- Develop and communicate business processes and timelines to achieve key business goals through use of new software- Create, train, and maintain standard operating procedures related to Floor and Space Planning- Directly manage all data elements related to JDA Intactix, Space Allocation, Floor and Shelf Productivity, and On Hand Inventory- Analyze space productivity data to determine how to most effectively allocate floor space in new store prototypes, tests, and new business developments- Wrote Space Automation Scripts to increase efficiency of creating planograms

- Worked in collaboration with multiple groups in the Supply Chain department to create several tools which improved in-stocks and minimized markdowns - - Clustering Tool: Creates store groupings containing similarly-performing stores for optimal allocation of items and inventory to the store base - - Ad Build Tool: Determines inventory allocation level based on volume group in order to support corporate and local marketing sales and promotions - - Assortment Rationalization Tool: Determines which items within a product department should be kept or removed - - Bundle Allocation: Examined the inventory levels of all items included in a promotional bundle to ensure each store has a required number of complete bundles- Developed a model to optimize genre and artist mix at the store level for music to boost catalog CD sales dollars and gross margin dollars- Proactively reduced distressed inventory by providing guidance to the store base as to how to handle the end of product lifecycle- Oversaw the cross-functional annual in-stock budgeting process

- Created an application for cataloging scanned forms and reports documenting the use of a new piping material- Developed a web-based user interface to allow business users to easily browse and search by project numbers to view or print related documents