Manage, mentor and lead a team of Inventory Planners and Coordinators by setting clear goals, expectations and strategic plans.Manage, motivate and positively impact the inventory planning process across functional teams and partners in Merchandising, Finance, Marketing, Transportation & E-Comm.Manage inventory and receipt flow plans to maximize sales, profitability and customer happiness.Lead financial forecasting, seasonal buy strategies, aged inventory and inventory management processes.

Managed inventory demand planning, forecasting and open to buy for Electronics and Video Game families. Managed a team overseeing the Sports & Recreation product line and Consumer Electronics product line. Helped lead clearance/end of life process for the Entertainment Division. Partnered with Merchants on product development, sales strategy and product life cycle management.

Managed inventory, demand planning, forecasting and open to buy for items in Furniture, Patio, Housewares and Sports and Recreation. Partnered with Merchants on product development and life cycle management. Teamed with Merchants on launch of private brands. Worked with vendors both domestically and internationally on transportation and logistics.

Supported supply chain operational systems in day-to-day management of supplies for 7 hospitals. Identified problems and areas for improvement and created solutions to improve processes system wide.Monitored and negotiated with vendors in areas of compliance resulting in efficiencies gained in time, cost and communication.Partnered with cross-functional contract & legal teams to redefine best practices for contractual agreements.Redesigned layout & content of Supply Chain website using analytics to drive increased traffic volume.Coached team members on best practice supply chain processes resulting in improved operational performance.

Accountable for sales, & profitably of men, women & children's garments in the 400 Wilsons Leather stores. Managed merchandise strategies including pricing, markdowns, buy approvals, development & selection of assortment, producing a more profitable product.Lead merchandise team in merchandising the Fall 2007 men's, women's and children's assortment resulting in 10% growth in sales from Spring 2007.Worked with Marketing & Stores teams to select marketing communications and plans for each quarter to coordinate with sales trends, inventory levels & markdown cadence.Planned and diagrammed the layout of the assortment in the store to coordinate to marketing floorplans & markdown cadence.

Sourced and managed development and production of men's accessories for Wilsons Leather's 400 stores to generate greatest profitability.Sourced & managed development & production of men's & women's accessories as well as men, women & children's garments for Wilsons Leather wholesale line for customers such as Target, Kohl's, Disney & Bass Pro Shops.Negotiated creative solutions to provide equitable solutions for buyers and vendors.Partnered with Wilson's merchants & designers to establish and achieve Wilson's financial objectives & strategic category initiatives.Managed vendor matrix by concentrating on growing key vendor business and identifying potential vendor growth.

Responsible for ensuring post-placement follow-up on delivery of programs, quality specifications, regulatory issues, reorders, & changes in orders. Collaborated on product development stages with Product Manager.Communicated daily to overseas factories and AMC partners to address issues, concerns, & development of programs, including shipping, costing and design.Traveled globally to meet with market reps and vendors to discuss & plan future assortments and purchase orders.Managed the Timing & Action Calendar with the AMC & MF Merchants, Merchandise Planning and global partners to ensure that execution details for all programs were met or exceeded.Coordinated all sample revisions & final production samples.