Alan Daniel Email & Phone Number

Glendale, California, United States

Active participant in each key financial milestone including Long-Term Planning, the Annual Operating Plan, and in season forecasting.Provide a direct link between the Finance organization and the other key cross functional teams through excellent communication skills to set financial targets as well as set direction on key performance measurements for each aspect of the business.Responsible for the high-level revenue forecasting of the business including sales, margin, and inventory management for each channel of the business; Ecommerce, Brick and Mortar, and Amazon. Accuracy of these forecast is critical to the business as it ultimately drives all expenses and spending for the entire P&L of the business.A primary responsibility is to effectively partner with each of my executive stakeholders across the organization, by providing direction, insight, accurate forecasts, and analytical support to each team. The information I produce provides financial guidance and helps in decision making by weighing the cost and benefit of the business' strategic direction.Examples:Partner with the head of Merchandise Planning to validate the OTB including sales projections, markdown strategies, promo strategies, receipt flow, and inventory managementWork with the Buying lead to provide key overall selling results and observations about trends. Analyze results of promotions or company initiatives to provide fact based recommendations.Build a site traffic target and conversion forecast and partner with the marketing team to align on strategies to achieve goals. Provide insight on financial trends and future forecast to guide marketing spend.Meet with the head of the DC frequently to discuss Production Planning and Operational Planning for labor and space planning in each of the distribution centers.Provide guidance to the allocation team regarding the forecast to help them produce an outbound allocation forecast from the DC's to the stores.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Responsible for the creation and management of the Annual Budget and Monthly In-season forecast for the North America business, including Ecommerce, Full-price stores, and Outlets.Introduced new infrastructure and new processes to the merchandise planning and allocation teams to create structure, encourage collaboration, and increase productivity by clearly defining roles and expectations, building partnerships, and cross-training and developing the team.Built a strong relationship with my wholesale business partner and together we developed a process to better manage and share inventory between the retail and wholesale teams which led to improvements in receipt flow and better margins.Incredible learning experience working for a true vertical wholesaler / retailer to understand the nuances and complexities of product design, development, sales, forecasting, inventory management etc. in a brand that co-manages both wholesale and retail in their own Brick and Mortar locations simultaneously.

Pottery Barn Retail Division Of Williams-Sonoma

Led the Retail Planning and Allocation Team at the Pottery Barn Retail Brand. Held various roles during my tenure including leading the planning organization for the Accessories and Tabletop division as well as leading the entire Allocation Team for the brand.

During my time at the Gap Brand, I had the opportunity to lead the planning team for the Men's Apparel Division as well as the Men's and Women's Accessories Division.

North America - Glendale, Ca

Led and Managed the Allocation Team. Directed a team whose primary responsibility was to ensure the product was in the right location and the right time to maximize profitability.During my time in this position, I also took on additional responsibilities. I worked with an outside consulting firm to help design and build a new in-house allocation and replenishment system.I also was selected to work directly with the Asia Pacific Disney store team, with the objective to strengthen the Hong Kong Market. I spent ten months working with their planning and allocation teams, to mentor and develop them.I also worked as a Senior Manager of Planning of the Hardlines business, specifically, Toys, Plush, Stationery and Home.