Eric Fultz Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon Area

• Review inventory levels by store for total Apparel in multi-format stores and coordinate with appropriate merchandise planners to maintain correct stock positions.• Create and manage financial plans and inventory levels for Apparel and Footwear categories in all Divisions of Kroger.• Communicate with buying team sales and inventory analysis and recommend pricing actions as well as inventory issues.• Build assortment plans to ensure the correct mix of product by quarter and by season.• Allocate fashion shoe product to stores and maintain correct inventory levels to maximize sales.• Provide demand forecasts to buyers and vendors to ensure fulfillment of orders.• Accurately forecast sales and gross margin for department.• Analyze trends and recommend course of action to buyers to maximize sales.• Train, develop, and supervise assistant planners and replenishment buyers.• Designated back up for Apparel Divisional Merchandise Manager (DMM) of Planning when DMM is out of office.

Portland, Oregon Area

2013-2014: Sporting Goods and Automotive2012-1013: Cosmetics and Specialty BathCreate and manage financial plans for a chain of 137 retail stores.Provide data analysis to buyers and vendors with recommendations on sales drivers and poor performers.Allocate fashion product to stores and ensure correct product levels at stores to maximize sales.Supervise replenishment analysts to ensure correct stock levels of basic merchandise.Train, develop and manage assistant planner.

Managed the basic replenishment of inventory for Apparel and Home Electronics divisions of a 137 store chain.Coordinated replenishment initiatives with merchandisers, buyers, and 17 replenishment analysts.Trained and co-superivised 17 replenishment analysts.Presented bi-annual training class on basic replenishment to new assistant buyers and assistant planners.

Responsible for inventory levels and turn of basic replenished product for a category across 137 stores. Experience in replenishment for Men's Apparel and Garden Center Chemicals.Analyzed store selling to ensure appropriate weeks of supply for regular sales and for events.Communicated with store associates to ensure customer needs were being met.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Allocated fashion and basic replenishment women's accessories product to 56 stores.Forecasted financial data and attained sales, margin, and turn goals.Grew sales with three vendors to replace lost sales in down trending vendor through inventory management.

Portland, Oregon Area

Managed basic replenishment of inventory for Men's, Children's and Shoes divisions across 12 stores.Supervised three replenishment analysts and ensured correct stock levels in stores.Managed in stock levels to meet customer expectations.

Portland, Oregon Area

Managed basic replenishment for women's accessories and textiles divisions.Recommended assortment and plan changes to buyers to increase sales and remain fiscally responsible.Trained, maintained and updated analysts on software used to perform duties.

Master Of Science, Human Services, General

Activities and Societies: Sigma Pi Fraternity, Residence Hall Association.Masters of Science in Human Service which was a combination.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Journalism

Activities and Societies: Residence Hall Association, National Residence Hall Honorary, Eastern Daily News, EIU Yearbook.Bachelor of Arts.