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Portland, Oregon, Us

• Own the global long range demand plan for Columbia Footwear and SOREL as an input into the product creation process and sourcing strategy• Initiate and develop the Global Demand Planning functions for the SOREL brand through cross-functional partnership, creation of SOPs and RACIs, and identify key waypoints to streamline the demand plan from E2E• Lead and drive Global Demand Planning process improvement activities and best practices • Responsible for partnering with Global Finance and Merchandising Leadership on the seasonal financial targets • Provide input into the Columbia Brand S&OP process by providing key performance indicators and measure progress against seasonal strategies• Collaborate with Global and Regional Merchandising to reconcile a global, omni-channel forecast • Key business partner supporting the product line plan development process through Line Architecture reviews• Lead, coordinate, and participate in internal and cross-functional business process and analytics continuous improvement efforts and projects

Portland, Oregon, Us

• Lead and drive global demand planning process improvement activities and best practices • Engage with key business partners to measure and improve forecast accuracy metrics season-over-season/year-over-year• Responsible for partnering with Global Finance on the seasonal financial targeting process and collaborate with Global Merchandising to reconcile a global, omni-channel forecast • Conduct operational reviews with Global Merchandising, Global Finance, and key business leaders and/or executive leadership• Facilitate and drive analysis for the long-range forecasting process for improved supply chain and manufacturing planning• Provide and present analysis related to seasonal hind-sighting, product line architecture strategy, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), and assortment optimization informing decisions related to product and supply chain execution • Key business partner supporting the product line plan development process, in collaboration with Global Merchandising, through style productivity and historical performance analysis• Lead, participate in, and coordinate internal and cross-functional business process and analytics continuous improvement efforts and projects

Portland, Oregon, Us

• Develop a forecast to drive timely purchases of inventory quantities in order to satisfy demand, minimize transportation costs, deliver products on time and in full, and minimize excess inventory. • Conception of forecasts for our seasonal product lines approximately 18 months prior to products availability with Global Merchant collaboration. • Estimate the volumes of each season’s products that will ultimately be purchased from our global suppliers. • Forecasts are derived from utilizing our wholesale customers’ order history, cancellations, reorders, and replenishment orders, as well as our demand from our Direct-To-Consumer businesses which includes brick-and-mortar, ecommerce, and outlet channels. • Analyze market trends, historical data, customer and sales feedback, and other factors to influence future line architecture. • Invest in information systems and processes to support our ongoing demand planning efforts such as Forecast Accuracy, Enterprise Data, and creation of visualization dashboards.• Provide adequate forecasting to optimize inventory in order to meet our customer and consumer demands.

Portland, Oregon, Us

• Build seasonal and monthly demand forecasts at style-color level based on strategic category revenue goals.• Collaborate with Sales and Merchandising to create initial seasonal style forecasts to support line development.• Support line planning, SKU management, and long-range material planning. • Developed SiG Tool (Size Generator); a Global sizing tool used to cover off orders and generate a size curve for the Global Buyers.• Partnered in the development of a new Forecast Accuracy Report and identified KPIs.• Conduct Demand Plan Reviews, Post Bookings Reviews, and Forecast Accuracy Recaps with Sales and Merchandising.• Create weekly Inventory and order book snapshots to guide and inform Sales and Merchandising. • Utilized Tableau to establish a weekly report to identify On Hand Inventory, DC arrivals, and size curves.• Determine and communicate forecast confidence, risks and opportunities to cross-functional partners.• Manage size profiles, Scope Check with RLT, and TM1 forecasts.

Portland, Oregon, Us

• Manage and own replenishment forecast for key accounts from pre-sales meeting through in-season shipping. • Create style/color/size replenishment forecast by month for key accounts and strategic categories to align with revenue goals. • Developed “The Size Genie”; a tool used to determine individual size curves by style/color/dim/size by aggregating each account’s true demand/sell through units to a unique size profile. • Created the “Inventory Reduction Sheet” to give visibility of increased demand by style/color and Account. • Enhance supporting documents such as the Post Shipping Review by determining new measurable metrics and automating the process. • Key player in the development and creation of the Planning & Account Operations career website homepage. • Recommend revisions to forecasts based on sell through and inventory during monthly conference calls with key account Buyers, Planners, and DMMs as well as Sales and Account Services.• Met with key account Merchants and Managers during sell-in meetings to discuss marketing strategies, company direction, replenishment assortments, and forecast alignment.• Analyzed sell through, inventory levels, and turn to further increase forecast accuracy. • Continually supported the GBT “Global Business Transformation” process by developing and testing systems and reports.

London, Gb

• Analyzed business trends and sales to maximize store profitability. • Monitored product cost and inventory to help reduce margin.• Implemented merchandising plans and floor moves to maximize sales and manage sell-through.• Attended Market trips to assist with trend analysis, buying, and strengthen vendor relations.• Planned and executed special events, promotions, and in-store activities on a set budget.• Streamlined communication amongst team members by creating a “Leader of the Day” program. • Initiated monthly meetings with executive staff to be transparent with the company’s performance and directional strategy.• Developed Safety Handbook, compliancy reports, and started a Safety Committee.• Recruited, hired, trained, developed and mentored sales team. • Performed employee reviews, correctives, work accidents, and damage/maintenance reports.

Plano, Texas, Us

• Managed multi-million departments and consistently outperformed benchmarks.• Utilized different report metrics to track and record individual and group sales, product sell-through, compare top selling merchandise, and identify underperforming merchandise.• Used inventory control metrics to identify areas of improvement to reduce loss in margin. • Forecasted short and long-term sales goals for three departments. • Created planograms to merchandise product based on consumer flow and earned dollars per square foot.• Planned individual employee sales goals and analyzed employee productivity reports.• Identified areas of opportunity and created new reports to improve sales and customer service. • Developed recognition and incentive programs to assist employees in achieving goals and meeting deadlines. • Initiated “MVP” program (Most Valuable Product) which increased employee awareness, generated higher sales, and ultimately improved our customer service.• Implemented weekly meetings with direct reports (Department Supervisors) to go over sales, employees’ performances, and weekly targets.

• Business venture in retail solutions.• Conduct in-store branding, marketing, merchandising and training from Seattle to San Francisco.• Composed business proposals and expense charts for accounts.

New York, Ny, Us

• Functioned with 22 shoe vendors in the Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Idaho.• Developed and analyzed query reports to determine product’s age, sell through, and stock level as well as identify top performing styles.• Tracked and reported sales metrics on individual products, categories, and departments.• Built and sent monthly reports on each category summarizing product sales, stock levels, market demand and threats, and areas of opportunity to Merchants and Vendor Representatives.• Instructed over 300 employees at the Northwest Regional training seminar.• Reported daily agendas, observations, and outcomes to Store and District Management.• Partnered with District and Store Managers on supporting new business objectives.• Participated in business reviews to identify store-specific assortment opportunities.