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New York, New York, United States

Forecast and Manage Sales, Gross Margin, Inventory Turn and Profit for $250M dollar business.*Keep control of Inventory by tracking receipts and sales.*Review divisions material attributes to ensure reports are accurate.*Communicate with various teams in multiple locations to ensure business is running smoothly

Samsung, Ridgefield, NJ

Supported the development, coordination, and communication of business plans and strategies between Samsung Electronics of America, Global HQ, customer teams and field teams through: * Remotely leading, coaching, guiding, advising, mentoring and developing analysts. * Maintained systems data consistency across all internal systems. * Being the internal.

Secaucus, NJ

E-commerce Planning, Analysis and Reporting for a growing woman's urban plus size brand with E-commerce sales over $30M. Planning: *Created preseason plans and reforecasted in season for all E-commerce classes and departments for inventory, sales, receipts, margin, AUR, cost and markdowns.*Inventory control by managing receipt flow, approving purchase.

Greater New York City Area

• Created monthly item target plans in MS Excel including unit and dollar sales, receipts and markdowns.
• Planned and re-forecasted in JDA Arthur sub-department unit and dollar plans in Arthur for Inventory, FP and MD sales, receipts, markdowns, MOOS.
• Approved POs and updated weekly deals, weekly promotions and markdowns.
• Created and maintained weekly, monthly and seasonal reports.

Secaucus, NJ

Lead administrator for the SAS planning system at a childrens retailer with sales of $1.6B and over 1,000 stores in the United States and Canada.-Daily operation and support of the Marketmax (SAS) application.-Set up and maintained the Plan Management structure (Plan Groups, Plans, Plan Versions, and Plan Worksheets).-Defined and sustained worksheets.

Secaucus, NJ

• Consulted at The Children's Place and hired after six months. Worked with Director of Merchandise Systems to build and modify reports for management, planners and merchants.
• Created weekly and monthly summary reports used to make business decisions.
• Reduced process cycle time for key summary reports from 8 hours to 90 minutes by eliminating unnecessary procedural steps and producing automated worksheets using SAS AMO and complex MS Excel formulas.
• Assisted Director with SAS planning system with 20 users.

NYC

Managed corporate planning for Men's Furnishings and Tailored Clothing ($1.2B in annual sales). -Developed merchandise plans, including core vendor and private label, supporting Company goals and growth objectives. Provided analytical support and challenge to Merchants to maximize business opportunities. -Partnered with VP and Merchandise Managers to.

NYC

• Trendy juniors specialty chain known as with annual sales of $350M and 570 doors.
• Planned and forecasted beginning of month inventories, sales, markdowns and receipt flow on a weekly basis by department for the Rave Girl division of a trendy girls retail chain with annual sales of $60 million.
• Developed, planned and projected receipt flow for key items to support sales forecasts and work with Merchants weekly, to ensure timely deliveries.
• Meet with GMM, Director of Planning and Buyers on a weekly basis to discuss opportunities and liabilities within the Open to Buy report.
• Developed and implemented monthly store plans for the entire 570 store chain, including sales and inventories.
• Designed, implemented and updated weekly store reporting, including open to ship reports.

Orangeburg, NY

• Mortgage and auto financing lender and servicing division. Created and maintained a reporting system supporting a $1.2B auto financing lender and servicer.
• Designed automated reports using databases and spreadsheets to deliver monthly and ad-hoc statistics for executive management, third party financial consultants and investors.
• Developed auto payoff and enhanced mortgage payoff processes through automation of Excel spreadsheets and consolidation of paperwork to accommodate a 400% increase in volume without additional staffing.
• Provided support by proofing data and reports so system conversions and new systems would not disrupt servicing and operational departments and maintain confidence of investors. Conversion was seamless.
• Supervised, trained, developed and delegated routine responsibilities to junior analyst and multiple clerical positions for continued growth of auto reporting.
• Nominated by Superior Bank Senior Management to Special Projects Team. Projects started with time and action calendar and all aspects through implication and multiple follow-ups.