1. Laura Leyland
Es condido, CA (858) 212-8922
laura.leyland@cox.net
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Res ults driven professional with 15+ years experience in Supply Chain and Inventory Management.
 Expert knowledge of inventory demand cycles, forecasting and purchasing fundamentals
 Skilled in import procurement and distribution
 Accom plished in m anaging inventory turns and DOH while driving service levels
 Experienced with MRP planning tools
 Excel in project m anagement and cross-functional collaboration
 Proven record of learning and implementing new procedures and applications
 Process improvement driven
COMPUTER SKILLS
 Micros oft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access
 Oracle Database
 SAP & APO Procurement Module
 SharePoint
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
HD Supply, San Diego, CA
Inventory Manager, June 2011 – February 2016
June 2000 –February 2016
Managed a team of nine buyers responsible for a m onthly plan of $173 m illion over 40,000 SKUs, across 40
dis tribution centers. Core areas of responsibility included: HVAC, Hos pitality, Healthcare, and Plumbing. The
following goals were achieved :
 Im plemented a consolidation of import vendors out of China for 20 warehouses. This led to a decrease in
inventory being held in the US from China, thus leading to higher yearly turns.
 Created an onboarding and forecasting process for new Hospitality customers. These were $8-10M yearly
s pend customers.
 Im plemented a yearly HVAC pre s easonal buy in, on average about $8M, to ensure customer s atisfaction
during peak purchasing s eason.
 Ensured inventory needs were consistentlymetby improving and developing inventory managementprocesses and
procedures. Overall yearly turns were four and fill rates were 98.8%.
 Created production forecasts and plans based on sales forecasts,historical usage and producttrends.
 Established and implemented just-in-time inventoryand stocking level program thatdecreased hazardous inventoryin
warehouses with limited hazardous storage. Averaged a $1 million decrease.
 Conducted m eetings with s ales, marketing and operations to understand changes in demand levels and
recommend changes to product mix and forecast based on collaborative knowled ge of demands.
Inventory Supervisor, October 2003 –June 2011
Supervised a team of 4 buyers, m ain responsibilities included procurement from established vendors and
coordinating s tock levels that were in alignment with merchandising teams to ensure upcoming promotions and
new catalog items had adequate s tock to s upport these upcoming initiatives. Consistently m et or exceeded
department goals.
 Successfully transitioned buying team from Oracle to SAP.
 Achieved inventory turns of 4.5
 Maintained a fill rate of 98% with over 20, 000 SKU’s

2. Inventory Specialist, May 2000 – October 2003
Res ponsible for procuring plumbing products from approved s uppliers and redistributing throughout the network.
 Res ponsible for 12,000 SKU’s, average inventory of $200,000 per month
 Procured products for Homedepot.com in the Connecticut warehouse
 Achieved inventory turns of 4.5
 Maintained a fill rate of 98%
 Kept los t sales to customers below 2%
EDUCATION
Unive rsity of Phoenix
San Diego, CA
 Bachelor of Science in Business Management . Expected graduation 2016