SUMMARY

• Senior Programmer - Business Systems Analyst - Project Manager
• Extensive experience in analytical design and programming in areas of Retail Merchandising, Distribution and Supply Chain Management
• Demonstrated success in leveraging abilities of multiple software packages to achieve business goals
• Proven ability to analyze current systems and procedures and find more efficient means of accomplishing tasks that lead to increased productivity and profitability

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Systems Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Implemented policies and procedures for all promotions of SQL functions and procedures, SSRS reports and HJOne config files using Aldon CMS
• Implemented new security roles for HJOne web pages

Sr Business Systems Programmer Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Automated feeds from PLM system NGC for cost sheet uploads into ACS Bill of Materials and Style Master
• Interfaced entry of finished goods and raw materials invoices into AP package MAS500
• Re-wrote process of splitting PO’s to overseas factories. Resulting in more accurate delivery dates, ship via and Inco terms if PO was split at teh factory level
• Developed process to better define ATS (Available to Sell) info based on logical warehouse and predetermined dates resulting in more accurate selection of inventory, open sales orders and open PO’s

Applications Supervisor

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Team member in implementation of Highjump WMS for use in Go Jane division. Duties included participation in requirements gathering, system design and development of unit testing documentation. Performed detailed testing of bug fixes and customization of business processes delivered by Highjump Software
• Responsible for streamlining of Highjump WMS system process between East coast and West coast Distribution centers for Aeropostale division, resulting in one uniformed solution used in each facility
• Team member in upgrade of Highjump WMS for use in Aeropostale division. Duties included regression unit testing of all system processes and interfaces to MHE Control system (Pyramid), labeling system (Loftware) and sortation system. Created detailed documentation of testing results. Facilitated user acceptance testing
• Responsible for all support and upgrades of Kewill Flagship system used for Go Jane division customer shipments

senior Programmer analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Team member involved in reinstallation of WM package from current version of 99V1 to version 2010 to be used in new 1.8 million square feet facility located in Moreno Valley, CA. Facility will consolidate North American Operations and Distribution from 6 buildings in Ontario, CA. Duties included writing of new interface programs to communicate wif Warehousing Control System from Pyramid, Inc that controls sortation and conveyer systems as well as an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) form Daifuku, Inc. These interfaces were written in RPGLE to pass message formats thru MHE interface of WM package
• Designed and developed solution to store wholesale customer VAS requirements and rules for applying of each customer requirement. dis process eliminated manual tracking of requirements on Excel spreadsheet and greatly reduced customer charge backs. Solution was integrated to existing core functionality of WMI
• Streamlined carton retrieval process from ASRS (Automated Storage Retrieval System) thru WMI Load process. dis allowed Shipping department to retrieve orders in desired sequence to assist in customer packing requirements
• Responsible for all Transportation module (TE) functions of WMI. Which included keeping parcel carrier rates current as well as maintenance/support of parcel carrier UPS and Fedex issues
• Back applied return delivery service of UPS offered in WMI version 2010 to version 2004 that was used in companies Belgium distribution center.

business systems analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for implementing Accounts Payable interface for IP/SAP interface that was written and implemented for companies European retail operations into North American environment. Work included tailoring documentation and procedures to North American business model, testing of current interfaces and rewrite of Standard Operations Procedure manual
• Responsible for analysis and support of custom interfaces written for 3rd party distribution center in Memphis TN. dis included verifying communications to and from DC, reprocessing of failed transmissions. And testing of changes made to accommodate Assorted pre pack processing

senior systems analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed and implemented interface between Island Pacific and Epicor Enterprise Selling module using RPG ILE, CL and DDM. Interface compiles all retail locations, inventory and threshold levels for transmission to central server. dis project resulted in TEMPfewer lost sales and higher customer satisfaction for Teh North Face and Nautica divisions of VF Corporation
• Project Manager for upgrade of Island Pacific Merchandising for Teh North Face division of VF Corp to Ver 3.1. Upgrade lead to annual savings of over 50,000 on labor costs.
• Managed work of 2 outside contractors done for Teh North Face. Work included coding of new custom productivity report. Responsible for keeping contractors on time and under budget. Project resulted in greater visibility for TNF team on salesman productivity
• Designed developed and implemented GL Interface between Island Pacific and SAP utilizing Sales Audit module and Teh EYE Data Warehouse of Island Pacific using RPG ILE, CL and MQ for file transmissions to SAP. Finished Interface saved VF Corp Finance team multiple hours of manual data entry work during month end close.

