Safeway Inc Work Values

Daily Duties at Safeway Inc:

• Improved execution of promotion at stores and reduced out of stock while increasing sell thru. • Developed joint Supply Chain action plans and continuously measured KPI’s for improvement. • Responsible for process development, standardization and continuous improvement in areas like Supply Chain Optimization, Rapid Replenishment, and Vendor Management & Operations Planning. • Developed and presented the business unit's quarterly and annual status/progress updates to divisional and corporate management. • Managed and reduced Aged Inventory, and dump loss of code-dated items with Procurement. • Developed both strategic and tactical solutions for Safeway's Supply Chain. • Work collaboratively with suppliers in defining product movement solutions, Scorecard, Next Generation Vendor Inventory Management project management. • Able to identify problem and gather resources from cross-functional teams to reach desired goal and root cause analysis. Forecasting • Responsible for processes that translated raw sales data into meaningful demand forecast for use in promotion planning, production planning and inventory planning. • Provided guidance in Forecast/Demand planning with procurement and corporate plants, category and vendors to improve Service levels, increase turns, and reduce OOS and aged inventory. • Implemented strategies for supply chain teams to improve the level of forecast accuracy. Analysis • Forecast Analysis - Compared actual sales to forecasts and develop models to predict forecasts for upcoming months based on past sales data and projections from marketing. • Trend Analysis - Evaluated the sales trend by analyzing the deviation between actual sales and forecast and adjust forecasts accordingly. • Process Flow Analysis- analyzed the flow of material and information in various processes to eliminate bottlenecks and make them seamless for retail. Project Management • Created innovative pallet programs with single & multi-vendor to increase efficiency and reduce cost and improve execution at store level. • Executed vendor managed inventory program using Electronic Data Interchange formats and statistical methodologies to forecast and maintain correct inventory. • Developed and managed exit strategy for discontinued items, code date items and communicated changes in inventory levels and their impact on shipments to the Operations and Category team. • Executed Live Event Management to support stores daily during the promotion and increase in-stock conditions • Assisted vendors to implement Rapid Replenishment program with our warehouses, working with cross-functional teams to ensure to meet requirements and put process in place to make it seamless for the warehouse and retail. Created and followed up on time lines to move along the project. Training • Karass Negotiation training. • Advanced Excel and QMF knowledge. • Communication Styles and Franklin Time management workshop. • Presentation Training.

What they like about Safeway Inc:

Working in an organization that is technologically advanced, creative, and innovative is critical in your assessment of hiring companies. Less important to you are stability of the organization, the length of time an organization has been in business, and the business' plans for the future. You prefer a fast-moving company that will take risks to achieve its goals and objectives. The length of time the company has been in business is irrelevant. Maintaining status quo is unnecessary. You thrive on change, uncertainty and the upside of potential business risks, especially those associated with innovation. Stability for the long haul is not nearly as important as is working in an atmosphere that is charged with a sense of urgency and constant change.

Tags

Supplychain, procurement, purchasing, marketing, operations, data analysis, demand forecasting, vendor management, karass Negotiation

Skills

Project Management, Financial data analysis, MS Office Profficient, Coordination and Organization, Public speaking presentation, Demand Planning, Drive for result

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