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Portland, OR, US

Portland, Oregon, United States

Beaverton, Oregon, United States

• Present weekly buy review analysis including forecast reviews and week over week full price and clearance sales.
• Analyze in season sell through to determine opportunities to maximize sales and drive inventory health through markdowns,clearance, and promotional events.
• Drive accurate inventory planning and inventory management for the business to support the market demands while working to maintain business inventory & service level targets.
• Optimize inventory across business… Show more
• Optimize inventory across business channels by working cross-functionally with other business units to maximize demand coverage.
• Partnering with Merchandising teams and allocation teams to identify problem stock, as well as driving a plan of action to optimize clearance initiatives to maintain inventory health.

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Managed multiple projects involving data analysis, data quality, SOP creation, cross functional demonstrations, and presentation to Senior Leadership.
• Created digestible data visuals and dashboards using Excel, Tableau, Smartsheet, and Power BI.
• Oversaw the flow of goods at origin (factory to shipment) and/or destination (in transit to receipt) into the North American distribution centers using.
• Managed and forecasted seasonal and adhoc delivery of all west coast, North… Show more
• Managed and forecasted seasonal and adhoc delivery of all west coast, North American purchase orders
• Reported and presented weekly KPI performance and projections to key business partners and SLT.

• Forecasted and developed seasonal buy plan for all genders and categories for seasonal buys.
• Executed all global purchase orders, including inline and off cycle orders to ensure all purchase orders are placed accurately and on time, and confirmed vendors maintain agreed upon minimums and Exit factory dates
• Proactively managed day-to-day communications to sales department, development team, and vendors to ensure all questions regarding POs, product packing and shipping documentation… Show more
• Proactively managed day-to-day communications to sales department, development team, and vendors to ensure all questions regarding POs, product packing and shipping documentation issues are accurately addressed to.
• Managed all aspects of style master, including creating part numbers, assignment of UPCs, loading all item dimensions, purchase trade agreements, sales trade agreements, Harmonized Tarif Schedule (HTS) codes, and.
• Negotiated EFDs with factories, negotiated delivery dates with Sales team, coordinated with development to ensure production specs are updated with vendors, and monitored production status to meet EFDs. Show less

• Communicated regularly with logistics service providers to ensure contracts were properly negotiated, standard operating procedures were properly implemented, and KPIs were consistently met.
• Managed day-to-day logistics operations to ensure all shipments were cleared through customs and delivered accurately, and in the most timely and cost-effective manner.
• Reviewed, ordered and shipped all US key account price tickets and stickers through the Fineline website to vendors and US… Show more
• Reviewed, ordered and shipped all US key account price tickets and stickers through the Fineline website to vendors and US warehouse supervisor for inline and off cycle production orders.
• Maintained seasonal tracking sheets to accurately communicate in-transit status to all internal customers.
• Confirmed final quantities being shipped by vendors and adjusted POs in ERP system accordingly. Assisted in virtual receiving process and inventory of virtual warehouses.

Oceanside, California, United States

Managed inventory planning and purchasing.Store Learning CoachCoffee Master & Mentor2x Employee of the Quarter

Diploma Of Education

Recording Arts Technology/Technician