senior programmer analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed and implemented web based store carton receiving system that halped reduce overall company physical inventory shrink percentage to below 1%
• Implemented Logistics Pro TMS for Vans distribution center in Santa Fe Springs that replaced custom written Oracle based system. Net result halped to drastically improve order fulfillment, reduce chargebacks and increase customer satisfaction
• Involved in implementation of PKMS WMS from Manhattan Associates. Responsibilities included interfacing invoice files to custom EDI outbound files that support 810 and 856 transmissions as well as redesigning all custom VAS and UCC-128 labels using Mark Magic labeling software. Custom interfaces were also developed for electronic transmission of parcel manifest to major carriers UPS and FedEx as well as smaller 3rd party carriers utilized by teh company. Project lead to increased order accuracy and higher fulfillment rates as well as reduced chargebacks
• Developed application to support direct shipment of footwear from overseas factories to 150+ Vans retail stores utilizing Trusted Link EDI and interfacing of multiple software packages Island Pacific and JDE World. Net results of project were teh better utilization of existing distribution facility and savings on temporary DC labor
• Moved all EDI traffic from 3 separate network providers to Inovis Exchange network. Net savings to company ranged from $5,000 - $15,000 per month
• Performed multiple upgrades of Island Pacific and Trusted Link EDI to better utilize new functionality and enhance company investment in software solutions
• Lead Analyst in developing interface between PKMS and Cubiscan product. dis interface automatically uploaded all item dimensions captured by Cubiscan product into downloadable file on AS/400 that were updated into PKMS item master.
• Lead Analyst that developed custom application for Vans Custom Footwear program. dis interface sent all custom shoe orders from vans.com and created UCC-128 numbers that were sent to UPS worldship system in factory in China.
• Interface also was designed to accept these UCC-128 numbers scanned into PKMS custom RF screen that then was cross docked for delivery to customer

programmer analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and coded custom Flash Sales Inquiry for Vans Retail Executive team. dis program allowed management to quickly view store performance giving key figures of comp sales, and sales plan performance immediately following early morning polling of stores
• Designed and coded interface of purchase orders, and distributions by Vans Retail merchandising into JDE World Sales order system utilizing teh EDI interface files of JDE World. dis interface eliminated teh need for manual entry of sales orders into JDE World sales order entry system, increasing order accuracy and reducing in-transit time from Vans DC to retail store location
• Designed and coded automatic receiving of Vans Retail purchase orders in Island Pacific from sales orders allocated in JDE World. dis project resulted in increased receipt accuracy and teh removal of manual time consuming procedures performed by Vans Retail Merchandising staff

Confidential

programmer analyst

Responsibilities:

• Implemented S.D.C.R. POS system in 80+ B.U.M. Equipment stores
• Managed implementation of Retail Interact Merchandising system
• Worked in conjunction wif Retail Interact on Bulk receiving module that halped to streamline receiving of incoming purchase orders
• Designed and developed Flash reporting for upper level management
• Developed Standard Operating Procedures for IT dept regarding Physical Inventories performed in house or by external inventory taking companies
• Automated Polling wif 80+ B.U.M. Equipment stores wif M-Link polling software, CL programming and teh IFS of teh AS/400

programmer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Successfully migrated in house retail merchandise system from a system 36 to AS/400 based Retail Interact Merchandising system
• Implemented Bar Code solution for all retail store inventory, dramatically improving inventory accuracy and physical inventory shrink percentage
• Implemented S.D.C.R. POS system in Rodeo Drive retail store
• Designed and developed Customer reporting system that halped both marketing dept and upper management identify key customer demographics that were used in key mailings for vendor fashion shows held in Rodeo Drive Store
• Developed custom application to track salesperson sales book assignment. dis allowed teh store manager to easily track salesperson activity and track missing sales tickets per book
• Developed custom customer letter mailing tracking system. dis allowed Public Relations dept to track key mailings set to VIP customers

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• iSeries/AS400/IBM me
• RPG RPGLE CL
• Manhattan Associates WMI (PKMS)
• Inovis Trusted Link EDI
• Island Pacific
• Retail Interact
• JDE World
• Aldon
• Turnover
• TL Ashford
• Mark Magic
• Loftware
• DBU
• Aquestview
• Epicor CRS
• Highjump WMS
• Kewill Flagship
• Pyramid WCS
• NGC
• ACS