I have served as the right hand person to a high-end jewelry designer. In my role, I run all aspects of the business. I am involved in a wide range of tasks and projects from supporting the designer to coordinating with the stores and the craftsman to managing all financial actions. I monitor day-to-day operations for the luxury business. My role requires me to have a deep understanding of both operational and financial aspects of business. I need to balance the short-term operational needs with long-term financial sustainability and growth.

Provide high level support to founders by conducting research and analysis to support decision-making. Act as sounding board and advisor. Anticipate needs and proactively address issues before they arise.Lead and coordinate new land development project from inception to completion. Monitoring timelines, budgets and deliverables. Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure project success.

In my role, I partnered with VP and Merchandising team to develop, consolidate, and communicate a comprehensive pre-season planning strategy that identifies opportunities and risks within departments. I managed the reconciliation of department financial targets to bottom-up plans.I re-projected in-season forecasts of sales and inventory on a weekly/monthly basis with Planners and Merchandising; recommended strategies to achieve financial goals. I effectively managed and supported the career development of staff to ensure job satisfaction, retention of employees and the development of bench strength.

Lead allocation team in achieving sales, inventory and service level goals in Full Price and Factory channels totaling over $1 Billion in sales annually. Develop through historical analysis combined with future forecasts yearly, monthly, daily shipment plans and communicate those to Warehouse to ensure business needs are being met. Analyze profitability of shipment frequency and transportation method from warehouse to stores. Oversee direct reports’ allocation strategies to support monthly floor sets and daily replenishment strategies to ensure strong inventory position in all sku’s. Develop initial inventory plans to support new store initiatives opening on average 30 stores annually.Manage freight out of warehouse and sign off on all expedited shipping strategies where business critical and profitable. Assist in initiating, developing, and maintaining Retail systems and reports to increase efficiency and achieve sales goals. Set priorities, foster teamwork and set expectations for Allocation team, consisting of 12 members. Provide timely, balanced, clear and actionable feedback and direction to direct reports to foster rapid skill development and performance improvement. Provide support and direction to team by partnering, developing strong relationships and effectively communicating with other Retail management – heads of Merchandising, Planning, Visual, Warehouse, Store Operations and Field.

Manage the financial success of the foundations and personal care departments within Gap Body division by meeting or exceeding sales, gross margin, GMROI, and inventory turn goals.Strategize, develop, and present annual and seasonal financial plans that support objectives of division.Conduct the divisional open to buy meetings. Lead cross-functional team in managing opportunities and risks through the open to buy/monthly forecast process.Direct divisional strategies for pre-packing, size balancing and inventory balancing within several distribution centers.Provide direction that ensures consistency of in-season replenishment strategies and practices to meet or exceed in-stock targets; supervise and approve initial inventory releases.