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San Francisco, California, Us

Seattle, Washington, Us

Midvale, Ut, Us

Midvale, Ut, Us

Midvale, Ut, Us

Midvale, Ut, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

• Provided fact-based analysis on divisional financial results and providing insights into cause/effect relationships in a start-up environment• Collaborated with Divisional Merchants to build an achievable strategic vision for Women’s & Junior’s Apparel, Accessories, Intimates, and Shoes• Grew Women’s Apparel & Shoes penetration to total company while managing the downtrend of Juniors’• Lead the category planning of sales & margin for over 35% of total Gordmans volume and successfully increased inventory turnover in line with company initiatives • Established accountability for inventory control & profitability • Partnered with Buying to ensure mark-up & markdown strategies are effectively being executed• Collaborated with Divisional Merchant in development & implementation of category tests and entrance/exit strategies with intent to profitably manage seasonal inventory• Lead a team of 3 Merchandise Planners & 4 Allocation Analysts

Houston, Texas, Us

• Lead the Gordmans data & systems conversion process during Stage Store’s acquisition of Gordmans• Developed & implemented a re-organization plan for the merchandise hierarchy, as well as bridge systems to hold over business-critical activities such as Markdowns & Open to Buy during a systems merger• Developed executive level reporting and the weekly financial recaps of Gordmans stores• Lead reviews of processes in a cross-functional team of Info Systems, Distribution, Merchandising, & Stores• Negotiated systems enhancements between business group and information systems teams • Forecasted company daily KPIs and recommended changes to company financial projections• Assessed where procedures and processes were lacking clarity & accountability and communicated findings to GVP of Planning & Allocation & SVP of Merchandising• Managed the Gordmans monthly markdown budgets and communicated guidelines to each family of business• Recruited, hired, and trained a staff of 6 full-time data management associates

Houston, Texas, Us

• Manager of entire location planning process • Developing tools in MS Access to create by store plans & projections at the class level for entire chain• Creating store sales & inventory plans & projections that tie to Open to Buy and Merchandise Plans to feed allocation software• Business Data Subject Matter Expert for IT Projects• Analyzing store performances for modifying location specific strategies

Houston, Texas, Us

• Designed processes for analyzing company initiatives, developed reporting for such initiatives for the Operating Committee, the Board of Directors, and business users• Established all procedures required for reporting on initiatives • Collaborated directly with the SVP of Planning for Operating Committee & Board of Directors reporting• Analyzed company performance based upon requests of the SVP of Planning and the Chief Merchandising Officer• Assessed where procedures and processes are lacking clarity & accountability and developed proper workflows and responsibilities• Documented procedure changes and communicates all changes to end users• Performed duties of the BI Business Specialist & Requirements Analyst for BI• Determined right information and appropriate levels of detail to assist in analysis of business• Ensured that BI enables modes of accessing & analyzing data most conducive to fulfilling business objectives• Interviewed end users to determine requirements of data, reports, and analyses and documents all requirements for future projects• Managed the UAT process for all BI metrics and reports• Trained new users in BI environment

Houston, Texas, Us

• Developed Seasonal plans by department/class/subclass using both top-down & bottom-up approaches based upon history, forecasts, merchandise trends, and growth opportunities for over $40M in 40+ unique categories in the Home Décor Division• Monitored & managed in-season projections to meet/exceed plans for sales, inventory turn, gross margin, and receipts based up weekly and monthly trends• Analyzed product attributes such as price points, pattern, size, silhouette, etc. to recommend changes to buying practices• Created purchase guidelines for my buying partners pre-market or vendor appointments to pinpoint what goods were necessary to purchase immediately• Leveraged sales trend to get ahead of lead times at the category & item level; as half of my areas of responsibilities were imported I was typically handling these 90-120 days out.• Managed the ecommerce planning for my Division• Deep diving into the data of the Home Décor division to determine common trends to pursue

Houston, Texas, Us

• Analyzed store performances to balance inventories across the chain• Participated in a pilot program to implement new allocation process, score carding, and best practices• Built exception reporting for the corporate office to help all distribution analysts quickly identify over/under stocked stores & which stores may have inventory aging issueso This tool would later serve as the base model for an allocation tool built by outside consultants for Gordmans• Created item and brand level sales forecasts and built inventory levels and ordering plans around them• Resolved store needs raised by store leadership• Assisted planning manager with planning new store inventory levels• Conducted analysis on product performance for new and trending categories and managed replenishment goods

Executive Mba

Bachelor Of Engineering, Industrial Engineering