Director Operational Data Analytics & ReportingAnalytics leader at a $3.5B Retailor that transformed how Merchandising, Planning, Allocation, Pricing, Real Estate, Stores, Sourcing, Supply Chain and Wholesale teams use data to turn insights into actions. Manage a team of 9; from Data Scientist to Analysts. ·Developed and rolled out Visual Analytics across company (Tableau); Lead to improved insights and decision making, efficiency gains and unlocked data in a user friendly way. ·Managed Analytics Strategic Roadmap; Aligned and prioritized with Senior Leadership. ·Created Store and Customer Segmentation that lead to improved Customer Experience by realizing localized behaviors; Drove to better product breadth and depth of styles. ·Developed Price Optimization Tool and Process to maximize Customer Spending trends. ·Combined Omni (Brick + Web shipment) data to drive Real Estate and Product strategies. ·Improved Analytics for in-store and Web Testing to allow results to be easier to find and action. ·Developed and maintained predictive shipment models to increase delivery accuracy to 95+%.

Created and enhanced Merch Planning Reporting & Analytics portfolio. Managed all aspects of implementation of a new Retail Planning system (Financial & Assortment Planning). Business lead responsible for the design, development, testing, training, change management and maintenance of Planning Application. Managed and Planned high volume product categories. ·Created Executive Reporting Suite, Product Segmentation and Hindsight Analytics. ·Created, designed, developed, and trained multi-channel planning system to plan a global business with complex assortment, receipt and pricing strategies. Models in system gave better visibility of International market helping this segment grow from $400m/year to over $800m/year.·Actively support short- and long-term business strategies by serving as a key partner to the heads of Merchandising, Merchandise Planning, Finance, Outlets and Store Operations ·Drove new product development and assortment strategies for a $180m annual category.

Create, Develop and Maintain Global Planning System. I built the prototype planning system in excel which the company used for over 2 years before developing into a software application. This planning system allows A&F to have a centralized planning system for a global business. Better allows the planning organization to anaylize every angle of their business to better forcast global sales, AURs and margins. Accounts for promotional stategies and demand elasticity to help forecast inventory needs by geographical area. Develops assortment plan and SKU management to ensure company develops the necessary number of styles, and buys the correct amount of inventory to meet trend.

Managed Residential building projects (Contractors and Materials) focused on reducing costs, increasing quality, and driving efficiencies in product development for a top 30 Residential National Builder with over $600M in annual revenue. ·Negotiated, maintained, and bid yearly production budgets of $25+M. Controlled costs to increase at only 40% of inflation each year. ·Managed and trained over 70 contractors and companies to follow company policy, pricing requirements, and building codes and regulations.