Donna Canesi

About Donna Canesi

20 years of retail experience – ranging from customer service, inventory planning & buying, and management in various organizations.• Comprehensive skills translating merchandising concepts into viable programs that result in profitable sales.• Strong project management skills from development, budgeting, executing and summary review of process.• Ability to manage multiple vendor relationships that coincide with business objectives.• Analyze processes that translate into efficient procedures for effective training of associates. • Technical Skills: JDA/E3 ASR/AWR, Direct Tech Forecast 21, Oracle MRP, Vanguard, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Access; AutoCad; Quickbooks and the aptitude to learn and work with new systems.

Experience

1. Materials Planner

   Welch's

   Feb 2018 — Present · Concord, MA, US

   Plan, manage, and maintain appropriate inventory levels of packaging materials and ingredients within the supply network.• Maintain the planning system to ensure planning attributes are properly maintained.• Actively manage and mitigate expiring and obsolete products.• Initiate and participate in cost savings projects/opportunities and ad hoc analysis as required.• Able to work cross-functionally with our plants, co-manufacturers, sourcing, and suppliers as well as work independently.• Work with urgency, deal ambiguity, and own the outcome’• Well organized with strong analytical skills and ability to multitask.

Education

• Worcester State University

  BS, Psychology

  1974 — 1978