Lauren McGovern

 

Contract Manufacturing Planner 2

Church & Dwight, Co., Inc.

May 2016-Present

• Monitor and report on contract manufacturer's production plan attainment.

• Manage product manufacturing locations and accounts for both efficiency and performance.

• Coordinate MRP activities to insure material availability for planned production and minimize obsolescence costs.

• Coordinate production plan requirements and resolve scheduling and production issues.

• Release and expedite raw materials to achieve production plan requirements

• Set-up new product SKU’s in SAP. 

• Facilitate flow of artwork to meet new product launch timelines

• Establish and maintain reporting requirements between contract manufacturers and C&D.

• Resolves Finished Goods invoice discrepancies.

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Assistant Buyer 

Major League Baseball Advanced Media

​April 2013- March 2016

 

• Assistant Buyer of Caps for all 30 MLB teams and MiLB teams, totaling 15% of a $90M overall business annually

• Worked to improve product assortment, ensure website is up-to-date and sort merchandise for an improved customer experience. Expanded product assortment to include every MiLB team, increasing MiLB sales by 200%

• Created and submitted ad banner collections for homepage and team pages, including mobile sites each week to support sales goals taking into account units and margin

• Tracked daily, weekly, and monthly sales totals and trends to help identify trends and make recommendations to senior management for improved product assortment and growth potential to meet goals.

• Analyze reports from planning team to determine markdown and promotional opportunities and maintain accurate open-to-buy information

• Communicated with warehouse to expedite product receipts, distribution and troubleshooting delivery issues especially during hot market and fourth quarter

• Communicated regularly to develop strong relationships with vendors on the exclusive product creation, expanded product line, purchase order submission and replenishment planning for regularly stocked items

• Responsible for data entry, SKU creation, images/UPC requests, image updates, and description entry to make products live on site

   

   

World Baseball Classic International Licensing Coordinator

Major League Baseball

September 2012-April 2013

 

• Provided general and administrative support to the International Group with processing WBC licensee contracts

• Worked with fulfillment company to coordinate delivery and shipping to international and domestic venues

• Assisted with tracking and payment of invoices for the World Baseball Classic

• Created and maintained database of uniform and equipment provisions. Assist with the ordering, tracking, and delivery of team and venue equipment and uniforms

• Coordinate meetings, hotels, flights, reimbursements, and salaries for 2013 WBCI Equipment Managers

   

Baseball Assistance Team Intern

Major League Baseball

 December 2011-September 2012

 

• Coordinated and created content for BAT social media accounts on Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook. Created a blog on the MLBlogs.com platform. Contributed content to the organization’s website on the MLB.com platform

• Assisted with all facets of the annual fundraising event for 1200 guests including interacting with 125 baseball legends and Hall of Famers, managing budgets, coordinating tickets, tracking travel, overseeing volunteers and assisting with the event production

• Prepared Board Members with information for 50-75 cases per month for the monthly Grant Meetings

• Managed the grant process for a 501c3 non-profit baseball charity including the database, dispersing payment to approved grant recipients

 

Online Marketing and Social Media Intern

Toonari News & Media,

 August 2011-December 2011

 

• Monitored web traffic, analyzing electronic click-through data. Promoted Toonari Post through social media. Drafted press releases, e-newsletters and other communications materials.