm to $325mm.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CROCS, INC. 2007 - 2009
$800 Million International Footwear Manufacturer

Director of Sales Operations  *  Key Accounts

 *  Work directly with customers as well as manage Key Account Representatives
to align strategic improvements with internal departments such as planning,
sales, marketing, finance and manufacturing to provide critical pre and post
sales support for key accounts representing 40% of wholesale revenue.

 *  Develop appropriate performance metrics and reports on all aspects of global
distribution including: sales pipeline, individual performance, sales
compensation, account level sales and performance against budget.

 *  Manage all contracts for the sales team, being familiar with the language to
help Account Managers with ammunition for negotiations and tracking when they are
coming due for renewal. Improved overall account net margins 8% in 2008 by
instituting defective allowance and payment term standards.

Director of Account Services

 *  Managing, measuring and monitoring compliance and quality assurance for
Crocs, Inc. supply chain operations for $320mm domestic wholesale business. 

 *  Implemented focus and scope on performing root cause analysis, developing
best practices and implementing process improvements to drive productivity and
achieve operational and service excellence. Reduced chargeback exposure by $2.5mm
instituting waivers and developing international routing database.

 *  Develop and maintain top 20 Account Compliance Scorecard tool and leads
periodic audits of supply chain performance using the tool as indexed to the
relative risk of the account relationship.

SPORTS AUTHORITY, INC. 1999  *  2007
$2.5 Billion full-line Sporting Goods Retailer operating approximately 402
stores in 45 states.

Group Manager, Vendor Relations Division

 *  Lead roles in Supply Chain projects which increased overall vendor order
fill rate percentages 6% over one year.

 *  Evaluated a strategy to measure advance ship notice transmissions resulting
in reduced distribution center cost per unit.

Director, Price Management Division

 *  Promoted to executive-level supervisory position of newly merged $2 billion
Sporting Goods Retailer. 

 *  Project team lead for the implementation of a new Point of Sale management
system which reduced pricing errors and exposure to Consumer Protection audits.

Data Integrity Manager

 *  Redesigned core processes, streamlined operations and developed strategic
relationships with Merchant, Distribution Center, Information Services and Store
operation divisions.

 *  Implemented EDI order processing reducing order entry costs by 20% and
improving turnaround to vendor partners facilitating at-once product delivery to
stores.

JDA/Arthur System Administrator

 *  Managed two inventory planning system upgrades to support acquisition of
Oshman  's Sporting Goods and merger with The Sports Authority which resulted in
a more dynamic planning environment to accommodate store level and multi-chain
planning capability.

JDA SOFTWARE, INC. 1998 - 1999
Global leader in delivering integrated software and professional services for
the retail demand chain. 

Functional Applications Consultant

 *  Responsible for supporting the successful implementation of the JDA
Portfolio of strategic merchandise management products, focusing on Arthur
Planning and Arthur Planning with RAPID.

 *  Deployment of applications within the JDA Implementation Methodology and
manage client Health Checks and maintenance projects with minimal supervision.

NIKE, INC. 1996  *  1998
$10 billion Global Sporting Goods manufacturer/supplier.

Retail Divisional Planner

 *  Lead Factory division buying and demand forecasting teams in strategic
business and inventory planning, style productivity, and supply chain planning.

 *  Directed all aspects of business planning, sales forecasting, and inventory
goals for factory stores, which realized a gain in annual revenue from $285
million to $325 million.

EDUCATION

CSCA205 Certification  *  APICS Northern Colorado Transformance Advisors (June
2009, in progress)

Bachelor of Arts, Management and Marketing (1991) University of Oregon  * 
Eugene, OR

JDA Consultant Certification Courses  *  Arthur Inventory Planning, Allocation
(1998)  *  Lisle, IL

TECHNOLOGY

Software Proficiency: MS Office, JDA MMS, Planning & Allocation, Retail Ideas,
Outlook, JDE E1 ERP, WebEx

Operating Systems: Windows NT/2000, XP, AS400

References Available Upon Request