Bryan Caresia
Summary
Highly motivated and results-driven professional with over a decade of business leadership and operations management experience, with a special focus on strategic replenishment. Proven expertise in developing innovative solutions that increase efficiency, drive growth, and enhance team performance.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Replenishment Manager II
Walmart
07.2020 - Current
- Led successful large-scale strategic projects, created innovative tools and streamlined processes across 6 departments in fresh. Resulting in over 20k hours saved annually for RMs.
- Created and led the fresh summer basket program in 2024, collaborating with diverse partners and successfully executing the strategy. Reporting weekly financials that resulted in +$500M.
- Partnered with merchants to spearhead expansion of online produce offerings, resulting in a 15% increase in digital sales.
Senior Replenishment Manager I
Walmart
04.2019 - 07.2020
- Allocated inventory and directed +$1B in receipts to achieve optimal instock levels, sell-through rates, and sales targets.
- Exceeded inventory KPI’s including instock (+270bps), Markdowns (+160bps), Sell-Through (+100bps)
- Developed and implemented an automated tool to handle rejections, leading to substantial time savings for RMs (+1000 hours annually). Improved department's instock by reducing recovery timelines. (+2 days).
Replenishment Manager II
Walmart
06.2016 - 04.2019
- Managed inventory across 50+ different value added veg items and suppliers, having less than 4 days shelf life, and generating YOY comps +18%.
- Identified opportunities to reduce case pack sizing on key items, resulting in markdown savings of +400bps.
- Alleviated $50M in wasteful inventory by influencing supplier negotiations, flow management, and SKU rationalization
- Championed a culture of continuous learning among replenishment through skill development and knowledge sharing.
Replenishment Manager
Walmart
02.2015 - 06.2016
- Designed and deployed key research tool to investigate and address store forecast accuracy and out of stocks (SOT).
- Developed the "Hotline Tool" to streamline access to essential information for our hotline, resulting in reduced call durations and faster store issue resolution.
- Drove supplier improvement by leading replenishment supplier summits once a year on Walmart best practices.
- Automated daily tasks which saved coworkers 10+ hours of work each week and increased reporting accuracy.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
Brigham Young University
Associates of Arts - Business Economics
College of Southern Idaho
Certification
- Finance Essentials | Duke University | Feb 2025
Timeline
Senior Replenishment Manager II
Walmart
07.2020 - Current
Senior Replenishment Manager I
Walmart
04.2019 - 07.2020
Replenishment Manager II
Walmart
06.2016 - 04.2019
Replenishment Manager
Walmart
02.2015 - 06.2016
Bachelor of Science - Business Management
Brigham Young University
Associates of Arts - Business Economics
College of Southern Idaho
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