Abby Beaver Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, GA, US

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Lead and develop team of Sr. Analysts to build weekly operational and storage forecasts for 55% of total company processed volume spanning Food and Essentials departments to inform site staffing decisions and conduct.
• Influence 25 Sr. Inventory Managers and Merchandise Planning partners for accurate forecast inputs via translating unit/financial expectations, identifying inventory flow strategies, and predicting consumer trends.
• Launched standardized forecasting tool with thought partnership from Inventory Mgmt, Planning, Enterprise Ops, and S&OP by validating one source of truth for historical data, identifying 30+ key metrics across.
• Forecasted the openings of three new temperature-controlled Food DCs via historical shipment analysis, sales trends, and food supply chain leader alignment, maintaining forecast variance within 5.3% in the first weeks.
• Elevate team culture through facilitation of bi-monthly trainings for all Global Inventory Management Leaders ofPeople, planning quarterly in-person connection moments for S&OP, completing Target’s Foundational.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Published operational forecasts for five Target-owned, temperature-controlled FDCs utilizing inventory management context and trend modeling to calculate building, chamber, and daily splits. Kept forecast variance.
• Hosted calls across Food & Bev Events team, Network Capacity team, and FDC Production Controllers to align onholiday week daily-level projections, including impactful inventory maintenance, accommodating for.
• Coached S&OP Food Sr. Analysts through implementation of 8-week out and 4-week out holiday check-ins to mitigate total volume risk when entering and exiting key event weeks, pulling prior year actuals compared to.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Managed Processed, Frozen, and Fresh Meat inventory levels across multiple business units, four Distribution Centers, and 600 stores, creating routines for first ever Sr. Analyst 3PL role and supporting over $287.
• Recipient of EVP Super Solver Award for leading total Food & Bev Inventory Management in launch of new 3PL temp-controlled warehouse involving strategic inventory planning, identifying and filling gaps in assortment.
• Directed and accelerated the Food & Bev seasonal captainship across 14 food seasons / holidays through reinventing the timing & action, hosting live calls for interactive troubleshooting with Store Operations.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Owned inventory replenishment of $130M in Sales for Fresh Beef, Pork, and Ham categories across all U.S. Regions and 1,800+ stores via order placement and maintaining business relationships with top industry suppliers

Morristown, Tennessee, US