Farhaj K.

-Work collaboratively with Finance & Supply Chain Leadership Team in building AOP, managing $35mm Supply Chain Budget. This includes customer fines, supply chain losses, operational & commercial, logistics, warehouse and transportation -Established reporting capabilities to manage and measure Supply Chain Business Performance, monitor key metrics, service, supply chain losses and working capital -Enforce strategic goals, standards and discipline. Lead daily, weekly, monthly routine and rituals with business teams to drive focus and results. Improved service from 96.1% to 97.2% YTD & 98.1% APR MTD -Develop critical relationships with Supply Chain stakeholders, Directors and VP’s in driving business results -Streamline workflow, reporting and system capabilities, create environment of shared best practice, provide expert advice and coaching to direct reports -Driving culture of continues improvement, promote effective & efficient work ethics -Review and update Policy Framework, harmonize Supply Chain policies as required

- Established and set inventory, service, innovation and event parameter goals and expectations - Developed team objectives, key metrics to ensure successful execution against KPI’s - Improved data alignment, ensure systems are aligned for order generation and forecast accuracy - Led the 30/60/90 day collaborative meetings – Key topics of discussion: Service, In-stocks, Non-Compliance, Freshness, On-Time delivery - Gained insight into promotional process, events, firsthand knowledge of changes to anticipate need - Interacted with Senior Management on initiatives aimed to optimize seamless product flow - Developed strong analytical and presentation skills as a key member of the group responsible to assemble and present weekly/monthly business & volume results to management team

-Provided detailed analysis and statistical models on store in-stock levels and proactively managed high/low inventory and out-of-stock items -Identified challenges and made tactical recommendations to support key stakeholders, this resulted in faster processing of script orders, PBI’s, better internal/external communication and quicker turnaround -Worked closely with customer replenishment team in developing team objectives, key metrics to ensure successful execution against KPI’s -Collaborated with Wal-Mart and LCL in developing robust processes in managing inventory levels -Maintained all customer required reports on a daily/weekly/monthly basis: Daily In-Stocks, Event Tracker, Inventory Tracker, Vendor Scorecard, Forecast/Seasonal Reviews -Worked closely with Customer Replenishment Managers to provide strategic insight related to inventory, promotional events, deep dive inventory analysis, case fill rate and monitored order patterns -Ensured customer had the right stock, in the right place, at the right time -Developed strong analytical and presentation skills as a key member of the group responsible to assemble and present weekly/monthly business & volume results to management team

-Complete understanding and ownership of total order cycle; managing customer orders from order development, pricing, on-time delivery, invoice accuracy, product delivered as ordered -Proactively advised customer of short shipments and solutions to fill back-orders -Utilized analytical skills, independent problem solving techniques to resolve daily challenges -Continually looked to reduce A/R balance by streamlining and improving processes -Provided leadership as required on logistics initiatives in conjunction with Supply Chain Manager -Developed and provided reports to support action plan associated with late loads and carrier claims -Effectively communicated with Buyers, Sales Team, Demand Planners, Productions Planners