Jenny Wellhausen
Dallas,Texas
Summary
Ambitious Planning professional with over 10 years experience in organizational planning functions in support of overall business strategy and goal achievement. Versatile background analyzing report data, controlling inventory and forecasting. Innovative with a strong history of crafting new strategies for planning processes and tactics to boost sales.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Demand Planning Manager
RelaDyne
08.2021 - Current
- Manage and develop accurate forecasts for all regions of the company covering 85M total volume and 174M in total EBITDA.
- Lead monthly SIOP meetings with Executive team, Operations, Regional leaders, Sales, and Purchasing/Supply Chain in order to execute a consensus demand/supply plan to support FP&A objectives, Inventory stock levels at branches, and online replenishment
- Monthly review of sales trends with district managers to account for region planning and upcoming trends not captured in historical data
- Create bottoms up item plan by branch and collaborate with finance team to ensure company outlook and demand plan align for yearly budget
- Drive execution of slow moving product identifying excess inventory and facilitating sales collaboration to sell inventory, reducing inventory costs 8%.
- Mentored and supported 7 analyst to create strong workplace culture in newly centralized group.
Demand Planner III
Lennox International
02.2020 - 04.2021
- Manage deployment of the demand planning process within overall S&OP across HVAC and Parts business segments
- Develop rolling 12 month forecast using historical trends, customer intelligence, and cross functional inputs
- Deliver monthly S&OP meeting with Executive team, supply planning, and sales managers to review forecast accuracy, business trends, inventory position, and sales outlook
- Monthly review of sales trends with district managers to account for region planning and upcoming trends not captured in historical data
- Manage process of twice monthly forecast push to supply planning
- Collaborate with finance team to ensure company outlook and demand plan align for yearly forecast/budget planning
- Managing new forecast process within transition from SAP to IBP planning
- Develop accuracy reporting and best practices for team.
- Conducted root cause analysis on forecast errors, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective actions.
Demand Planner and Supply Chain Analyst
Safety-Kleen
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Develop and maintain monthly demand forecasts and target service levels at multiple levels of aggregation in collaboration with sales and operations in blended and bulk lube channels
- Establish and implement procedures and systems for all S&OP activities across executive team and supply planning
- Built Power BI dashboard and reporting to lead process and monthly meetings for new product introductions
- Managing run out inventory of old inventory and coordinating sales and executive team meetings through transitions
- Managed transition from old forecasting system and helped build new structure to pass forecast metrics to supply and cross functional partners including: new S&OP process, forecast accuracy, and inventory targets.
Merchandise Planner, Store and Ecommerce: Electronics, Smart Home, Pet, TV, Impulse, and Snacks & Beverage
JCPenney
08.2014 - 01.2019
- Manage the forecast and development of annual, seasonal, monthly and weekly merchandise plans
- Supplier communication to validate buys, forecasts, cost, and delivery
- Develop and communicate comprehensive department financial and product strategies
- Develop pre-season plans and recommend investments to create optimal receipt/flow forecasts
- Recap and analyze weekly to season-to-date performance and create and communicate ad hoc analysis as needed
- Develop and deliver reporting and Open to Buy metrics to executive leadership
- Execute: sales, promotions, markdowns, assortment plans, and hindsight analysis
- Manage stock level, key performance indicators, fill rates, and sell thru
- Development and guidance of assistants and allocation analysts to execute inventory plans.
Replenishment Planning Manager: Home Décor, and Window
JCPenney
08.2014 - 04.2017
- Plan and forecast inventory and financial impact for assigned category, managing both store and ecommerce core assortment buys
- Mentor Assistant Buyer and Business Analysts within group and manage in-stock goals and product flow within department plan
- Plan and optimize seasonal strategies for basic and seasonal forecasts
- Manage forecast accuracy and buys among 5000+ items/800+ locations for Open to Buy roll up
- Optimize assortment to ensure all skus maintain productivity, turn goals, and mitigate mark down risks
- Drive in-stocks and service levels while maintaining turn and receipt goals
- Facilitate supplier communication and relationships with direct and domestic suppliers to maintain production needs and inventory flow
- Collaborate with Store Operations and Supply Chain to support execution among all company channels
- Work with leadership team to drive financial plans and maintain inventory by week in accordance with Open To Buy
- Analyze post-season to identify hindsights and roll up to leadership team.
Sr. Analyst, Merchandise Planning and Allocations
Pier 1 Imports
12.2013 - 08.2014
Business Analyst and Special Analytics-Merch Planning and Allocations
Pier 1 Imports
12.2012 - 12.2013
Analyst, Merch Planning and Allocations
Pier 1 Imports
10.2007 - 12.2012
Education
Marketing and Psychology -
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX05.2005
Skills
- MS Office: advanced Excel, PowerBI , SmartSheet, Power Point, Access, Visio
- Oracle, SQL, Teradata DCM, Teradata SQL Assistant, Teradata IPC, Microstrategy, DART, SIA, DM2
- SAP, APO, JDA, IBP forecasting systems, Sage Inventory Advisor, Pivot Forecasting
- Supply Chain Optimization, Market Trend Analysis, Data Analytics, Inventory Management, Sales and Operations Planning, Cross-functional Collaboration, Demand Analysis, Project Management
Accomplishments
- Awarded Best in Class for largest departmental growth and strongest team
- Awarded Best in Class for largest departmental fiscal turnaround
- Recipient of Most Valuable Team Award
- Planning and Allocation Associate MVP for outstanding performance
Timeline
Demand Planning Manager
RelaDyne
08.2021 - Current
Demand Planner III
Lennox International
02.2020 - 04.2021
Demand Planner and Supply Chain Analyst
Safety-Kleen
01.2019 - 01.2020
Merchandise Planner, Store and Ecommerce: Electronics, Smart Home, Pet, TV, Impulse, and Snacks & Beverage
JCPenney
08.2014 - 01.2019
Replenishment Planning Manager: Home Décor, and Window
JCPenney
08.2014 - 04.2017
Sr. Analyst, Merchandise Planning and Allocations
Pier 1 Imports
12.2013 - 08.2014
Business Analyst and Special Analytics-Merch Planning and Allocations
Pier 1 Imports
12.2012 - 12.2013
Analyst, Merch Planning and Allocations
Pier 1 Imports
10.2007 - 12.2012
Marketing and Psychology -
Texas Tech University