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Pearland, TX, US

Westlake, Texas, US

• Research and analyze retail KPI's and syndicated industry data (IRi) to identify trends, category performance, opportunities, competitive threats, and other category management analysis across various geographical areas
• Use data sources to develop regular and ad hoc reports including SKU rationalization, Planogram analysis, opportunity gaps, item tracking, financial performance, sales and movement for CPG wholesale and retailers
• Translating data from various sources into meaningful summaries, insights, presentations and strategic recommendations for category planning
• Present findings to customers via Space Planning to influence purchasing decisions
• Certified professional in JDA (BlueYonder) Space Planning, Assortment Optimization, Open Access, and utilization of CKB (Category Knowledge Base)

Appleton, WI, US

• Coach and mentor a team of five analysts
• Guide my team through standard resets, seasonal resets, and special projects including speed to market initiatives
• Interact across all cross functional levels of the organization to drive planogram and inventory accuracy
• Responsible for accurate space reporting and analysis for multiple categories across four divisions
• Maintain database for the off-shelf initiatives—endcaps and pallet positions for each store
• Responsible for accurate planogram to store assignments

Mooresville, NC, US

• Develop & recommend Space Plans which optimize space productivity for reset, remerchandising, and new store projects
• Ensure category allocation meets space and performance goals in conjunction with preferred planogram adjacencies
• Coordinate changes to merchandise presentation as it relates to graphics and fixtures for aligned merchandise categories/divisions
• Create core/template planograms representing the visual presentation standards and product placement goals of merchandising and optimize space/shelf productivity

Richfield, Minnesota, US

• Work cross functionally within Connections Business Group to maximize cost saving measures using custom reporting
• Utilize data sets/queries to improve efficiency with data requests
• Build data templates around returns/exchanges for vendor partners

Richfield, Minnesota, US

• Assortments built specifically to size and performance group
• Assortment in smallest versions of planograms built based on optimized volume and leveraging inter-changeable demand methodology
• Assortment ROI/ROS improved by optimizing planogram size, adjusting space across categories, leveraging improved assortment analysis, and formalized testing and measuring

Richfield, Minnesota, US

• Produced weekly S2 scorecard for company leadership allowing visibility of weekly retention trends
• Created/maintained an uninstalled customer email database into a manually executable email campaign resulting in improved customer retention
• Executed/maintained customer account installed report detailing the success of the uninstalled customer email campaign
• Built strong relationships with multiple vendors to ensure timely and accurate S2 reporting
• Participant in creating UAT testing for large-scale IT updates as applied to S2 projects ensuring improved customer experience

Richfield, Minnesota, US

• Produced and administered assessments based on Space Management baseline proficiency goals to assure department-wide compliance
• Created roll-up reporting for all Space Management employees and created compliance reports to maintain compliance
• Specialized in collaborative cross-functional teamwork while maintaining the integrity of Space Management resulting in fewer planogram errors, improved store execution, greater customer satisfaction, and improved turn
• Expert for Demand Planning/Merchants for new Growth & Innovation categories
• Successfully navigated new category planograms from conception through reality in a fast paced environment
• Presented analytics and recommendations on weeks of supply and capacity to improve return on space

Richfield, Minnesota, US

• Responsible for managing/merchandising $1.6 billion business
• Analyzed multiple reports and provided recommendations to all cross-functional partners
• Utilized multiple reporting to assure correct assortment mix is supplied to stores
• Pilot category for Assortment Rationalization—Networking—instrumental in optimizing assortment from 133 skus to 73 skus
• Led Performance Group for Storage/Hard Drive category to match assortment to store performance—created low and high volume segments
• Developed decile reporting as it applies to Space Management o Collaborated with Demand Planning to provide accurate decile reporting for my categories for each MKD o Evangelized decile reporting to various Space.

Richfield, Minnesota, US

• Successfully implemented ImageLab test at the retail level
• Developed best practices to grow first to second year revenue by 165%
• Maintained gross margin percentage of 84.5% using up-sell strategies geared toward higher margin products
• Set and achieved both daily and monthly sales goals
• Responsible for training and supervision of 6+ direct report employees
• Numerous accolades for superior customer service resulting in increased customer satisfaction and retention

Richfield, Minnesota, US

• Customer Service award recipient 2002
• Responsible for high volume daily sales revenue goals
• Promotion based on sales proficiency, product knowledge, and customer loyalty
• Responsible for daily sales revenue goals while amassing product knowledge
• Promotion based on sales proficiency

Bachelor Of Arts, History/Anthropology

Mba, In Progress