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Brad Satterwhite

Mooresville,NC

Summary

Supply chain leader and problem-solver. I build teams, learn new skills and leverage technology to improve processes, drive sales and optimize decision-making.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Inventory Planner

Lowe's Companies Inc
03.2024 - Current
  • Manage inventory plan for sub. div. 242 Watering, Pools and Tools (39 vendors, 438 in-store items, $1b sales)
  • Scheduled and led in-person FY25 planning meetings with top 4 vendors
  • Developed and executed FY25 seasonal load-in strategy (4 resets, 8M units/ $86M)
  • Own monthly inventory forecast in TM1 and participate in monthly finance-merchant forecasting meetings
  • Participated in Relex pilot group and have transitioned 5 of 7 PGs to Relex as of early Sept. 2024
  • Facilitated demand planning-merchant collaborative item-level ASE review resulting in edits to 14% of items and a net increase of 12% in forecast units
  • Covered the IRSS position after a long-time employee left and now training a new associate to take over the position
  • Supported 98%+ in-stock for Watering product group during late season heat wave by using an assortment-level on-shelf strategy
  • Created item-level maximum safety stock strategy that helped reduce store to DC returns during the second-half of the FY24 season
  • Represented the OPE/ Watering team in the command center during portions of Hurricane Debby response in Aug. 2024

Senior Analyst, Supply Chain

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
08.2020 - 03.2024
  • Owned SMG demand plan (~$300M) for Lowe's Lawns categories
  • Drove best-ever spring sales with largest-ever preseason manual order (~10% of SMG FY21 ships to Lowe's)
  • Trained and managed a team member to assume responsibility for category-level demand plan
  • Assembled team to create office's first Tableau dashboard that improved data access and collaboration
  • Piloted new Lowe's vendor tools: VPP, VCA (strongly influenced UI design), and vendor API
  • Developed enterprise replenishment system that reduced network rebalances increased plant level forecasting accuracy from 30% to 60%
  • Founded culture initiative to help re-build SMG sales office culture post-COVID

Retail Forecast Analyst

American Standard
02.2017 - 08.2020
  • Owned Amazon, homedepot.com, lowes.com, Menards, ACE (~$100M) and supported THD, Lowe's demand plan
  • Led US retail team in enterprise search for new demand-planning system (o9)
  • Added visualization with macros to Excel report that increased access to daily sales trends
  • Led my office in planning community service projects (2019 LIXIL Community Day - Diversity and Inclusion Award)

Financial Crimes Consultant II Contractor

Wells Fargo (Randstad USA)
01.2016 - 02.2017
  • Submitted case decisions day with Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) exceeding 3-4 required case workload almost every day
  • Skilled in Wells Fargo internal systems including Hogan and FCP (Financial Crimes Platform)

Education

Master of Science - Economics

University of North Carolina At Charlotte
Charlotte, NC
12.2015

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

Davidson College
Davidson, NC
05.2011

Skills

    Leadership

    Collaboration

    Customer-Service

    Process Improvement

Timeline

Inventory Planner

Lowe's Companies Inc
03.2024 - Current

Senior Analyst, Supply Chain

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
08.2020 - 03.2024

Retail Forecast Analyst

American Standard
02.2017 - 08.2020

Financial Crimes Consultant II Contractor

Wells Fargo (Randstad USA)
01.2016 - 02.2017

Master of Science - Economics

University of North Carolina At Charlotte

Bachelor of Arts - Political Science

Davidson College

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