Jensen Smith Email & Phone Number

Remote

Eatonton, Georgia, United States

Fort Myers, Florida Area

Fort Myers, Florida Area

Allocation manager for Chico’s & White House Black Market outlets division

Daily monitoring the system and usersPhysical training for new users and developing the user documentationCreating and testing variables based on the business and their needsShare best practices across brands to aid in the success of the company as a wholeImportant to be a support to the business but also being clear of what their ultimate decision means big picture and how many other teams are involved/affected.Attending weekly meeting to stay close to the business and understand where I can add value and how the system can aid them.Important to be able to walk through the strategy with the users, understand it and add valuable information or things to think about, or system solutions to take the workload off the user

Fort Myers, Florida

Manage one direct report (Owner of 2 departments). Trained and developed her business skill set and her presentation skills.Served as a central point of contact for regional and district store managers of the Chico’s Outlet division.Provided shipping information, managed inventory concerns with the field, provided weekly information to the field teams to drive business. Took on the responsibility of being DSMs point of contact which lead to huge communication success and keeping the lines of information sharing open. Developed multiple strategies for climates / markets / and seasonality based on DSM feedback and analysis. Took existing communication and met with DSM to capture feedback resulting in a revamp of weekly reporting where I streamlined current info and added additional info the DSMs needed to get in front of their business and drive results.Drive comp sales increases in specific markets based off historical analysis and partnership with my store planner.Effectively managed up to leadership (PO delays, early arrivals, strategy changes, level set expectations).Provides unit receipt information to Store Ops team to ensure stores have accurate payroll to drive business.I stepped outside my assigned role and worked closely with my store planner to understand store density / turn / and sales trend and transfers. We reviewed stores twice a week. I was very aware of how my business worked and my resources to support my function. I reached out to multiple areas of the business and it has resulted in me meeting talented people and being able to leverage their skills and relationship to keep moving the allocation team forward

Monitor and evaluate inventory levels and take action in conjunction with the allocation teamCreate store financial plans based off of history, current performance, or field informationDevelop climate / Tier strategies for certain productsInfluence buy depth / breath based off analysis and CFT partnershipsCreate times Avg files to be loaded in the system for CFT useCreate style out files that feed into style out sheets that support the meetings and the allocation teamDevelop snowbird and Resort store inventory plans and sales projections

Fort Myers, Florida Area

Execute purchase orders in a timely mannerKey item selling recapMonitor Inventory levelsExit strategiesClimate strategiesStage Set Sizing recaps