Cheri Drake Email & Phone Number

Batavia, Illinois, US

• Commanded the integration of Business Intelligence within Supply Chain to drive transparency to product and store level insights to improve stock availability
• Led the development, change management, and implementation of multiple Demand Planning organizations across forecasting and replenishment
• Managed the development, testing and implementation of multiple new demand forecasting applications impacting all products within ALDI's assortment
• Drove consistency around Supply Chain processes across 26 Divisional warehouses to maximize sales and profitability
• Partnered with National and International IT teams to consistently improve forecasting applications resulting in increased accuracy
• Collaborated with internal partners to influence data driven decisions to optimize forecasts while minimizing wastage

Hoffman Estates, IL, US

• Direct responsibility of the Global Claire's and NA Icing divisions of 3,000 stores including sales and inventory management, data-mining and business intelligence, customer and store segmentation analysis, space.
• Drove concise and actionable analyses of cross-functional KPIs to bring company-wide transparency to key metrics
• Proactive analysis of revenue by marketing mix to expose vulnerabilities, driving ROI through regional pricing and promotional strategies
• Commanded statistical space planning practices to maximize profitability
• Evaluated profitability of test assortments and product launches and recommended performance improvements

Hoffman Estates, IL, US

• Direct responsibility of the $160M Icing division including sales, inventory management, supply chain, and new store development
• Responsible for hiring, managing, training and developing a team of four allocators
• Partner with Real Estate, Construction, Operations, Purchasing, Distribution and Logistics for new store openings from concept to completion
• Perform in depth market and consumer analysis influential in the identification of business opportunities to drive sales and margin
• Participate in weekly and monthly sales meeting with senior management to read and react to current business trends
• Instrumental in the development, testing, and implementation of a new Allocation system

Hoffman Estates, IL, US

• Manage sales forecasts, margins, markup, and inventory management across multiple departments varying in volume and seasonality
• Partner with merchants on assortment planning, promotional strategies, and vendor relations to maximize sales and margin
• Partner with allocation team in maximizing ideal inventory by store volume to drive sales, streamline inventory flow and improve presentation standards
• Developed and implemented new operational processes to effectively control data analysis, margin management, and improve efficiency on day to day tasks
• Managed, trained and developed an associate planner

Hoffman Estates, IL, US

Hoffman Estates, IL, US

• Mentored and trained a team of four allocation analysts
• Partnered with planning team on sales plan and inventory levels needed to meet financial goals
• Attend product line reviews and provide recommendations based on past sales results
• Implemented new replenishment strategies to increase efficiency of product flow

Hoffman Estates, IL, US