Finance Functional Manager Resume Salem, MA - Hire IT People

Summary

Consistant performance of in-store merchandising service activities such as plan-o-gram maintenance, seasonal resets, overhead organization, display/POP maintenance, and special projects designed to enhance the customer experience. Execute merchandising strategies and ensure product is displayed correctly to drive sales and maximize inventory turns. Working in teams under supervision of Merchandising Supervisor, and often provide service to multiple departments within the stores. Built and have maintained strong relationships with store personnel and provide customer service to both internal and external customers.

Serviced four Stores within the Northern Boston Area. Reading, Salem, Saugus, and Chelsea
Maintaining product sets in accordance with Merchandising direction and continued compliance with the set Plan-o-Gram
Straighten, clean, and merchandise product to Plan-o-Gram, and ensure merchandise is presented in a visually appealing manner
Build displays and maintain display material
Replace damaged or missing price labels
Execute special projects requested by vendor and approved by senior management, and describe features and benefits of products to store associates.

Summary

Progressive experience in services supply chain, supplier account management, and inventory management. In-depth expertise in implementing global initiatives involving onshore, offshore, and supplier relationships. Proven ability to drive cost reduction opportunities and process improvements. Skilled with SAP, Excel, and Word.

Professional Experience

Confidential, Orlando, FL /Roseville, CA /Palo Alto, CA 1981 - Dec 2009
Americas (US, Canada, Latin America) Commodity Manager(2004 - Dec 2009)
Responsible for 20+ vendor relationships, representing $10+ million, in the power supply parts business. Used SAP to check balances, orders, demand, returns and other key data. Worked closely with HP purchasing as well as supplier and engineering teams.

Attained and maintained a 99% on-time delivery rating.
Moderated the relationship between offshore operations and vendor senior management to ensure proper service delivery, resulting in improved customer satisfaction.
Planned and executed cost reductions of 10% quarter over quarter, for 2 years consecutively.
Reduced vendor turn-around time from order creation to product receipt by 25% through detailed data analysis.
Worked with planning organization to develop timely/accurate forecasts, so vendors met customer demands.
Supervised design of systemic pricing model allowing for flexibility and accurate/timely price changes.

Worldwide Tactical Buyer(1999 - 2004)

Initiated relationships with various vendors to determine capability to support new product introduction, defective repairs and new buy material. Commodities responsible for procuring included, Memory, Tape Drives, Hard Drives, and lower level components.

Created, monitored and closed purchase orders with both internal and external parties improving total customer experience by ensuring no backlog existed and that customer contractual obligation was met.
Facilitated closure of quality related issues, for both product and corrugation, allowing for the creation of corrective actions being implemented by the impacted supplier.

Finance Functional Manager(1990 - 1999)
Managed the reconciliation of Account Payables and Account Receivables, as well as General Ledger balancing.

Coordinated pricing for external entities by applying existing technologies, applicable policies and procedures.
Reconciled monthly spare parts sales and the applicable cost of said sales to allow for balance sheet reporting.
Directed resource managers on month end expense reporting reviews.
Developed and managed on-line accounts payable system allowing automated processing.

Material Handler (1981 - 1990)

Processed and shipped orders received for spare parts worldwide, ensuring order accuracy and order fulfillment.
Managed target stocking levels by reviewing production line requirements and product failure rate.

Education

Concentration in Material and Purchasing Management
Currently joined APICS in order to receive Certification within Supply Chain Management
Received consultation from Lee Hecht Harrison concerning Career Research and am attending weekly
Networking sessions which are held on-site

Awards

Recipient of HP's "WOW" award in recognition of teamwork and customer service, 2001
Recipient of numerous HP Recognition awards, 2006 - 2009
Purchasing Buyer, Planner, Scheduler, Inventory Planner, Merchandising, Commodities Manager, Expeditor, Warehousing, Account Manager, Distribution

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