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Tonya Allbee

Altoona,IA

Summary

Highly motivated employee with a strong track record of 28 years of supply chain experience with Grocery, Big Box Retail and Construction Supply. I have worked in Category Management, Vendor Inventory Management, Purchasing, and Customer Service. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver production support.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Commercial Related Product Buyer

Logan Contractors Supply
Urbandale, IA
01.2024 - Current
  • Managed purchase orders and ensured accurate documentation of transactions.
  • Tracked delivery schedules of ordered items ensuring timely arrival at warehouses.
  • Monitored stock levels, tracked deliveries, and maintained accurate records of all purchases made.
  • Worked with suppliers to expedite purchase orders that have urgent needs.
  • Maintained supplier relationships to improve lead time, cost and quality.
  • Resolved discrepancies in invoices and deliveries, ensuring accuracy in billing and inventory.
  • Handle all cost updates in our system to make sure we have current pricing.

Price Protection Coordinator

Ingram Entertainment
Altoona, IA
06.2022 - 11.2023
  • Work with Vendors on items that are reducing in cost.
  • Generate purchase history/on hand reporting to send out to customers to get their on hand inventory for stores that are non EDI.
  • Reviewed product information for accuracy prior to entering credits into our system.
  • Enter retailers on hand inventory into our system and credit these retailers the difference in old cost vs new cost within the given commit date by vendors.
  • Drafted reports summarizing final credits for each retailer for upper-level management review before commit date.

Category Managed Inventory

Ingram Entertainment
Altoona, IA
07.2008 - 11.2023
  • Analyzed sales space capacities based on system parameters, securing stock availability.
  • VMI-create min/max in our inventory management system for POG's. Making sure we have enough inventory out in the stores to keep sales up but not overstocking to keep returns down.
  • Manage inventory levels across multiple distributions channels in order to optimize stock availability for key accounts.
  • Place purchase orders with vendors for initial set and replenishment needs for sales trends into our four warehouses.
  • Track purchase orders from vendors to warehouse. Work with warehouse operations to make in store dates.
  • Worked with merchandising teams to make sure they received and understood all requests for POG's at store level.
  • Reviewed Merchandising reports.
  • Analyzed buying trends at each store location to identify appropriate mix of inventory items.
  • Reviewed SKU level data from POS system in order to identify trends and insight at the item level.

Key Account Sales Rep II

Ingram Entertainment
Altoona, IA
01.2000 - 11.2023
  • Collaborated with retailers on new product launches, pricing strategies, and promotional initiatives.
  • Maintained relationships with key suppliers by attending vendor meetings, conference calls, Zoom or Teams meetings.
  • Worked with special teams to get corrugate/displays ordered for special events and seasonal merchandise changes.
  • Set up new Items within customer portals. Pricing, Descriptions, Images, Costs, Retails, Invoicing and entering tracking information.
  • Review open order reports and work with warehouse operations to make sure orders are shipping and no delays.
  • Coordinated with internal departments such as marketing, sales and operations to ensure successful execution of programs for key accounts.
  • Maintained an accurate database of customer records including contact details and master lists.
  • Prepared and distributed reports on sales activity, accounts status and possible issues to management.
  • Work with EDI team to get accounts set up with correct flags for new onboarding EDI customers.
  • Managed all aspects of client relations including responding promptly to inquiries and resolving issues quickly.
  • Verified and maintained pricing accuracy in store systems before orders are shipped.
  • Developed strong relationships with my customers by providing personal assistant and support.

Customer Service Representative

Ingram Entertainment
04.1998 - 01.2000
  • Answering incoming calls and emails, providing frontline customer support.
  • Assist customers with ordering, billing or return issues.
  • Work with cross teams to resolve complex problems to meet customers needs in a timely manner.
  • Set up and activated customer accounts.
  • Preformed administrative tasks such as filing paperwork, updating databases, scanning and faxes of paperwork.

Education

High School Diploma -

East High School
Des Moines, IA

Skills

  • Excellent Communication Skills
  • Data Analysis
  • Attention to Detail
  • Problem-Solving
  • Inventory Management
  • Time Management
  • Multi-Tasking Strength
  • Purchase Order Management
  • VMI Systems
  • Forecasting
  • EDI Ordering processing
  • Team Player
  • Great Work Ethic
  • Relationship Building

Timeline

Commercial Related Product Buyer

Logan Contractors Supply
01.2024 - Current

Price Protection Coordinator

Ingram Entertainment
06.2022 - 11.2023

Category Managed Inventory

Ingram Entertainment
07.2008 - 11.2023

Key Account Sales Rep II

Ingram Entertainment
01.2000 - 11.2023

Customer Service Representative

Ingram Entertainment
04.1998 - 01.2000

High School Diploma -

East High School
Tonya Allbee