MargieBarriereResume update 3.29.16
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Margie Barriere has over 20 years of experience in financial analysis, demand planning, data analytics, and business operations for consumer packaged goods and retail companies. She has a proven track record of developing financial reports and forecasts, managing budgets, and analyzing large data sets to provide insights to business leaders. Barriere also excels at building relationships across departments and motivating teams to deliver results.
MargieBarriereResume update 3.29.16
- 1. MARGIE S. BARRIERE San Francisco, CA / Cell: (415) 816-3767 / www.linkedin.com/in/margiebarriere / margiebarriere@gmail.com Entrepreneurial drive in financial report development, planning, budgeting, fiscal and account management. Demonstrated capabilities in capturing, interpreting, harnessing and predicting results from large data files. Excels at data analytics with ability to package findings and results to business leaders. Proven ability in developing and motivating staff to deliver results. Hands- on management approach. Financial Analysis: Profitability, Liquidity, Solvency, Stability Strategic Planning Predictive Forecasting Trend Analysis Data Analytics Demand Planning Supply Chain Management Inventory Control: Material Liability, LIFO, Valuation Customer Interface/Support Account Management PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Del Monte Foods Inc. - Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) One of largest producers, distributors and marketers of branded food for the U.S. retail market, $1.8 billion of annual sales. Manager of Demand Planning Sales Engagement and Reporting 2013 2016 To ensure a better company financial forecast, worked directly with sales and teams throughout the company to understand specific retailers trends, promotions, and consumption results and reported findings to the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Team. Provided Demand Planners with accurate and actionable reporting. Built relationships with key Sales Teams to gain understanding of shipments vs forecasts, effects of changes in promotions, floor sets & distribution. Meet with 10 17 Sales Teams monthly. Gathered key intel to update financial forecast and higher accuracy in company shipment needs by DC Goal: 80% forecast accuracy, came in 83% for FY2015. Communicated pertinent findings to x-functional teams with monthly wrap up. Distributed via email to 5 cross functional teams and Senior Management. Streamlined & spearheaded the development of all new Planning (DP) reporting after rollout of SAP using Business Works (BW), Business Objects (BobJ), SAP Analyzer and direct pulls straight out of SAP/APO. 6 DP reports, 4 Sales Team reports. Provided ongoing support for company board meetings, annual planning and inventory management on forecasts, historical shipments, and comparisons via ad hoc reports and data bases to Senior Management and x-functional teams. Built, managed and oversaw data bases to be used by Demand Planning Department. Managed SAP Business Continuity processes which enabled continued visibility into Pallet/Dru needs and Sales Volume projections that ensured all volume would be captured and communicated to Production Planning and Inventory Control (PPIC), DC Operations & DP. FY16 Holiday build to ship accuracy 85% highest in 5 years Lead the transition to consolidate the DP Sales Engagement Meetings and Customer Finance Sales Calls into 1 meeting to allow Sales Teams more time to sell over 80 days of Sales hours saved annually. Managed small team, 2 employees were successfully promoted from this position.
- 2. Margie Barriere / margiebarriere@gmail.com- Page 2 SimplyShe Lifestyles, INC Pet Specialty SimplyShe is the proven leader in functional, fashionable pet merchandise with over 20 pet brands in the market and multi-channel retail partnerships, both domestic and international. Vice President of Business Analytics and Costing 2007 - 2012 Began as employee #9 and as the company grew was promoted three times from Account Manager, to Director of Production to VP reporting directly to CEO. Facilitated over $50M in global customer retail purchase orders annually. Created all Sales reporting to Senior Management. Managed inventory and Customer buys. Overhauled all aspects for product costing negotiations, goals & targets. Created all customer financial presentations and Sales proposals including shareholders meetings, customer senior management presentation and sales reporting; 20 30 major presentations annually. Provided weekly sales reporting to management and customers on season-to-date performance Sales, Inventory On Hands, End of Season projections/forecasts, Markdown analysis. Developed all customer buys, worked directly with buyers/planners to approve buys and execute merchandise flows. Managed and made recommendations on all company inventory as related to allocation, sales and liquidations, including forecasting of sales and orders by quarter 10+ customer base, $50M annually at retail. Worked directly with sourcing agency and factories to negotiate all FOB costs to ensure the company profitability as well as tracking liability assets. This included 3-5 trips to China annually 10 factories and sourcing agency in China. Developed all factory buys including establishing/negotiating costing and flows into DC, monitor and manage the deposit process. Have strong understanding of packaging, display vehicle cost and execution plus effect to bottom-line. Developed and produced reports weekly to guide companys financial business and design/production decisions