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Fort Lauderdale, Florida

• Decreased aged inventory by $500K year over year by negotiating vendor returns of low performing MAP SKUs and developing a markdown monthly strategy for non-MAP SKUs
• Reinvested aged inventory dollar savings into new programs and extended color offerings of top performers that resulted in a $1M sales increase year over year
• Developed all preseason buys for 10 branded vendors
• Created a WOS analysis template used to examine and reduce assortment SKUs adapted by all control buyers

• Negotiated dropship ship strategy for Q4 in VG, leading to 37% reduction in warehouse inventory year over year
• Reduced inventory on slow moving items by 85% resulting in additional funds used to improve in-stock levels on key assortment items
• Analyzed minimum order quantities against sales performance and negotiated lower quantities for underperforming SKUs
• Manage Sports and Recreation and Video Game warehouse inventory through in-season forecasting, PO creation, and reducing unproductive inventory

• Developed top-down financial plans for Denim Bottoms and Separates to meet divisional financial goals
• Partnered with merchandise team to break down financial plans into program level forecasts to aid in assortment development
• Analyzed forecast accuracy to adjust in-season forecasts to guide open to buy management
• Managed markdown recommendations to leverage sales, inventory, and margin performance to plan

• Plan and forecast quarterly department sales and inventory for Women’s Outlet Division that align with company’s financial goals by analyzing history/trends, managing product flow, and collaborating with team.
• Present quarterly buy plans to Senior Leadership.
• Manage in-season processes to maximize financial outcomes for the season including the Open to Buy process and analyzing promotional pricing to increase sales, reduce liability, and improve margin.
• Actively manage weekly projections and adjustments by analyzing sales trends, risks, and opportunities to reduce inventory liability and stock outs.

• Plan and forecast quarterly department sales and inventory for Women’s Accessories that aligned with company’s financial goals by analyzing history/trends, managing product flow, and collaborating with team counterparts.
• Assist in the completion of Open-to-Buy by researching and investigating discrepancies and providing a monthly commentary with actual results against planned objectives.
• Complete flex buys based on demand determined by re-forecasting sales trend and analyzing future forecasts.
• Manage sku/store level inventory investments to maximize productivity including the creation of color-sized break downs, purchase order management, allocation, transfers, vendor disputes, reactionary reorders, and.
• Train new Planning Representative on daily responsibilities including but not limited to: markdown management, purchase order creation and maintenance, and completing daily sales and inventory reporting.

Bellevue, Washington

• Maintained accuracy within seasonal markdown cadences through collaboration with the team’s planner and merchant to ensure last minute price updates and clearing dates were reflected to minimize markdown pricing errors.
• Created and managed seasonal Purchase Order Tracking guide for each department within Women’s to analyze the Purchase Order process against planned seasonal inventory stated on the LRIP.
• Collaborated with the senior and associate planner to create all Women’s Canada CSBDs for each season, Flex, and chase order.
• Managed New Canada Store Project by providing Spring 2014 Inventory data, collaborating with sourcing and vendors to effectively issue new or edit existing Purchase Orders to provide the new CA store with full.
• Assisted with entering markdown pricing entry and purchase order entry.
• Supported the planning team with special projects including Buy Meeting Documents and Internal Review Documents by entering accurate data information needed.

• Maintained consistency within the Audio Ad Grid to ensure accuracy within the promotional strategy and collect vendor support by managing the vendor road maps and last-minute instant rebates.
• Supported the Audio team by weekly reviewing the advertised insert pages in verifying product, promotion, price, and copy accuracy.
• Collaborated with the cross-functional team in order to maintain category assortment, promotional implementation, and SKU transitions.
• Assisted in pulling and analyzing sales performance to forecast, trend, and attach for BPM.
• Assisted the Audio and HT Accessories team in managing SKU assortment including SKU setup and maintenance, cost and retail changes as well as price protection process.
• Reviewed competitors’ ads weekly to guarantee and maintain the pricing strategy and pricing reactions.

* Implemented visual merchandise displays for areas ranging from accessories to lingerieresulting in an increase in sales in every department. * Analyzed and assessed merchandise and sales report compared to the region's sales inorder to make adjustments to merchandising. * Supervised, trained, and delegated responsibilities to up to 10 associates.

* Developed accurate cost to resell merchandise in order to turn the most profit. * Determined current fashion trends of the target market in order to maintain best-selling merchandise for customers. * Designed and organized a fashion show with St. Cloud State University, Fashion Bug and the Gap. * Implemented social media activities to gain market share.

* Implemented strategy to increase UPT (units per transaction) from 2 units to 3-4 units. * Trained up to 7 associates on current fashion trends and how to market and sell theclothing items as a unit. * Exceeded customer service expectations

* Understood over 7 vendor billing operations in less than 1 week of training. * Implemented vendor contracts to ensure correct customer billing.

Bachelors, Science Retail Merchandising

Associate, Science Business Management