Hank Albers

• Spearhead the stock allocation, purchasing, and inventory management for VW / Audi / Bentley/ Lamborghini in 10+ locations across the USA. • Document and enter Aces and Pies data, purchasing activities, inventory reports, contracts, supplier information, etc. • Formulate and launch marketing and promotional product branding initiatives by developing campaigns, • Promotional materials, market intelligence information, and databases for market trends and costs. • Communicate with stakeholders, vendors, and merchants removing roadblocks and maintaining/prioritizing product backlog. • Liaise with global Tier 2 & Tier 3 manufacturers to produce new key items to meet customers and market demands. • Pioneer establishing pricing parameters that generate sufficient gross profit while maintaining customer loyalty. • Oversee purchase orders, negotiating strategic deals with suppliers optimizing pricing, terms, and partnerships. • In charge of evaluating PLC reports with management and determining stocking statuses. • Connect with customers daily to understand needs, provide assistance, and collect feedback to optimize operations. • Foster professional relationships with key customers, thought leaders, and industry influencers to stay abreast of emerging market trends and applications. • Conceptualize and negotiate pricing terms, legal terms and conditions, quality, and supply chain requirements to secure optimal pricing and keep costs low.

• Orchestrated global sourcing, setting pricing targets, sourcing at or below targets, closing deals, and completing negotiations. • Strategized dealership parts and service pricing plans, significantly increasing revenue. • Established individual parts inventory levels to balance stock for maximum inventory turns. • Stayed abreast of part sales federal, state, and local regulations to maintain compliance. • Engineered and allocated annual operating budgets for numerous departments. • Reduced process lags, managing daily parts operations such as fulfilling service requests, generating orders, tracking inventory, and maintaining profit margins. • Responsible for maintaining inventory accuracy by counting stock-on-hand and reconciling discrepancies. • Streamlined daily automotive parts activities to improve sales and inventory management. • Measured profitability of each product line and maintained current and accurate sales forecasts to establish business goals. • Recognized and maintained top five national dealership customer service satisfaction standards. • Collaborated cross – functionally to source suppliers and monitor suppliers considered as a financially viable risk to • sustain the longevity of production.