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Carson Baker

Centerton

Summary

Dynamic Supply Chain Manager and Demand Planner proficient in high stress environments driven by data to reduce costs and improve KPI's across departments. Offering 8 years of excellence in supply chain.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Customer Supply Chain Manager

KIK Consumer Products (Biolab)
04.2024 - Current
  • Demand Planner/Sr. Customer Supply Chain Manager for all MASS accounts with annual revenue of $600M. Including WMT, Lowe’s, Home Depot, Amazon and 11 other accounts. Managing 400+ customer items and their FCSTs, instocks, OTIF, inventory, manual orders. Lead the onboarding of a new S&OP software Kinaxis for our Demand Planning team. Provide insight into potential risks and growth opportunities in conjunction with the sales team. Mix between customer-facing and internal stakeholder responsibilities.
  • Collaborated with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring inventory integrity targets for finished goods.
  • Navigated through a supply chain disrupting warehouse fire

Customer Supply Chain Manager

KIK Consumer Products (Biolab)
05.2022 - 04.2024
  • Manager for Walmart account with annual revenue of $112M. For FY23 and FY24 I am responsible for 25% of all PO’s created for WMT. Leader in transitioning our company from DSD to Crossdock with 40+ sku’s across 3.5k+ stores. Responsibilities including managing POS trends and inventory opportunities/gaps at store level. Partnered with Sales lead to drive customer engagement around promotions and seasonal events.

Replenishment Manager II

Walmart - D56
08.2020 - 05.2022
  • Manager for Trees, Shrubs, Topicals, and Ferns as well as the Indoor Plants desk. Transitioned both businesses from mainly vendor managed to WM managed/systematic replenishment. Converted 4 suppliers to GRS. Created Power BI Flow Plan dashboard to provide visibility into future receipts. Helped pilot our first modularized category in D56.

Replenishment Manager

Walmart - D16/D56
01.2020 - 08.2020
  • Manager for Landscaping Desk. Created order and flow strategy for two modular relays across 25+ suppliers. Maintained instock above 94% for all categories. Created multiple Power BI dashboards to track mulch shipments and analyze risks in transportation.

Merchandising Operations Analyst

Walmart - D16
02.2019 - 01.2020
  • Provided analysis and data to support RM’s and Planner’s across our department. Used Minitab to provide statistical analysis on seasonal trend across multiple categories. Quickly transitioned into RM role when a coworker went on maternity leave. Covered as an RM for Bird, Pottery, Pool, and Snow categories.

Category Intern

Spectrum Brands
06.2018 - 11.2018
  • Managed data maintenance for Nielsen data. Assisted on modular analysis to determine correct space usage for item assortments. Learned Power BI and held classes for other coworkers.

Education

Marketing - Finance and Supply Chain

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
12.2018

Skills

  • Customer Account Systems - knowledge and experience around multiple tools (Aspen, Supplier One, NOVA, Scintilla, Supply Plan, WOS, VPP, VendorDrill)
  • Kinaxis - statistical forecasting, seasonal forecasting, S&OP
  • Power BI - data visualization and reporting
  • SAP - ECC Production System Production/Inventory/PO details
  • Supply chain distribution
  • Multi-plant experience
  • Demand planning
  • Problem Solver

Timeline

Senior Customer Supply Chain Manager

KIK Consumer Products (Biolab)
04.2024 - Current

Customer Supply Chain Manager

KIK Consumer Products (Biolab)
05.2022 - 04.2024

Replenishment Manager II

Walmart - D56
08.2020 - 05.2022

Replenishment Manager

Walmart - D16/D56
01.2020 - 08.2020

Merchandising Operations Analyst

Walmart - D16
02.2019 - 01.2020

Category Intern

Spectrum Brands
06.2018 - 11.2018

Marketing - Finance and Supply Chain

University of Arkansas

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