Cameron Simpson Email & Phone Number

Springdale, Ar, Us

Partnered with the Category Advisor to influence and deliver merchandising solutions and decision support that drives growth for the assigned category. Accountabilities include co-ownership of the customer relationship, modular development analysis & execution, managing on-going trait updates and CKB database maintenance. Additionally, this position supports weekly category reporting, ad hoc analytics and insights development using a variety of resources (Atlas, Retail Link, Nielsen, Numerator, etc.).Responsibilities Include:Building multiple versions of planograms based on pre-established assortment, clustering alternatives, fixture variations, and merchandising guidelines.Reviewing and validating all planograms for adherence to strategy and conformity to standards; applying revisions as needed.Managing relay execution for assigned category while forecasting workload requirements for successful project completion.Maintaining robust database environment to include store/item attribution, performance data uploads, and ongoing project store creation.Conducting ad-hoc analytics to answer business management questions of the Customer Merchants or Category Advisor. Additionally, providing support of business reviews and insights development projects.Managing weekly category reporting by reviewing and communicating results, maintaining reporting data bases, and creating new reports as needed.

Winnsboro, Sc, Us

-Conducted weekly comp shops, what’s new in the market "merchandising, pricing, features, new items".-Built and maintained dashboards via Tableau/utilizing NPD. Monthly reporting by size class.-Prepared and lead customer meeting presentations for Market Insights by providing creative analysis to maintain and grow business.-Provided support, information and guidance, research and recommendation of new opportunities, profit and service improvements and exploring areas of joint value creation and risk mitigation.-Price gap analysis reporting + impact relative to panel pricing projections-Prepared weekly Walmart retail link / Sam's Madrid in-stock, sales, returns and scorecard reporting vs. KPI's; additional accounts as needed.-Supported all item set up and replenishment needs for customers to ensure best in class item details, advanced 4+ star reviews min of 100, enhanced images-Supported PO processing-Developed excellent relationships with customers through regular and effective communication by supporting all buyer and replenishment meetings.-Supported customer facing and executive business review needs.-Collaborated with Element Team to satisfy customer needs across all internal departments as needed.-Backed up Business Planning Manager and Business Analyst, cross functionally trained to support both as needed.-Used strong communication skills (verbal and written) w/ actionable recaps and deadlines sent w/in 24hrs of meeting.