-  Formulate pre-season dollar, unit, markdown, receipt, and GM plans.- Recommend business strategies to increase gross margin and grow top-line sales.- Recognize business trends and revise in-season plans as needed through weekly forecasting and open-to-buy management.- Develop 3 and 5 year strategic plans.- Lead weekly business meetings along with the buyer, and effectively communicate current and updated strategies based upon forecasted business trends.Accomplishments:- Merchandise lead for developing, tracking, and implementing competitive market strategies.- Reduced clearance inventory by 61% through improved forecasting, improved store communication reporting, and leveraging merchant partnership. Store reports were used to highlight clearance inventory risks during weekly calls with District Managers.- Developed reporting to recap the weekly results of top styles within each price band to ensure proper inventory levels and focus on each customer segment.- Assisted with the onboarding of two new merchandise planners.- Mentor for new hires in the Merchandise Training Program on the role of planning within the organization.

Oversaw the following categories: food wrap storage, trash bags, napkins, and disposable tabletop. Responsible for maintaining in-stock levels and proper inventory allocation, while managing to category OTB dollars. I accurately forecasted sales patterns (base sales, ads, and company space events), and managed 20+ vendor relationships.Accomplishments:- Negotiated changes to optimize the supply chain with a key vendor, leading to increased profitability and improved inventory levels.- Developed mini-seasonal strategy that led to $500k of incremental sales, and improved instock levels by 200+ basis points for key items.- Created a set and replenishment strategy for remodel stores that improved instocks by several hundred basis points, while supporting double-digit sales growth.Awards:Divisional Speed is Life Award.New Stores/Remodels CaptainSalesplan CaptainMini-seasonal/Q4 CaptainForecast CaptainSegmentation CaptainVendor Captain for S.C. Johnson and Pactiv-Reynolds

Further develop the understanding of protein evolution by studying the interactions between protein systems and potential drug candidates.Supervise, prepare lectures, and maintain safety to support seven undergraduate labs.

Lobbied on behalf of ISHRI to advance human rights causes at the United Nations European Headquarters, and the European Union Parliament.