Yusuf Demircan

Multi-brand CPG importer & distributor

Associate Supply Chain Planning Manager at WORLD FINER FOODS (2025-05 – Present)

Multi-brand CPG importer & distributor

• 3PL Transition — Earned Employee of the Quarter within six months for orchestrating a seamless 3PL warehouse transition of 2,000+ pallets across 100+ truckloads.
• Owned demand planning, forecasting, and purchasing across 17 brands, including Nando's, Barry's Tea, and Colman's.
• $200K+ Loss Prevention — Prevented $200K+ in potential inventory loss by uncovering erroneous warehouse expiration-date records.
• Managed corrugate requirements, inventory, and purchasing for shipper components across WFF's 30-brand portfolio.

Demand Planner, SIOP & Raw Materials Buyer at SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS (2023-08 – 2025-05)

Global manufacturer of high-performance materials and engineered products

• 59% Inventory Reduction — Reduced days of inventory from 90 to 37 days, improving cash flow and reducing obsolescence risk.
• 26% Freight Savings — Cut sea-freight costs by consolidating 52 LCL shipments into 30 FCLs.
• Owned raw-material purchasing for the entire manufacturing plant across 15+ global suppliers.
• Led SIOP as the bridge between Sales, Engineering, and New Applications, translating demand into purchasing, inventory, and production plans.
• Challenged customer forecasts against historical demand and current trends, resolving over-and under-forecasting directly with customers.

Director of Operations / Procurement at BLOOM RUGS (2020-11 – 2023-06)

E-commerce home furnishings startup

• $1M+ Monthly Sales — Built and scaled the business from the ground up to $1M+ in monthly sales within 24 months.
• $3M Marketing Budget — Directed a $3M annual marketing budget, setting channel strategy and allocating spend based on performance.
• 45% Shipping Savings — Pioneered a first-of-its-kind packaging strategy for oversized rugs, reducing average parcel shipping costs 45%.
• Built warehouse and fulfillment operations from the ground up—facility, racking, equipment, labor, and carriers—scaling to 15,000+ monthly shipments.
• ERP Implementation — Led end-to-end ERP selection and implementation, evaluating 20+ platforms before deploying Sellercloud across inventory, warehousing, and order management.

Director of Operations at OTTOMANSON (2018 – 2020)

Privately held importer & consumer-products company

• 470%+ Revenue Growth — Drove revenue growth from $7M to $40M+.
• Reduced supply-chain costs 24% through process redesign and supplier negotiations.
• Directed 1,000+ annual container imports across six international sourcing countries.
• 75% Capacity Increase — Increased fulfillment capacity through custom software and process redesign, reaching 700,000+ annual shipments.
• Led 30+ employees across office, warehouse, fulfillment, and operational functions while owning day-to-day financial operations, including AP/AR, cash flow, budgeting, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Built the highest-volume Amazon area-rug operation, producing 35+ Top-100 best sellers.
• Private Label Ownership — Owned private-label programs for Amazon, Walmart, and Home Depot, spanning product selection, design, packaging, pricing, sourcing, inventory, and fulfillment.

Director of E-Commerce at OTTOMANSON (2015 – 2018)

Privately held importer & consumer-products company

E-Commerce / Operations Associate at OTTOMANSON (2013 – 2015)

Privately held importer & consumer-products company

B.A. in Information Systems – Rutgers University & New Jersey Institute of Technology (2017)