● Manage front end of the store● Assistance Store Manager and ASM’S running of the store● Open and close front end● Manage schedules for 40 employees​● Hiring and termination of employees● Doing yearly reviews of employees● Providing daily tasks for employees● Handle money intakes and outtakes● Provide overrides

• Worked with buyers to build yearly sales and gross profit plans• Analyzed weekly sales to make adjustments to period forecast• Determined buy plans for products sourced by buyers which included total buy of items, stores initial allocation quantities and which stores were to carry product• Built buy plans to support Ads, promotions, combo locos and new item launch.• Presented Period budget reviews to BUD, Buyer, Planning Manager and team• Planned and presented financial numbers during Final Coordination walks for next years seasonal items.• Managed IA and worked with them to control the flow of product into the warehouse on import products.• Planned and executed exit strategies for seasonal programs• During Refresh, WTW or new item set up I with worked buyer, shelf edge and team members to determine initial buy quantities for new items and exit plans for discontinued items.• Handled day to day requests from stores from products, markdowns and starting/stopping product flow during WTW.• Built tiers structure for TXBY stores which allows IA to allocate and reallocate product that is suited for them to sale.

• Recruited, developed and retained retail talent for the company.• Help to develop replenishment plans for stores which allowed stores to be replenished based on sales verses a one-time shipment.• Helped develop and build Planning organization• Helped implement Authur Planning• Worked with Buyers to build yearly and 5 year budget plans• Analyzed sales weekly and made adjustment to sales forecast in Authur Planning• Built initial store allocations for seasonal product, Ads and new stores• Built ladder plans for import products so IA would know when to order and land product.• Allocated and reallocated to stores• Handled day to day request from stores on product needs, markdowns and starting/stopping allocations for WTW• Worked with cookware buyer to plan and develop Chefstyle cookware and gadgets. This new own brand items hit $10 million in sales in one year.

• Worked with Sourcing and Buyers to develop products and time lines to ensure the product arrived at warehouse on time.• Worked directly with vendors to make sure products stayed on time and were meeting testing dead lines.• Communicated to team weekly where products were in the timeline and if there were any delays or failures in testing.• If products were delayed worked with Transportation on the quickest and most profitable ways to get the product to the warehouse.• Worked with vendors to produce and hold X amount of product during peak seasons so it would be ready to ship. This helped cut down on production time and increased getting products to our warehouse.

Worked as a Merchandise Planner to help start up Bath and Body Works into the United Kingdom.In this role I had the following responsibilitiesForecasts of product flow from United States to United KingdomWorked with Buyers on Monthly and Weekly BudgetsPresented budget and sales revisions to upper management every quarter. Worked with Operation Planner on inventory flow and need.