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Northlake, IL, US

Northlake, IL, US

Deerfield, IL, US

• Conducted measurement of key seasonal initiatives in support of Merchant and Marketing decision-making. Supported micro/macro strategy development leveraging a variety of data sets including market trends.
• Collaborated with various cross-functional teams, driving action recommendations, delivering key suggestions, and proposed courses of action to Chief Merchandising Officer and leadership team.

Deerfield, IL, US

• Owned product assortment for pilot program, managing impact from chain-wide resets/revisions, while balancing data-driven analysis with strategic objectives and guardrails.
• Established process and product to be single source of truth for what items are considered core offer, including defining core offer, recognizing pertinent data points, and identifying where to source information.
• Partnered cross-functionally to develop streamlined review process for changes to Tailored Core Offer POGs, featuring greater information sharing up-front, thereby alleviating ambiguity and future workload.

Deerfield, IL, US

• Led annual budgeting and monthly forecasting process for Pain/Sleep/Peds, with support from merchant partners for over $1B category, previously Diabetes/Diagnostics.
• Contributed to the training and development for peers, partnering with OW (Oliver Wyman) consultants to provide enhancements moving from Excel based tool by developing a web-based tool to promote marketing/product sales.
• Developed regular, promotional, clearance sales by type report, revising and improving Scan-by-Brand reports for merchants and planning, and H&W (Health and Wellness) weekly Promo Recap.
• Financial Budgeting & Forecasting, Promotions Optimization, Analytics, & Strategic Planning.

Chicago, IL, US

• Co-Led cross-functional team involving Merchant, Finance, Inventory/Planning, and Operations departments, tasked with revamping reset/line-review process, gaining approval from BU (Business Unit) President, and rolling.
• Developed yearly financial (top-down) and assortment plans (bottom-up), by identifying then reconciling gaps via collaborative strategic planning with various merchants, including Kmart Décor/Seasonal Décor and Sears.
• Oversaw and managed Inventory Analyst in executing inventory plan, replenishment/allocation, and vendor forecasting, resulting in increased in-stocks from 88% to 95%, GMROII (Gross Margin Return On Investment), and.
• Strengthened relationships with supplier partners by reintroducing regular forecasting calls/meetings, as well as facilitating learning of each company’s processes to identify and implement optimal solutions.

Chicago, IL, US

• Created Excel-based forecast tool to bridge gap until SAS Assistant Planning tool launched and used by multiple divisions. Managed inbound and outbound flow of 400 - 1,300 SKUs, including grills and patios, bath shop.
• Developed and taught class on ordering system to all new analysts, senior analysts, and managers.
• Created in-stock reporting tool that was adopted and rolled out to Sears Home division businesses.
• Primary reponsibility for inbound & outbound replenishment, vendor forecasting, process improvement.

Lake Forest, Illinois, US

• Led and contributed to the strategy and execution of process improvement projects. Provided supply chain expertise to sales and customer service organizations to leverage Grainger’s branch and DC network in addition to.
• Translated complicated and intricate branch stocking policy and its mathematical logic into an easy-to-understand summary deck, for publication to sales and customer service teams.

Chicago, IL, US

As a Senior Inventory Analyst in the Sears Home Fashions dept. for Sears Bath Shop, I managed roughly 1,300 skus totalling roughly $60 million dollars worth of inventory (Bath Towels, Shower Curtains, Bath Accessories, Seasonal product), for all Sears stores nationally. In addition to replenishing store merchandise needs, also forecasted both sales and.

Chicago, IL, US

Managed grills & patio skus for Sears stores, including inbound and outbound replenishment. Import and domestic buys. Items with both seasonal and basic selling patterns. Tracked advertising, store in-stocks, DC demand, and other metrics, to ensure sales and inventory goals were met.