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Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, United States

Coraopolis, Pennsylvania

Coraopolis, Pa

• Focus on in-stock management by utilizing allocations and replenishment systems, ad in-stocks, and consistent communication with business partners and leadership around the current business strategy • Leverage Allocation and Replenishment systems to execute all parent splits, inbound, and back stock allocations as needed daily in accordance with vendor lead times, DC unloading times, and business needs to increase inventory productivity• Prioritize and monitor key style performance using micro strategy and styles reports to make recommendations to the buying and merchandise planning team where additional buys are needed, and underperforming styles where PO cuts are made to increase turn • Analyze settings within the replenishment system to adjust accordingly to improve at sku/store level when ordering weekly replenishment orders based on business and seasonality• Execute all ITEL cluster and style assignments to properly feed Fulfill, In-stocks, and Key Item Reporting• Utilize Store Trend and C/O Exception reporting to capture current business trends and act accordingly• Collaborate with in-store team members to address specific customer and regional issues, concerns, and needs• Built vendor relationships by opening lines of communication to capitalize on business opportunities • Share fill-rates and projections with vendors monthly for replenishment styles to keep record and communication of any styles that may be out of stock or have low in-stock on the vendor’s end

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Developed and maintained 12-month rolling financial plans for categories totaling $39.2 million in sales • Partnered with buying team to develop a new category of business that resulted in sales of $6.2M, 16% of the business • Responsible for driving profitable sales and margin through creation and execution of sales plans, buy strategies, flow management and inventory control• Analyzed each department to identify opportunities and issues within each business and react accordingly• Suggested promotions based of previous year’s history and current sales trends• Lead weekly meetings with cross-functional teams to ensure target inventory levels were maintained, identify potential issues within each business and to produce solutions to issues when necessary• Maintained and updated open-to-buy daily, weekly and monthly• Worked monthly with cross-functional teams in the sim store to ensure the bra wall was set to tie-back to the merchandise plans, prior to direction being sent out to stores• Tested different promotional strategies to maximize sales in open-price and mid-price undies• Worked with the Business Process team to improve overall business process across the cross functional teams in Merchandise Planning & Allocation and Buying. Added quarterly meetings and new reporting to use as tools during meetings and during the season to make business processes across the above areas move uniform.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Partnered with Director of Planning and merchandise planner to develop 12 month financial plans• Ensured accurate financials were placed in reports distributed to management and cross-functional teams on a weekly basis• Responsible for driving profitable sales and margin through creation and execution of sales plans, buy strategies, flow management and inventory control with the merchandise planner and Director of Planning• Analyzed each department to identify opportunities and issues within each business and react accordingly• Suggested promotions based of previous year’s history and current sales trends• Participated in weekly meetings with cross-functional teams lead by the merchandise planner to ensure target inventory levels were maintained, identified potential issue within each business and produced solutions to issues when necessary• Maintained and updated open-to-buy daily, weekly and monthly with the guidance of the merchandise planner

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Entered new orders written by merchandise buyer and/or assistant buyer in Island Pacific Retail Management Program• Updated orders in Island Pacific when changes were made to merchandise assortment, quantities, or delivery dates in order to have the most up-to-date information available for cross-functional teammates• Organized and stored merchandise samples sent to the Support Center from the Distribution Center for the merchandise buyer to review for quality and accuracy on a daily basis• Responsible for managing DC inventory in the sample closet and in the sim store; including arranging store transfers, samples sent vendors and merchandise to sample sale• Partnered with the distribution center on changes to the purchase orders including: short ships & over ships by vendors, ticketing issues, and color issues.• Accurately filed hard copies of purchase orders written by merchandise buyer and assistant buyer in order to be easily located when needed for review; updated the purchase orders with changes made prior to the vendor shipping the product to the distribution center

Business Administration Specialized In Fashion Merchandising, 3.3 Gpa

Certificate, Graphic Design