Elizabeth Morris Email & Phone Number

United States

-Built Planning function strategies, tools, processes, attribution model, and reporting that oversees entire product strategy for $100M+ business operating across Ecommerce, Wholesale, and Retail channels. -Manage $30M+ of inventory cost receipts by channel, category, and product type (core, fashion, seasonal). Reconcile receipts, re-forecast sales, shift cost receipts monthly to optimize inventory investment, maximize selling opportunities and identify risks. Track product selling and inventory investment to company financial targets and KPI metrics of turn, GM%, and ST%. -Reduced inventory cost ownership by half resulting in increasing cash flow, fueling sales in best products, and liquidating excess and unproductive inventory categories.-Maintain in stock position for 500+ core business choices across all business channels.-Created Retail channel assortment strategy and successfully opened 5 retail store locations. Direct initial product allocation and weekly replenishment strategy tailored to different product selling velocity and presentation needs.

-Direct and develop a team of six analysts in all aspects of Women’s Apparel and Non Apparel allocation, replenishment, sizing analysis and inventory optimization across multiple business channels.-Drive weekly analysis of sales unit and margin $ opportunity and risk from topline division down to choice level for retail and direct channels.-Oversaw total J. Crew inventory inbound and outbound to forecast warehouse workload, capacity, and retail store inventory levels. Worked closely with distribution center, supply chain, transportation, and store operations to communicate inventory risks and assortment changes.-Build assortment architecture and strategies by analyzing multiple years of historical selling at store and choice levels. Provide $ volume, margin $, GM%, and sales unit targets to planning teams and product guidance to merchant teams.-Skilled at assessing and developing talent, maximizing resources and building collaborative internal and cross functional teams.

Greater New York City Area

J. Crew Women’s Apparel & Non Apparel

Greater New York City Area

-Business Lead for JDA Allocation implementation completed in 4 months on budget.- Finalist for 2019 JDA Real Results Award for outstanding implementation. -Designed business and technical system requirements, trained all end users and leadership, supported team through change management. -System went live concurrently for 30 end users across 3 separate brands; 70% of outbound replenishment completed in the new system within 2 weeks of go live.

Greater New York City Area

-Manage a team of 3 reports in the initial allocation and weekly replenishment strategy of Boy's Apparel Fashion, Seasonal and Basic product.-Analyze selling trends and historical data to develop bottoms up style/color/store level plans for peak selling periods to ensure proper inventory levels. Communicate inventory risks and selling opportunities at the store/style/category level to business partners.-Led JDA Allocation implementation in the development of a new business process, system functional design and suite of reports; trained Inventory Planning team on system methodology and best practices for usage and navigation.

Greater New York City Area

-Manage the financial success of the Men's and crewcuts divisions by meeting sales, gross margin, inventory productivity and size profitability goals. Responsibilities include managing a team of 9 direct reports, all rollout and replenishment strategies for apparel, footwear and accessories and size buying for both retail and direct channels. -Work with cross functional partners to identify and communicate risk to financial plans and recommend optimal buying strategies and store groups based on selling history, inventory ownership, store performance and size selling analysis and trends.

Greater New York City Area

Analyst in the Structured Finance Advisory Services group serving Investment Banks and Government Agencies in the issuance of commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) and asset backed securities (ABS). Experience includes collateral analysis and review of legal documents and marketing materials to bring transactions to market.