1. 06/2009 to Current
Edison, NJ
04/2004 to 10/2008
Clifton, NJ
06/2001 to 04/2004
Wayne, NJ
10/1985 to 06/2001
Cranbury, NJ
West Windsor, NJ
ROBERT DRAKE
Summary
Tech-savvy Inventory Control/Demand Planning Manager offering a comprehensive management background,
including 30 years of experience across multiple industries. Areas of expertise include problem solving, process
improvement, warehouse management systems (WMS) and cost reduction.
Highlights
Procedure development
Team building
Operations management
Forecasting
Collaborative
Cost reduction
Experience
Inventory Control & Systems Manager
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
Improved productivity by analyzing operational processes and working with the Information Technology
(I.T.) group to customize the WMS to better suit the needs of the business.
Managed and cross-trained a team of 25 administrative clerks who worked in various areas of the
operation (e.g. Receiving, Shipping, Order Fulfillment, Inventory Control).
Planned and implemented a formal cycle counting program.
Created and managed an MS Access database of all inventory adjustment activity for use in research and
analysis of inventory discrepancies.
Project lead on new business areas (pharmaceuticals, liquor, store circulars) introduced to facility.
Reduced and controlled expenses via modernization of report printing equipment and
monitoring/ordering associated supplies.
Director of Inventory Control & Demand Planning
EK Success, Ltd.
Business lead on purchase/installation of demand planning software.
Maintenance of an item database of over 20,000 items.
Worked with I.T. department to create upload tools to more easily manage item maintenance.
Implemented a comprehensive cycle counting program which maintained an accuracy rate of better than
99%.
Operations Control Manager
Toysrus.com
Maintenance of an item catalog database of over 70,000 items, and communication of all changes to this
database via various data feeds to third party distributor.
Worked with I.T. to design internet-based tools to assist in the management of the item catalog db, and
trained users.
Liaison between I.T. group and that of third-party distributor, Merchandising group and distributor's
Operations group, and Merchandising group and distributor's Product Compliance group.
Inventory Control Manager
Russ Berrie and Co., Inc.
Education
Business Management
Mercer County Community College
636 South Main Street, Hightstown, NJ 08520 | H: 609-448-1160 | C: 609-947-5450 | drake_rob@hotmail.com