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Rodney Phillips

@rodneyphillips

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I lead inventory, supply chain planning, and omnichannel transformations that improve retail productivity and service.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead inventory, supply chain planning, or omnichannel transformation work where I can turn demand and network data into stronger inventory, service, and financial decisions.

I translate consumer demand into profitable inventory, replenishment, fulfillment, capacity, and localization decisions. Most recently, I lead SKU-to-node forecast disaggregation for Royal Canin’s North American distribution network, shaping inventory positioning, capacity planning, and service decisions.

Across New Balance, Target, The North Face, Charming Charlie, and Under Armour, I’ve led teams and modernized planning capabilities for retail and DTC operations. My work includes reducing New Balance backroom overstock by 15%, accelerating The North Face allocation processing by 25%, and supporting Target Hardlines’ $16B business across 1,900+ stores.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Independent Consultant

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Royal Canin, Mars, Inc.

Apr 2026 - Present (5 months)

Lead SKU-to-node forecast disaggregation across North American distribution network, translating national demand into DC-level projections. Develop demand-allocation scenarios for planned distribution-center openings through 2028.

Forecast Disaggregation demand planning Inventory Positioning Replenishment Capacity Planning Network Planning Stakeholder Management

Senior Manager, Inventory Management & Logistics

New Balance

May 2025 - Dec 2025 (7 months)

Led a North American inventory-management organization of 2 managers and 8 analysts across allocation, logistics, and analytics. Designed inventory-capacity and store-clustering models that reduced backroom overstock 15% and improved sell-through efficiency.

Inventory Management Logistics Allocation Analytics Aptos Domo Excel Auto Replenishment Systems KPI Dashboards

Senior Manager, Segmentation—Hardlines

Target Corporation

Mar 2024 - Apr 2025 (1 year 1 month)

Led a five-person team supporting consumer insights, market clustering, and localization across Target's $16B Hardlines division and 1,900+ stores. Directed segmentation transformation that strengthened localized assortment, demand planning, and inventory decisions.

Consumer Insights Market Clustering Localization Segmentation Circana (IRI)Domo Data Analysis

Senior Manager, Product Planning—Inventory Systems

Target Corporation

Apr 2022 - Mar 2024 (1 year 11 months)

Led product, engineering, and data teams delivering next-generation inventory planning across forecasting, allocation logic, replenishment automation, and data integration. Owned delivery from requirements through QA/UAT, rollout, change adoption, and performance improvement.

Product Management Inventory Planning Forecasting Demand Based Allocation Logic Auto Replenishment Systems Data Integration ERP OMS WMS Analytics

Senior Manager, Allocation & Replenishment, DTC

The North Face, VF Corporation

Feb 2020 - Mar 2022 (2 years 1 month)

Led nine analysts accountable for omnichannel inventory deployment, replenishment, exception management, system optimization, and product flow across North American retail and DTC channels. Reduced allocation-processing time 25% through workflow redesign, analytics, automated exception handling, and KPI dashboards.

Allocation Replenishment Omnichannel Blue Yonder JDA SAP BI KPI Dashboards Workflow Redesign Analytics

Senior Allocation Manager

Soft Surroundings

May 2018 - Jan 2020 (1 year 8 months)

Directed a 10-month Blue Yonder/JDA Allocation implementation for 160+ stores, replacing manual workflows with a scalable platform integrated with ERP and replenishment systems. Led five allocation analysts through redesign, configuration, testing, training, and adoption.

Allocation Blue Yonder JDA ERP Replenishment Implementation Training Adoption

Senior Manager, Allocation & Store Planning

Charming Charlie

Oct 2013 - Apr 2018 (4 years 6 months)

Built and led a 21-person organization of allocators, inventory analysts, and store planners supporting inventory deployment across 350+ retail locations. Directed Blue Yonder/JDA Allocation and BI modernization, standardizing processes, data governance, KPI models, and performance management.

Allocation Store Planning Blue Yonder JDA BIツール Data Governance KPI Models Performance Management

Manager, Planning & Allocation

Under Armour

Aug 2006 - Sep 2013 (7 years 1 month)

Progressed from Assistant Buyer to Planning & Allocation Manager, building expertise in merchandise planning, inventory strategy, allocation, replenishment, and multi-channel retail operations. Scaled planning and allocation capabilities for e-commerce and outlet expansion using SAP, Power BI, forecasting tools, and analytics.