Ashley Augustine Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

Led Partnership with Merchandise Manager to develop a multi-channel assortment and financial plans. Directly managed a team of 10 financial and merchandise planners who led teams of up to 40 staff members for 116 store and eCommerce presence.• Delivered a +$400M business successfully achieving key company strategies and financial KPI’s.• Consistently top GMROI business in company • Performed rigorous analytics and derived insights that drove merchandise strategy across the business channels.• Determined areas of opportunity within the assortment for all business channels driving +$50M with GM improvement.• Implemented Continuous Improvement mindset and practices to problem solve and eliminate waste.

Seattle, Washington

Supported Corporate merchandise planning of +$900M inclusive of Brick & Mortar, N.com flash/persistent. Supported the eCommerce Merchants in 3 geographic locations: Seattle, NYC, and LA.• Developed and delivered multiple corporate processes in partnership with Supply Chain, Finance and Tech leadership. Implementation enabled merchants to maximize assortment delivering increased sales and GM. • Partnered with VP and SVP Leadership across a variety of disciples - Operations, Supply Chain, Finance and Tech to create a new inventory/forecasting system incorporating all business channels. Resulting in a comprehensive planning tool.• Led the development and implementation of Drop Ship capabilities which increase product assortment without holding inventory.

Supported merchandise planning for Nordstrom.Com. Supported a team of eCommerce Merchants. • Partnered in the development and then implementation of the corporate selection planning tool, enabling corporate planning alignment and visibility. • Managed in- season open to buy process in accordance with the corporate sales, margin and inventory turn objectives.• Actively developed, coached and mentored planning teams.

Supported divisional financial and assortment plans with sales of +$1B. • Partnered with Merchandise Manager to develop a multi-channel assortment. • Piloted the launch of NordstromRack.com.• Developed a strong team of planners resulting in the export of talent.