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• Improved Christmas and New Year’s sales 6% from 2013 to 2014 by collaborating with marketing and operations team to review promotional plans and vendor constraints to produce consensus demand forecasts. Resulting service level improved from 90% to 95% for warehoused items.• Maintained forecast accuracy within 7% unit error and 25% MAPE for over 5,000 SKUs carried in 1,300 stores nationwide. Rolled up individual store level demand to create distribution center forecasts based on statistical models, regional traits, and sales trends.• Collaborated with marketing and operations team to review promotional plans and vendor constraints to produce consensus demand forecasts that were shared with vendor community and manufacturing. • Partnered with management to develop weekly cadence to forecast over $25 million of weekly sales. Worked with business intelligence team to create dashboards that presented forecasts to cross functional team.• Created and managed continuous sixteen week forecasting models that allowed operations to plan orders and analyze investment opportunities.

• Maintained 97.4% service level during 2011 to 2013 periods. Forecasted the replenishment and promotional supply needs for vendor partners to account for over $2 million of weekly demand.• Reduced year-end inventory 30% in 2013 by partnering with Marketing to analyze historical inventory overstocks. Process produced precise purchase orders that minimized inventory while maintaining 97% service level during peak holiday season.• Reduced dump loss from $27,000 to $4,000 in 2012 by implementing post-promotion analysis. Identified perishable promotions at highly volatile price points and then analyzed time supply of residual inventory to validate ability to sell through.• Collaborated with vendors, distribution centers, and transportation to ensure on time delivery of purchase orders to optimize supply needs.• Managed item's life-cycle from initial product launch to discontinuation. Forecasted initial demand to ensure item reached targeted markets and managed end of life cycle to ensure optimal stock.• Worked on key projects to improve transportation efficiency, reduce lost sales, and take advantage of investment orders.

• Responsible for promotional forecasting and inventory management to support over 500 stores while minimizing working capital.• Analyzed and interpreted customer demand to provide insight & conclusions relating to purchasing choices.• Interacted with Marketing department on procurement needs to successfully execute marketing initiatives and conduct manufacturer metric reviews.