David Hunter Email & Phone Number

Markham, Ontario

Markham, Ontario

• Responsible for overseeing the allocation and replenishment strategy to ensure merchandise is in line with inventory productivity and customer service goals.
• Managed team of 21 Allocation and Replenishment Analysts
• Team executed clearance markdowns using Markdown Optimization system.
• Provide regular advertising estimates and markdown recommendations.

• Managing a team of allocation and replenishment analysts to support the sales forecasts.
• Responsible for the flow of inventory to stores and ensuring inventory availability for customer orders for all sales channels
• Implemented Never Out of Stock list and reported on status weekly
• Created weekly reporting on clearance inventory and GP% to track progress and make recommendations on clearance markdowns. Resulted in year over year reduction in clearance inventory by 33% and GP% flat.
• Created a consolidated On Order report to review and monitor against financial plans.
• Developed processes to improve E3 forecasting by implementing system set up standards for all Home and Hardlines and Major Appliance categories

Toronto, Canada Area

• Responsible for flow of inventory to stores to support in stock and advertised requirements
• Managed group of 6 allocation and replenishment analysts
• Implemented E3 Replenishment system for Home Décor
• Worked with merchants and planning to set up planograms in E3 to maintain in stock
• Initiated an inventory reduction plan to reduce aged and obsolete merchandise.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Reported to Director of Planning
• Created the merchandise financial plan for assigned category
• Created the daily sales plans and gross profit estimates by month
• Forecasted the sales trend by commodity within each division
• Estimated promotional item level sales
• Managed receipts with replenishment analysts to maintain in-stock positions

Manage the inventory for Retail Stores, Sears Canada.

Responsible for merchandise on eRetail stores for HBC.

Maintaining inventory for HBC Rewards and hbc.com.

Areas of responsibility included inventory management, space planning, marketing and communication to stores.

Responsible for planogramming and allocation of space to merchandise areas.