Kelcy Gears — Content Manager at VANS — Huntington Beach, CA
Kelcy Gears
Content Manager
Huntington Beach | United States
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Work experience
VANS
Content Manager | 01/2017 - Current
• Optimized processes relating to seasonal loads resulting in time savings of upwards of 50+ hours per season
• Created and disseminated product launch, copy and image documents for brand, legal, and merchandise teams in the US and worldwide
• Directly managed the seasonal loads of products for the United States and Canada related to creating and strengthening brand awareness
• Assisted as a key stakeholder with the launch and management of ecommerce in Canada
Fab
Senior Operations Manager | 05/2014 - 12/2016
Operations
• Determined staffing requirements, interviewed, hired and trained new employees, as well as managed and assigned specific duties
• Established an audit and invoice approval system for shipping accounts and suppliers
• Assisted with the research, development and implementation of international shipping
• Implemented fraud detection tools, procedures, and reports to reduce the fraud and chargeback rate
• Created an Open Orders report to detect late, missing, or damaged inventory in our warehouse and from dropship
Vendor Relations
• Processed final monthly invoices for 350+ dropship designers
• Liaison for 350+ dropship designers and 3PL warehouse
• Established a new dropship manual to assist all suppliers
Analysis
• Designed weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly business reports for the Operations, Customer Service and Merchandising departments for the CFO and company
• Worked with the CFO to determine ways to optimize processes, which minimized costs to the
Fab
Customer Service Specialist | 09/2013 - 05/2014
• Resolving an average of 150+ email and phone inquiries daily
• Consistently maintaining a QA score of 98+
• Contributing to company-wide high NPS (70+) by providing best-in-class service
• Processing replacements, returns and refunds of merchandise
• QA of 150+ new and current SKU's daily
Dear Lucy
Sales Floor and Inventory Manager | 05/2010 - 09/2013
• Managed two stock rooms, as well as daily shipments and the ordering of supplies
• Trained incoming sales staff
• Consulted on product buying based on consumer trends
• Designed displays and overall shop appearance