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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Columbus, Ohio, United States

- Planned and managed the Hollister Guys Graphic Tee assortment.- Owned omni-channel item plans and drove the business with a focus on sales volume, inventory levels, and margin to achieve both top-line and bottom-line financial targets.

Columbus, Ohio Area

- Forecasted demand and executed inventory strategies for Hollister Guys' Tees departments; managing team of three to accomplish all forecasting, reporting, analysis, and replenishment processes.- Served as Inventory Management lead in multiple taskforces for new organizational hierarchy rollout; consulting on best practices for a new inventory deployment.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

- Onboarded new leadership team, developed process flowcharts, and listed "best practice" exceptions when merging personal care team from a cross-branded to branded corporate structure.- Modified personal care replenishment reporting to provide additional detail in the buying process, minimizing near-term selldown risk while maintaining visibility to.

- Forecasted demand for Hollister Guy's + Girl's Personal Care departments. Provided insight on forecast levels across varying time periods to assist in executing near-term sales plans, mid-term buy strategies, and tracking to long-term inventory targets. - Led quarterly distribution center/personal care summit, providing inbound and outbound projection.

Bloomington, Indiana Area

- Assisted instruction of business analytics course teaching how to clean, prepare, and model data for presentation.- Administered examinations in and outside class for students with special testing accommodations.- Hosted weekly office hours to clarify any confusing aspects of the course and demonstrate proper calculation methods.

Columbus, Ohio Area

-Modeled correlation between variances to plan and margin while identifying methods to better predict weekly volume in future seasons.-Analyzed and reported Semi-Annual Sale results, calculating clearance sales’ impact to margin while identifying opportunities for incremental revenue in future clearance events.-Collaborated with merchants and planners to.

Juno Beach, FL

-Constructed template to provide more accurate and timely depreciation rate valuation for natural gas fields.-Improved fixed asset process and reviews by configuring system master data tables allowing for automation.-Performed asset class review for 900+ fixed assets as primary due diligence for required mass assets transfers.

South Bend, Indiana Area

- Contacted potential clients and implemented site branding at several locations across the nation.- Collected and organized hundreds of signage and zoning regulations within municipalities.- Worked with manufacturers to design and customize specific sign requests from clients.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Accounting And Operations Management

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Accounting And Operations Management