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• Partner with Business Unit VP/GMMs to understand the business strategy and objectives to ensure space allocation within each store is optimized to best meet the financial goals of the business and SHC• Responsible for planogram footage allocation within the Hardlines, Apparel, and Home departments and item space allocation within planograms balancing the financial targets with customer experience• Partner closely with the business units, store operations and inventory teams to ensure… Show more • Partner with Business Unit VP/GMMs to understand the business strategy and objectives to ensure space allocation within each store is optimized to best meet the financial goals of the business and SHC• Responsible for planogram footage allocation within the Hardlines, Apparel, and Home departments and item space allocation within planograms balancing the financial targets with customer experience• Partner closely with the business units, store operations and inventory teams to ensure the strategy and vision are executed for each transition within planned budget and project timelines• Accountable for all work in support of merchandising changes in the stores from item swaps to major reset and transitions• Manage a team of approximately 30+ associates with 6 managers reporting directly in Show less

•Cross functionally coordinate merchants, inventory management, procurement, visual implementation, signing, loss prevention, finance, and store operations along with other key functional areas to ensure seamless execution of all re-merchandising processes•Lead weekly transition meetings to ensure that all facets of the transition follow the established timeline and provide weekly milestone status updates to team members and senior leaders. •Coordinate and manage all reset calendar… Show more •Cross functionally coordinate merchants, inventory management, procurement, visual implementation, signing, loss prevention, finance, and store operations along with other key functional areas to ensure seamless execution of all re-merchandising processes•Lead weekly transition meetings to ensure that all facets of the transition follow the established timeline and provide weekly milestone status updates to team members and senior leaders. •Coordinate and manage all reset calendar activity for all store formats including advanced planning (12 months out) thru in season requests•Accountable for accuracy of transition calendar on a week to week, month to month timeframe while partnering with Store Operations for payroll and resource planning accuracy to ensure all budgets are adhered to Show less

•Support Space Planning needs for all Home divisions which generated $9.8B LY•Provide supervision and development of 10 analysts and oversee the productivity and accuracy of all planograms and resulting financial information•Ensure the execution of merchandise presentations in accordance with established timelines, area guidelines and standards and operational requirements

•Assisted in the management of milestones for Cosmetics, Soft Home, and Hard Home transitions; assisted analysts with Planogram Update timelines for the assigned business areas. •Responsible for the completion of Special Projects as assigned by manager within the business areas. Participated in special store projects, remodels and Departmental Resets.•Accountable for the training and development of all Space Planning Analysts and assisted in the coordination of team workloads to ensure… Show more •Assisted in the management of milestones for Cosmetics, Soft Home, and Hard Home transitions; assisted analysts with Planogram Update timelines for the assigned business areas. •Responsible for the completion of Special Projects as assigned by manager within the business areas. Participated in special store projects, remodels and Departmental Resets.•Accountable for the training and development of all Space Planning Analysts and assisted in the coordination of team workloads to ensure timely completion of all projects.•Successfully led the team and supporting functions in the March 2007 HBC Reset building over 1000 planograms. Show less

•Utilized Space Planning tools to create planograms that best support sales and productivity for Intimates, Automotive, Seasonal, Lawn and Garden.•Developed and utilized vendor relationships to support planogram development that meets corporate business standards. Coordinated with Category Captains to develop easier to execute Intimates planograms.•Utilized assortment plans provided from buyers to create planograms that best support the stores.

•Oversaw all aspects of Hardlines departments, generating over 60% of total store sales.•Empowered to manage $31 million annual revenue location.•Responsible for setting and ensuring compliance with departmental goals, general guest satisfaction, and for overall store profitability.•Helped team leaders develop as managers and monitored all employee performance.

•Supported Regional Operations Director in achieving operational goals for over 100 individual store locations.•Assisted with sales and payroll forecasting, annual budgeting, and financial analysis.•Developed and maintained records for regional budgets.