Findings included sizing modifications, addition of new brands and changes in current brand strategies, inventory level adjustments. Assisted in reports needed for facilitation in Company Buyout owners sold majority % of company in Sept 2011. Developed job descriptions, recruited, interviewed and trained new staff Managed team of 8 employees. THE SAK Handbags & Accessories The Sak designs and manufactures hand bags, footwear, accessories and wallets. Director of Order Management (OM) 2005 - 2007 Started as Customer Service Manager, then promoted to Director of Order Management and given responsibility of both retail and wholesale orders. Managed DC operations (1 owned & 1third party logistic (3PL)) including transition to new 3PL for 6 months while company recruited for new DC Manager. Facilitated all order management related functions for company wholesale department store and specialty store business, including $50M+ in purchase orders processed at cost. Managed processes of: procurement, order entry, order reconciliation, order tracking & overall account order management for companys 3 brands, factory & customer purchase orders: 7,000+ orders created, closed annually. Headed up Inside Sales Department and Procurement Department included motivation and development of 8 staff, maintained a staff of 6 executives and 2 hourly employees. Created and produced reports for tracking, error alerts, reconciliation and inventory discrepancies reduced errors by 70%, increased department OM capacity by 20%, maintained order fulfillment at 90%. Developed and implemented training to Inside Sales and Procurement Departments on procedures & policies, including building relationships and partnerships with all departments in organization. Managed the Peoplesoft Order Management system (OM), Peoplesoft Customer File, Financial Supply Chain systems. Lead Team Member for change to and roll out of 80% of all warehouse functions to a new 3PL Key member of the Chargeback team to resolve and reverse customer operational chargebacks which were as high as $1M in a fiscal year. Oversaw company $50K annual supply budget including negotiating office equipment leasing. Managed and supervised Semi Annual Warehouse Sale including staffing, advertising, stocking and pricing with annual proceeds of $240K. Recognized by company for outstanding leadership in 2006.
- 3. Margie Barriere / margiebarriere@gmail.com - Page 3 Macys West Retail Department Store Macy's West, a division of Macy's, Inc. (formerly Federated Department Stores), Headquartered in San Francisco, California, employing 46,700 individuals Expense Reimbursement and Travel Manager 2000 - 2005 Began career at Macys as a Sales Person was promoted into the Executive Training Program. Worked as Assistant Buyer, Department Sales Manager, Shortage Control Analyst/Auditor, Merchandise Planner, Merchandise Statistic Analyst, Margin Planning Analyst (GM Planning Dept), MIO Financial/Systems Analyst, Community Relations Manager ending with Expense Reimbursement and Travel Manager. Managed a $12.0 million annual travel budget including development and management, Company Amex Card reconciliation, expensing & payment for Business Travel Account, writing travel policy and communication of policies to entire organization. Rolled out 2 on-line systems to over 3,000 employees. Insured travel expenses were below budget plus within company policy & functioned as liaison between Travel Agency and Macys travelers, over 5 years reduced spend by $10M. Presented to Senior Management annual cost saving proposals for use in fiscal planning. Rolled-out Companywide on-line travel booking tool, allowed for 24/7 booking, eliminated need for on-site AMEX travel agency and substantial booking fees, created additional space for retail functions. Rolled-out, managed and maintained the Macys on-line reimbursement program, including training classes and materials to ensure seamless transition for employees. Developed consistent expense policies and established standard 3 day reimbursement turn-a-round practice. Prior to managing department, employee reimbursement took12-16 weeks. Worked directly with Regional Airline Representatives on lanes fares, guaranteed city to city rates and mileage reward programs for employees. Negotiated hotel rates and car services to fit within budget and policy for six state trading area. Managed, motivated and developed 6 executives, maintained a staff of 2-3 executives. Member of BABTA 2001 2005 and NBTA 2003 2005. Recognized by finance pyramid for outstanding department results in 2001. Recognized by company for outstanding department results in 2002. Nominated by peers for outstanding performance 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004. OPERATIONAL TECHNICAL EXPERTISE SAP enterprise software: APO Forecasting, BW (Business Warehouse), AMPS, TRM Super User BOX - Cloud Storage PAXATA - Adaptive Data Preparation CLEARSTORY - integrated Spark-based data processing platform ATLAS forecasting software, i2 | JDA Software, IBM Cognos software Oracle Peoplesoft: Order Management (OM), Customer Files (CRM), Financial Supply Chain (FSCM) Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, Word, Power Point, Access, Outlook, Office 365 Customer Portals Wal-Mart(Retail Link), Kmart, Safeway Internal Company Systems At Macys West Owner of: Planning Modular, Forecasting Modular (ROFing), Reporting Modular, On-line Travel System (Worldspan Trip- Manager), FedER - On-Line Reimbursement System (IBM system) EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts, Psychology San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California