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Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

Responsible for end-to-end sales and inventory planning for branded count goods.Generate accurate and timely replenishment orders to the warehouse as well as to stores in order to achieve company and department objectives. Responsible for planning the financials for branded goods with the merchant partner to drive current sales and prepare for future.

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

• Responsible for the adherence to the inventory management expectations including inventory turns and on time delivery for Xcel Energy.
• Build and maintain highly collaborative relationships with internal departments including sales, purchasing, sourcing and operations to ensure we are meeting the customers needs and expectations.
• Create and communicate high level demand plans for key product families based off of customers overall needs and vendor avilability.
• Coordinate the development of alliance customer plans for product demand, stocking/replenishment status, and inventory stocking parameters such as reorder point, lead time and order quantity.
• Present monthly status and progress on alliance inventory KPIs, projects and initiatives to branch leadership, key customer contacts and executives.
• Maintain data integrity and customer material records to ensure all automated system processes operate as they should.

Fargo, North Dakota

• Issue purchase orders to vendors based off of need and lead time requirements.
• Review and identify overstock or obsolete inventory and request and process vendor returns.
• Work directly with the branches to identify and their needs and ensure they have the proper inventory.

Fargo, North Dakota Area

Moorhead, Minnesota

• Attend trade shows to source new product for the stores along with promotional items for ad inserts.
• Manage a $14-million buying budget while ensuring the right product is being purchased to maintain customer demand.
• Partner with the Accounting Manager to ensure the buying budget is in-line with company cash flow.
• Develop and execute and monthly/yearly sales plans and margin goals in line with current trends and the buying budget.
• Partner with the distribution center to make sure that all product needed at stores is getting there in a timely manner.

Moorhead MN

• Develop and manage assortment plans while analyzing sales, margin and inventory to make sure its meeting company turn goals and top line sales expectations.
• Order product to ensure stores and the DC are in stock on all critical product while keeping the budget in mind.
• Negotiate with vendors to secure the best cost and dating on all new and recurring orders.
• Collaborate with the marketing team on current and upcoming promotions to ensure MAC’s is positioned well in this competitive retail environment.
• Work with vendors optimizing sales whether it is identifying under performing product for return or getting additional marketing funds for top performing product.
• Train the buying assistants on the core responsibilities of buying including report understanding, sales analysis and inventory management.

Fargo, North Dakota Area

• Developed monthly sales plans while taking into consideration inventory, turn and margin goals.
• Analyzed and maintained sales ladders on a weekly basis to make sure business is achieving sales plan metrics and make necessary adjustments so inventory levels and margin are in line with sales.
• Created assortment plans in collaboration with the buying team using current strategy along with previous selling history.
• Identified slow selling product to markdown or promote on a weekly basis.
• Developed inventory flow charts to maintain a desired on hand quantity as it relates to sales expectations.
• Allocated product out to stores based off of current selling, ideal presentation, capacity and relevance.

St Paul MN

• Wrote, allocated and tracked purchase orders for all new and current stores.
• Made adjustments at the store level when floor scales change to ensure all assortments are relevant to each market.
• Reviewed, setup and analyzed replenishment for seasonal and year round assortments.
• Collaborated with the Business Analyst, Product Manager and stores to meet inventory expectations and needs.

Saint Paul, MN

• Input new items, perform item maintenance and update pricing using an Oracle based system.
• Utilized Microsoft Excel for data management, advertising, and assortment planning in a sku intense environment.
• Worked with vendors to bring in new product, gather samples, reconcile cost discrepancies and verify all weekly inserts are accurate and follow the correct pricing.

Eden Prairie MN

Aided guests with lens and frame selections.Customize glasses to guests by performing adjustments and repairsPerfom management tasks such as opening and closing the store, motivate team members and be aware of current sales goals

Downtown Minneapolis MN

Consults wits customers while making tuxedo selectionsStay up-to-date with mens suiting trends and provide customers with product knowledgeAssist team members with visual merchandising and processing inventory

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Working for the affilate modeling agency that is known world wide really opened my eyes to how the talent industry really worked. My time spent with Wilhelmina allowed me to understand how to manage my time and multi-task, as I had a variety of different responsibilities which included, - Model Management - Fashion Styling - Developing Photo Shoots.

New Hope, MN

My time spent with Drive Model Management was working with the owner developing photo shoots and helping with casting calls. I had to build strong relationships with hair stylists, makeup artists, and photographers to help produce these photo shoots. Working with others in the greater Minneapolis St Paul fashion industry was vital to achieve all task I had.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Responsible for making new shoe displays and organizing the stock roomProvided high level customer service to customersDeveloped and maintained a clientele list