Enid Middleton Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

United States

Leverage proprietary demand forecasting software and Microsoft Excel to manage the demand forecasts of 4,000+ SKU’s across multiple sales channels and regions. Prepare and share insights regarding supply constraints, excess inventory, sale opportunities, gap analysis, and expediting shipments to Executive Leadership. Manage 50+ brands sold globally within the Home, Kitchen, and Baby categories across various sales channels (Amazon, Target, Walmart, DTC, etc.). Streamline reporting by creating plug-and-play reports to evaluate pipeline health, product status, performance trends and demand forecasts. Partner with Brand & Purchasing to manage CPG brands raw and finished goods demand forecast and product life cycle planning.

New York, United States

Procured raw and finished goods for skincare assortment and brand launch. Managed and created product launch strategy. Partnered with the Manufacturers and VP of R&D to develop finished goods, procure raw materials and approve of brand packaging. Managed and oversaw inventory levels, raw material availability, FIFO, and expiration dates management. Managed the daily business operations of the company. Managed relationships with manufacturers and vendors. Managed 3-5 1099- contractors; executive assistant, copywriter, graphic designer, marketing director, and visual director/photographer.

Created weekly, monthly, and seasonal inventory forecast. Collaborated with Purchasing, GML, and Omni planning partners to quantify need and allocate PO’s. Worked with diverse group of shareholders to determine PO quantities, optimize inventory, improve product quality, and support special deals and ad placements. Managed 8 Pet brands sold globally across various sales channels (Amazon, DTC, and Wholesale). Forecast raw material demand and partnered with Omni and Purchasing to plan work order schedule with supplier to meet our finished goods sales demand. Created reports to identify raw material supply chain gaps.

Greater New York City Area

Developed reporting to analyze and forecast product life cycle for optimal sell thru. Provided Ad hoc reporting to analyze global warehouse liability, regional OH composition, product life cycle trends, OTB, and EOP. Actualized inbound and outbound shipment tracker. Shared inbound/outbound trends and liabilities to shareholders. Forecasted warehouse liability. Created and compiled inventory transfer reports. Created inventory reporting for Monthly Financial Review (MFR). Submitted pricing updates in IPT. Validated international pricing matrixes. Worked in Cross-Functional team setting. Partnered with Merchant Planners and Buyers to publish MFR deck. Collaborated with Director of Global Inventory & Pricing and Merchant Planners to report product life cycle trends. Provided report support for Global Re-order process. Responded quickly to deliverable requests and Ad hoc business needs.

Provided seasonal plans for toddler girls and girls inventory. Presented Basics rolling forecast for sales, receipts, and aps to Global and Market Planners. Re-projected receipt and sales plans weekly in demand forecasting (DF) and ladder planning tools. Improved sales and optimized inventory by on-boarding NOS inventory to DF and VMI tools. Managed RPL parameters and WOS. Identified PO’s to cancel, shift, or chase. Worked remotely 80% of the time.

Greater New York City Area

Provided selling trend analysis by fashion concept and product category. Conducted report analysis on style performance during marketing promotions. Submitted competitive pricing and promotional offers to drive turn and increase sales. Provided VP and PM with daily selling reports and identified trends in Women’s Denim, Tops, and Graphics.

Nyc

Provided wholesale selling trend analysis by client and category. Planned shop in shop strategy leveraging KPI and Core SKU’s to drive incremental sales while simultaneously enhancing brand visibility. Created Adhoc analysis and strategies to improve sales, analyze trend, identify missed opportunity, and optimize white space. Leveraged retail math and CAGR trend to analyze potential risks and brand viability. Supported sales assistants with the comprehension and application of retail math and key excel shortcuts to improve reporting and analysis.

Greater New York City Area

Created globalized strategies, budgets, and sales analytics to drive sales, improve margins, and increase inventory turns. Scheduled and facilitated global communication between central and digital planning and buying teams, vendors, warehouse and operations, and training and development teams. Partnered directly with VP’s and SVP’s and was responsible for leading project and vendor meetings in their absence.Analyzed sales data and trend, vendor profitability, gross margin, aged inventory and presented recommendations to maximize business profitability. Planned and approved annual budget, allocation, and risk analyst for global strategies. Partnered with VP of Store Operations and planning to create diversity strategies improving trend, turn, and sales growth.Partnered with Store Ops and Communications to develop best practice manuals, company directives, and associate training materials. Facilitated trainings and meetings to share associate training tools, revision and new initiatives.

Greater New York City Area

Provided weekly reports capturing vendor sales, location level review, missed opportunity and suggested growth initiatives to increase sales. Managed large scale data sets and financial planning software. Managed and approved seasonal allocation planning, financial checkbook, replenishment tracking, assortment grid, rolling forecast (ROF), open-to-buy (OTB), receipt/inventory maintenance, and seasonal sales plans for key vendors. Spearheaded on-board training for executive trainees and interns within my department.Trusted business owner; managed location driven assortment (both breadth and depth) by partnering with inventory planning team to efficiently replenish our core business strategies. Overseeing a total of 620 store assortments and over 10 vendor accounts.

Greater New York City Area

Scheduled vendor meetings, market schedules, and executive meetings. Coordinated materials and collateral for buyer visits in stores and market. Supported Buyer and Visual Director with selecting newness and updating assortment.Trained Merchant Assistant. Delegated projects to strengthen his/her ability to monitor sales, advertising, pricing matrices and assortment manuals. Responsible for training Merchant Assistant on systems and processes. Submitted chargeback’s, reversals, MDAs, markdown cancellations, and new vendor requests to accounts payable.

Greater New York City Area

Created advertising layouts and supporting factsheets for presentations during weekly ad turn-in meetings.Proofed all first round and final mock-ups for advertising distributed through out the United States.Closely followed sales and advertising trends and provided a working analysis.Provide advertising recaps for Buyer, VP, and SVP of Big Ticket Buying Department. Work very closely with Buyer on pricelist, price upload, and sign management.

Greater New York City Area

Managed the organization of FedSign signage tool for department by updating pricing, product, and event ID’s.Exported and organized weekly reports on sales, trend, and vendor productivity. Recapped sales vs. projections on advertised goods promoted during monthly events in Direct Mail, Tabs, Inserts, and other methods of print. Managed the upkeep of active and inactive skus and Quantities on discontinued skus.Maintained department floors by placing orders in RDS for replacement and upgraded floor samples for Macy’s department selling floors. Created pricelist and corresponding signs for weekly calendar events.

Assisted Marketing Consultant with all campaign launches, meeting preparation, and presentations in IT department. Presented Senior Management with weekly presentations and PowerPoint on all updates regarding the IT Awareness Campaign and Employee Marketing Project. Proofed, reviewed, and created copy for consultant to review for internal marketing campaigns.

Greater New York City Area

Conducted all necessary approvals, reviews, and proofing of all creative in production on DWP proofing tool.Worked with the lettershop companies to make deadlines for disk release and correction to outgoing creative packages. Assisted in the filing of creative’s, maintenance of creative job folders, and performed audits of recipients for mailings. Attended marketing strategy meetings and provided strategy analysis for review.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Communication And Media Studies, 3.0

Activities and Societies: Resident Assistant, NAACP, Haraya, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.

Bachelor'S Degree, Metaphysical Science