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Big Lots, Inc. is a community retailer operating more than 1,400 Big Lots stores in 47 states, dedicated to friendly service, trustworthy value, and affordable solutions in every season and category – furniture, food, décor, and more.Headed cross functional teams, driving the exploration and identification of new growth opportunities within the organization. Supervised company initiatives beyond regular responsibilities earning trust of upper management. Created and presented financial summaries for monthly and quarterly milestone meetings including trend analysis, inventory management, margin maximization to CMO, CFO highlighting successes and addressing challenges. Drove short- and long-term financial performance for soft home product categories ranging from $150M-250M in annual revenue. * Executed strategic departmental space adjustments by partnering with a cross functional team. Maximized profit through markdown management, editing assortment, and new product introductions. The sales trend remained flat with a 17% reduction in space, beating sales expectations by 10% and profit by 20%.* Regulated $200M open to buy to maximize inventory turns and optimize cash flow.* Created customized tools using advanced excel skills, to enhance operational efficiency and decision-making processes.

Reynoldsburg, Ohio

Victoria’s Secret & Co. is a specialty retailer of modern, fashion-inspired collections including signature bras, panties, lingerie, casual sleepwear, athleisure, and swim, as well as award-winning prestige fragrances and body care. Nearly 30,000 associates across a global footprint of more than 1,350 retail stores in nearly 70 countries.Oversaw financial and strategic planning of select product categories. Created and presented financial summaries to CEO, CAO, and CFO for monthly and quarterly milestone meetings. Drove short- and long-term financial performance. conducting comprehensive financial analysis, forecasting market trends, and providing strategic recommendations for unparalleled results in business growth * Developed and executed speed to market programs, resulting in key financial improvements. Reduced product lead times by 50%, improved inventory turns by 30%, and reduced markdown expense by 20%.* Managed strategic and day to day marketing activities with emphasis on maximizing product performance, driving both profit and margin growth. Proposed, managed, and measured marketing programs, creating event calendars and program libraries to track marketing performance]* Developed Strategic View of Growth (SVG) for product categories to understand customer buying behaviors, competitive landscape, white space opportunities, and product lifecycle]* Led day-to-day operations of 6 merchandise planning staff responsible for the planning and execution of sales, inventory, markdown, marketing performance, and profit/contribution. Provided employees with authority, accountability, training information and resources to achieve their full potential.

Reynoldsburg, Ohio

* Led the Merchandise Planning subject matter expert team in 18-month "Insight" system implementation. Responsible for departmental design validation, development, installation and implementation of end-to-end system and processes]* Directed merchandise planning aspect of market intensification programs. Distorted incremental assortments and inventory to select stores, developed market specific reporting to analyze results and partnered with field team to understand customer informed opportunities and store distortion efforts. Program resulted in 25% sales increase in first 6 months.

Reynoldsburg, Ohio

* Developed store tiering strategy, utilizing both sales and real estate metrics to maximize product offer and sales with select groups of stores. Created and maintained reporting to identify key assortment risks and opportunities by store cluster. Annual sales increase of 15%

Reynoldsburg, Ohio

Reynoldsburg, Ohio

Reynoldsburg, Ohio

Managed daily cash sweep into concentration accounts, credit card processing, bad check performance, wire transfers, and gift card processing. Analyzed and reconciled key balance sheet accounts on monthly basis, ensuring appropriate controls and presenting summaries for divisional CFO and Controller. * Represented brand needs for corporation during new banking relationship transitions. Tested and implemented required systems/processes and shared with balance of brands.* Streamlined accounting and store operational processes through elimination of duplicative, non-value-added tasks and role clarity.* Identified and recommended expense reductions; Associate discount changes resulted in $1.5M annual savings, Cash loss changes resulted in $0.5M annual savings

Reynoldsburg, Ohio

INVENTORY CONTROL ANALYST (1999-2000) INVENTORY CONTROL ACCOUNTANT (1997-1999) REAL-ESTATE PAYABLES AUDITOR (1996-1997)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Accounting

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