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Columbus, Ohio, US

Columbus, Ohio, US

Redmond, Washington, US

Objectives: Strategy development, execution, and evolution of retail and consumer goods data and analytical solutions, leveraging the Microsoft platform, solution partners, and competitive industry knowledge.Outcomes: Launched Retail Cyber Security asset model | Created repeatable engagement model bill of materials | Developed Customer Data Platform.

Dublin 2, IE

• Retail data management and governance projects. Program oversight and delivery, thought leadership, and sales support. Subject matter expert sought for RFPs, project support, and hardening Accenture credentials.Client.
• Designed and led global remote workshops to educate markets on mandate and gain support. Leveraged core use cases to align global stakeholders on one common analytical data model.
• Designed and delivered global menu data model and functional design for MDM implementation.
• Led remote teams, workshops, and data migration model execution for pilot markets, resolving market errors and disconnects.
• Created thought leadership credentials and assets for a repeatable hierarchy transformation model.

Dublin 2, IE

• Program Lead: National $14B Home Retailer Product Hierarchy Transformation Objectives: Enable Product Assortment and Inventory Planning by standardizing a global product hierarchy. Outcomes: Designed product hierarchy.
• Aligned five business units to a common product hierarchy by way of best practices, divisional workshops, open house listening sessions, and leveraging a dynamic analytical evaluation model. Gained direct support of.
• Sold additional work to design and lead an interactive transformation model, permitting data mapping of 2.5m SKUs to the new hierarchy with merchant validation and sign off. Led remote data science team.
• Designed governance model for ongoing oversight and educated owner on core process controls.
• Packaged successful model into a repeatable asset for future client education and project execution.Project Lead: National $14B Home Retailer: Merchandising Process Redesign Objectives: Free up merchants’ time by.
• Defined current and to-be processes for item and vendor, marketing planning, purchase order tracking, and store/merchandising communications.

Columbus, Ohio, US

Retail data management and governance projects. Project scope and delivery.Client Experience:Home Merchant, Business and Functional Lead: Objectives: Enable Product Assortment and Inventory Planning by standardizing a global product hierarchy. Outcomes: Designed and executed new product hierarchy | Enabled desired planning activitiesArtisanal Glass.

New York, NY, US

• Led the entire Product Merchandising organization and set all strategic direction. Created a new vision, realigning a vertically integrated team of forty-seven to achieve sales, margin, brand management, and inventory.
• Created a new vision to achieve sales, margin, brand management, and inventory objectives. Launched a Product Design department and restructured teams. Broke down complex cultural legacy mindsets to grow commercial.
• Right-sized staff by 30%. Reduced annual costs by $1.4m. Broke down silos, redefined roles and responsibilities, and integrated planning disciplines aligned with rolling 5-year plans.
• Solved product data inconsistencies by launching a product database to establish one accurate source for item master data.
• Orchestrated the breakdown curatorial veto power over merchandising decisions which expanded the commercial potential of the museum’s collection and eliminated $500,000 in annual royalty payments.

New York, New York, US

• Directed 15-20 Project Leaders, project team building, development and worldwide launch of 1200-1500 new products, annually. Strategized with cross-functional counterparts from design concept to completion. Initiated.
• Designed end-to-end process model from “square one” for project team building to lead development and worldwide launch of Tiffany & Co.’s 1200-1500 annual new product offering.
• Led development teams to support growth in sales from $1.1b to $2b and earnings from $128m to $343m.
• Pioneered standards for Custom Design projects to maximize retail and business sales. Partnered with Business Sales Team to set standards on minimum units, sales tiers, and in-stock size ranges.

New York, New York, US

• Developed and set strategic business plans with cross-functional counterparts to drive new product introductions, phase out poor-performers, and achieve general merchandise metrics. Managed the assortments, margin.
• Developed new business planning template to propose and set direction for future product development initiatives.
• Built and employed margin template to blend 3-year projected sales demand with required product margin mix.
• Led development and activation of an automated pricing model for a complex SKU-intensive sterling flatware business.

New York, New York, US

• Managed the inventory and planning process for 40 departments to achieve company sales plan and turn objectives for $650m in annual sales.Objectives: Set standards to implement and maximize new forecasting and.
• Drove a 27% increase in sales. Saved 7% in cost purchases while meeting sales demand for a $650m business.
• Established standards for systemic controls for safety stocks, min/max purchase controls, and launch date triggers.

B.A., Economics

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