Kellie Breyer

· Managed the end-to-end sales of bulk liquidation product through Techliquidators, a Best Buy owned auction platform, with annual sales averaging $275M.

· Successfully launched a new Techliquidators platform that generated $65M in revenue during its first 12 months, by leading all aspects of pre-launch development through post-launch stabilization.

· Oversaw Techliquidators site maintenance including online content reviews, pricing, fraud mitigation, return policy, legal reviews and crisis management.

· Built strong partnerships with key Techliquidators' customers that have created alternate inventory channels, streamlined cross-functional processes and driven a $2.6M Trade In revenue benefit for FY24.

· Led a team of 2 full-time employees and 1 contract worker, and formed strong cross-functional relationships with key business stakeholders.

· Oversaw sales of bulk liquidation product through Best Buy’s online auction platform, Tech Liquidators.

· Implemented processes for operational efficiencies at the PRCs that resulted in a 38% reduction of on-hand inventory YoY.

· Consolidated and reduced inventory sorts at SMWH locations by 35% leading to increased throughput, a more consistent online presence and recovery improvement of 300bps.

· Partnered with capabilities and operations to identify opportunities in process and system changes to streamline manual processes, increase turn and maximize recovery.

· Formulated in-depth inventory forecasts while managing and allocating merchandise for a category of product.

· Partnered with merchant teams to develop and execute inventory strategies that drive incremental sales and profit.

· Responsible for maintaining high in stock levels while simultaneously maintaining inventory efficiency.

· Optimized the automated replenishment system parameters based on rate of sales, lead times and order frequency, to ensure proper inventory levels and in-stock goals.

· Responsible for maintaining inventory in-stocks on all active items within a highly seasonable assortment.

· Worked with product manager on creation of Assortment Plans by store grouping and season.

· Supported key item ladder plans, utilizing updated forecasted sales and inventory metrics to maintain instocks.

· Analyzed sales history and other factors and used JDA replenishment software to acquire product mix for each store.

· Achieved a 98% in-stock level for chronically unavailable product, effectively analyzing sales data and other metrics to determine appropriate inventory level, safety stock and re-order trigger.

· Successfully optimized the automated replenishment system parameters for over 700 SKUs by inputting rate of sales, lead times and order frequency to ensure meeting inventory levels and in-stock goals and achieving 98% or better in-stock targets.

· Worked closely with planners to ensure sufficient inventory to fulfill minimum airtime demands and meet dollars-per-minute goals by building inventory using a reverse sales process.

· Created and managed receipt and PO log in Excel for three different teams that included advanced formulas, v look up functions and pivot tables to track monthly receipt and PO activity.

· Successfully built and maintained a lucrative relationship with Waterford Crystal, working very closely with this exclusive vendor to build trust and sell exclusive product lines, resulting in high-margin revenue streams.

· Researched and purchased a wide range of items for all supporting clinics and hospitals, establishing re-order points and monitoring the supply chain to ensure absolute availability of items.

· Saved over $1M annually by working with nurses’ union and other entities to switch brand of protective gloves, successfully managing conversion process to inform entire organization about the new product.

· Successfully managed large-scale product introduction process for new blood glucose monitors, ensuring all affected personnel had proper, documented training.