Bradley T. Pope, CPIM, PMP
SUMMARY Proven team leader and accomplished program manager with extensive experience driving profit-growing initiatives with Wal-Mart’s largest suppliers. Deep expertise in promotion execution, out-of-stock reduction, demand forecasting, inventory optimization, price elasticity and merchandiser feedback analysis using real time downstream data
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
RETAIL SOLUTIONS INC. (formerly T3Ci) Bentonville, AR
7/10 – Current Director, Wal-Mart Products and Services
· Performed in multiple client-facing roles including analytics lead, project manager, account manager, and lead technical consultant in a fast-paced startup environment with rapidly changing business requirements
· Responsible for company’s product portfolio and solution delivery in support of Wal-Mart suppliers such as Kraft Foods, Unilever, PepsiCo and JM Smucker Co
· Responsible for strategic aspects of all Wal-mart RSi products using SaaS and consulting model including managing resources, budget and client relationships. Managed and delivered all tactical and technical aspects. 24/7 care for customers using teams spread across multiple time zones
12/07 – 6/10 Manager, Wal-Mart Products and Services
· Led an international team of 10 analysts and engineers while serving as the managing consultant for strategic accounts
· Identified $42 million in recoverable POS sales by fixing phantom inventory problems for over 4000 products in 3700 Wal-Mart stores; Issued phantom inventory alerts to in-store merchandisers to proactively fix inventory accuracy problems
· Standardized and internationalized critical business tasks to provide improved 24 hour support. Reduced overall service cost by 55% through process improvements, internationalization and the removal of unprofitable services from product portfolio
· Analyzed Retail Link data for over one hundred promotions in the grocery, health and beauty aids and general merchandise areas; Increased customer revenues through enhanced replenishment settings / timing and improved display vehicles
10/06 – 11/07 Senior Analytic Consultant
· Managed all aspects of opening company’s first branch office. Duties included facility selection and contract negotiations, as well as interviewing, hiring and training additional staff members in Bentonville, Arkansas
· Provided cutting edge RFID and out of stock analysis to executives of strategic customers using a variety of data visualization and statistical tools
INTEL CORPORATION Chandler, AZ
12/05 – 9/06 External Silicon Planning Manager
· Managed an international staff of five employees in three continents responsible for supporting $88 million in annual sales
11/02 – 12/05 Supply Chain Program Manager
· Led a cross-functional resource management team in creating a dynamic headcount model for fabrication material handlers. Facilitated working sessions, measured current activities as being 21% overstaffed and drove a rebidding decision that saved Intel over $5,000,000
· Led a team of worldwide stakeholders in re-engineering Intel’s foundry planning processes used to manage $250 million in annual sales. Mediated brainstorming and work-sessions that led to drastically improved tools and process flows and reduced the overall process time by 1,400 (14%) hours annually
7/01– 11/02 Logistics Analyst
· Developed and delivered worldwide volume, labor and capacity plans and solutions for finished good warehousing.
· Researched, forecasted and presented space requirements of new logistics hubs and third party warehousing locations
HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY Milwaukee, WI Buyer/ Planner Intern - January 2000 & Summer 2000
· Used Manugistics software to maintain 500 individual SKU’s. Forecasted, released orders, and reviewed backorders for the Controls and Electrical division of Parts and Accessories
EDUCATION
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Tempe, AZ. Masters of Business Administration, December 2004: Supply Chain Management
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON Madison, WI Bachelor of Business Administration, May 2001 Triple Major: Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Marketing Overall GPA 3.8/4.0
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT / TECHNICAL SKILLS
Advanced Retail Link, Prospace (Space Planning), Expert with Excel, OneNote, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, JMP Statistical Software
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Created the Retail Link Data Management course in the Wal-mart sanctioned Certified Retail Analyst program at NWACC - Instructor since 8/07 and Linkedin group manager, Completed Wal-Mart Category Management course, Achieved CPIM and APICS instructor certification, Achieved Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, Dale Carnegie Public Speaking Course, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Created and currently directing The Memory Maker Triathlon benefitting the Alzheimer’s Association