Inventory Specialist

Inventory Specialist — Meridian Retail Group

Chicago, IL | September 2023 – Present

• Managed weekly cycle counts and inventory reconciliations for a 45,000 square foot retail flagship store, achieving a 99.7% inventory record accuracy rate across 18,000 distinct SKUs.
• Led a group of 3 stock clerks in reorganizing stockroom shelving layouts, reducing product retrieval times for sales floor replenishment by 26% and increasing storage capacity by 15%.
• Implemented automated barcode auditing procedures that reduced inventory reconciliation discrepancies by 32% and cut hours spent on manual audits by 14 hours per week.
• Analyzed retail sales velocity trends to adjust stock thresholds for 60 high-demand product categories, preventing stockouts and decreasing carrying costs by 12% over 18 months.

Inventory Control Clerk — Summit Retail Outlets

Naperville, IL | July 2021 – August 2023

• Utilized SAP ERP to track 2,500+ monthly retail store shipments, maintaining real-time database accuracy that reduced order processing latency by 34% over a 12-month period.
• Audited damaged stock and returned items, documenting 100% of product discrepancies to recover $22,000 in credit adjustments from manufacturers during fiscal year 2022.
• Coordinated logistics with 12 freight vendors to accelerate incoming stock shipments, reducing average retail store warehouse receiving lead times from 4 days down to 2 days.
• Trained 8 new stockroom associates on handheld RF scanner operations and safety guidelines, increasing team inventory logging efficiency by 22% during onboarding cycles.

Inventory control, Cycle counting, Warehouse management systems (WMS), SAP ERP, Oracle NetSuite, Shrinkage reduction, Barcode scanning, RFID tracking, Retail logistics, Microsoft Excel, Stock replenishment, Database reconciliation, Vendor coordination

RFID Merchandising Integration

Role: Inventory Integration Lead

Tools: Zebra RFID Systems, Oracle NetSuite ERP, Microsoft Excel

Led the transition of 12,000 apparel products to RFID tracking, improving real-time inventory count accuracy by 35% and reducing weekly audit times from 12 hours to 3 hours.

Stockroom Layout Re-design

Role: Layout Optimization Coordinator

Tools: AutoCAD, SAP ERP, Microsoft Excel

Reorganized the physical stockroom storage for high-velocity footwear items, increasing picking efficiency by 28% and reclaiming 1,200 square feet of underutilized space.

• Certified in Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM) (2023)
• Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) (2025)

• Professional Affiliation: Active member of the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) Chicago Chapter
• Languages: English (Fluent), Spanish (Conversational)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice for transition