Kevin Nguyen

Oversee inventory planning team that manages over $350M annually; including fast moving and fashion oriented products such as iPod cases, iPod hardware, and home networking equipment. Supervise the planning team on inventory purchases based on weeks of supply and vendor lead-time to hit inventory budget, 100% fill-rate, sales demand, and no excess. Work on cross functional teams such as finance and purchasing on monthly and weekly financial outlook of ship plans and revenue plans. Facilitate inventory management through close working relationships with demand planning manager on weekly and monthly sales forecasts. Work with product management team on optimal inventory levels, product sales forecast, product transitions/launches, and establish avenue for sale of excess inventory to maximize profit and limit inventory exposure. Completed annual and mid-year performance reviews for supply planning team; actively coached and developed team to meet rigors of and excel at dynamic and challenging work environment.

Oversaw inventory planning team of 5 persons responsible for over 4000 parts of finished good product from domestic and import suppliers. Supervised the planning team on inventory purchases based on weeks of supply and vendor lead-time to hit inventory budget, 100% fill-rate, sales demand, and mitigate possibility of excess inventory. Worked with Demand Planning Manager on company sales forecast to facilitate inventory management. Collaborated with IT on managing all aspects of Oracle MRP.

Managed a demand planning team of 6 responsible for forecasting at the customer part level. Responsible for the forecast of the company at the aggregate level. Made certain the company is attained forecast variance goals at customer and product level through proactive management of product transitions and identifying emerging product demand trends at the customer level. Met with sales directors monthly to achieve consensus on monthly and quarterly forecasts. Worked with supply planning team to establish 100% fill-rate and meet customer product launch dates. Managed and developed 6-month gross invoice margin forecast for VP of Finance to measure and track profitability at customer and part level. Worked on short term cross functional teams to handle high risk/priority projects such as product recall, iPod launches, and customer change orders.

Took lead for forecasting for the company's biggest accounts including Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and Staples. Collaborated with sales teams to hit forecast variance goals based on customers sell-thru, customers weeks on hand, and trends/seasonality.