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Matthew Farrell

Richland,MI

Summary

An experienced Customer Care & Supply Chain professional, with a focus on Demand Planning & World Class Customer Support. Strengths include superior communication & analytical skills, dedication to quality, and natural leadership skills. Proven history of success in Supply Chain & Customer Care both as a team member and team leader. Proven experience with demand planning, order management, data analysis, and forecasting. Experience in process implementation and improvement. Experienced in making strategic decisions based on the collection and analysis of large quantities of data. Consistent and dependable as a team member and highly motivated to achieve team goals. Extremely personable and excited to provide meaningful contributions to a team.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Customer Supply Chain Specialist

Epredia
Kalamazoo, MI
04.2021 - 06.2023
  • Drove reduction of site backorder from $3.5 million to $1.5 million over a 7 month span via order management processes.
  • Successfully improved key account's inventory levels for top running SKUs at distribution centers from 20 daysinventory-on-hand to 45 days on average.
  • Achieved Supplier of the Year Award with Epredia's top two distributor accounts in 2021, amidst a historically difficult environment for global supply chain. Accounting for roughly 60% of total site revenue.
  • Successfully transitioned top distributor account from VMI purchasing model to regular EDI ordering.
  • Drove end-user OTIF service levels for top two distributor accounts to all time highs for Epredia (+80% & +90% respectively).
  • Drove reduction past due order lines & $ amount for top distributor account from +$1.8 million to $500k over 7 month span via order management and improved demand planning.

Customer Care Leadership

ZAGG Inc.
Kalamazoo, MI
09.2016 - 04.2021

Customer Advocate; 9/13/16-4/7/17

Senior Customer Advocate; 4/7/17-7/16/2017

Associate Manager; 7/16/17-1/1/19
Scheduling Associate; 1/1/19-4/1/21

  • Drove team quality assurance scores up to 90% (from 65%) & customer satisfaction scores up to 92% (from 80%) average over 1.5 year span.
  • Drove outreach initiative for new product launch. Improved satisfaction ratings for new product from 60% to 85% over 2 month span.
  • Developed scheduling plan for staff to optimize service performance and coverage. Improved call abondonment rates from 20% to sub 10%.
  • Improved employee cross training rates from 35% to 75%.

Assistant Store Manager

Farrell Audio Video
Kalamazoo, MI
08.2012 - 09.2016
  • Responsible for providing administrative support, sales data entry, managing inventory, and maintaining storefront appearance.

Duplication & Editing Specialist

Valley Family Church
Kalamazoo, MI
10.2012 - 04.2015
  • Responsible for preparation & maintenance of church's equipment live and broadcasted events. Oversaw creation and editing of media to be distributed.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Organizational Communication

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo
2016

Skills

  • Superior learning ability
  • Experience in providing world-class customer care
  • High emotional intelligence
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Proficient with technology
  • Strategic planning & communication
  • Highly adaptable
  • Contributes positively to team culture
  • Demand planning experience
  • Masterful written and oral communication
  • Creative problem-solving
  • Account management
  • Skilled in critical thinking
  • Experience in mass data analysis
  • Extremely organized
  • Cross functional work and project management
  • SAP Experience
  • Order management experience

Accomplishments

    Five plus years of experience in Customer Service leadership and operational excellence. 2.5+ years experience in Customer Supply Chain and Order Management, ensuring operational excellence and streamlining of workflow in order to achieve site goals. Proven success supporting top strategic accounts via forecasting, demand planning, and order management. Proven experience as a team lead and manager; effectively managing teams of 20+ Customer Advocates. All experience focused on achieving operational excellence and standardizing channels of work to create ideal outcomes and achieve both internal and external KPI's.

Volunteer Work

  • Valley Family Church, 2006-Present
  • Kalamazoo Dream Center, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
  • Others Including: City of Kalamazoo, 2010; Kalamazoo Gospel Mission, 2009; Habitat For Humanity, 2008; City of Portage, 2008
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Timeline

Customer Supply Chain Specialist

Epredia
04.2021 - 06.2023

Customer Care Leadership

ZAGG Inc.
09.2016 - 04.2021

Duplication & Editing Specialist

Valley Family Church
10.2012 - 04.2015

Assistant Store Manager

Farrell Audio Video
08.2012 - 09.2016

Bachelor of Arts - Organizational Communication

Western Michigan University