KIMBERLEY BORUM
Midlothian,VA
Summary
Self-motivated, entrepreneurial professional successful in seizing viable opportunities for expansion and innovation in business. Comfortable interacting at all levels of management. Background in increasing profits, reducing costs and transforming customer service standards. Well-versed in training, educating, motivating and supporting staff members. Experienced in leading and supervising operational and sales teams.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner/Manager
Pandora’s Posies
Midlothian, VA
01.2017 - Current
- Complete business responsibility from end to end
- Complete responsibility for all P&L activities
- Restructured business in 2019 to adapt to new environment unfavorable to traditional retail
- Improve community and industry reputation
- Grow sales and margins
- Select and manage vendors
- New business quoting including events/projects and daily catalog sales
- Forecasting with market analysis
- Procurement and Inventory Managment
- Human Resource Management
- Administrative reporting and financial analysis
- Bookkeeping
- Continuous improvement
Project Management Assistant
SUEZ (formerly Infilco Degremont)
Richmond, VA
10.2015 - 04.2017
- Financial and administrative management of 30+ projects simultaneously
- Portfolio exceeding $20MM
- Monthly and Quarterly Budget Analysis and Reporting
- Improving cash flow through improved AR positions
- Cross-functional work with other departments
- SAP Migration Assistance, including User Testing (UAT) in live system of SAP bolt-on analysis software, documentation, and individualized training
Customer Relationship Specialist
Afton Chemical
Richmond, VA
06.2011 - 07.2015
- Coordinate orders with internal and external customers
- Leverage relationships to facilitate accurate planning and reduce customer panic-buying
- Collaborate production needs internally to maintain production plans externally
- Truck and Rail logistics, bulk liquid and dry/packaged
- Vendor managed inventory for Shell and Phillips 66
- Collaborate with internal functions to provide unified solutions
- Document process flows and created internal forms to improve communication and consistency
- Created savings by consolidating production plans manually ahead of SAP ATP module installation
- Assisted with bringing acquired Chicago plant online and provided ongoing remote SAP support
Inventory Analyst
The Carpenter Company
Richmond, VA
06.2007 - 06.2011
- Manage new product launches
- Inventory Analysis and Collaborative Management
- Creative Sunsetting
- Project Management: Concept Quoting, Team Management, Procurement, SAP data creation, Logistics
- Budget management
- Annual master price list and coordination of samples for Fashion Week
- Authored technical manual for position
Performance Coatings Procurement Intern
DuPont
Wilmington, DE
01.2006 - 08.2006
- Saved $250,000 through process documentation and aged accounts reconciliation
- Research, document, improve, and train on Distribution Strategy
- Financial reconciliation across years of aged A/P
- Improved Vendor Relationships
- Authored technical manual for position
- Trained Permanent Internal Candidate
Front Office
Lowe’s Foods
Cary, NC
01.2002 - 01.2004
- Manage scheduled shift employees
- Customer service
- Cash office management including balancing cashier tills and preparing bank deposits
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Management, Operations
North Carolina State University
Skills
- Adaptable and Flexible
- Analytical and Critical Thinker
- Articulate Communication, Verbal & Written
- Balanced Work Ethic
- Bidding Process
- Budget Development
- Business Administration
- Business Development
- Business Planning
- Cash Flow Optimization
- Contract Management
- Customer Relations
- Design Coordination
- Evaluating Suppliers
- Expectation Management
- Financial Management
- Financial Planning
- Hiring and Staffing
- Inventory Optimization
- Issue Identification
- KPI Management
- Operational Analysis
- Operational Efficiency and Safety
- Operations Management
- Profit and Loss
- Project Estimating
- Project Management
- Reducing Costs
- Staff Training
- Strategic Project Planning
- Systems Thinker
- Training and Development
Accomplishments
- Financial Management, SAP Enterprise System: 10+ years
- Microsoft Office: 10+ years
- Logistics and Transportation 8+ years
- Financial Analysis 5+ years
- Project Management 5+ years
Timeline
Owner/Manager
Pandora’s Posies
01.2017 - Current
Project Management Assistant
SUEZ (formerly Infilco Degremont)
10.2015 - 04.2017
Customer Relationship Specialist
Afton Chemical
06.2011 - 07.2015
Inventory Analyst
The Carpenter Company
06.2007 - 06.2011
Performance Coatings Procurement Intern
DuPont
01.2006 - 08.2006
Front Office
Lowe’s Foods
01.2002 - 01.2004
Bachelor of Science - Business Management, Operations
North Carolina State University
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