Kana Kato Email & Phone Number

Tokyo, Jp

日本 東京都 東京

Lead in Demand Planning for Sloggi Brand- Annual budgeting by product by month- Implementation of strategic MD plans and assortment plans based on channel characteristics.- Purchase planning and forecasting based on Target inventory level.- Effective inventory management to maximize sales and minimize cash risk.

日本 東京都 東京

Lead in Demand & Inventory Planning for Sloggi Brand-Product master and database management.-Assortment planning and demand forecasting for each channel.-Inventory management and bargain plan proposal and execution.

Japan

Lead in purchase ordering for major performance apparel of Nike Japan.-Responsible for performance categories which make up 45% of Nike Japan’s apparel annual revenue including Men's and Women's Training, Kids, Basket. Jordan and Tennis. -Responsible for "Team sales for School" business requires short lead time shipment with customization, inventory control and vender operation. -Contributed 10 billion yen (approx. US$ 90million) growth in three years.-Execute purchase action by collaborating with headquarters and liaison office for production factories.-Trained and supervised two new planners in three years.

Japan

Contributed for inventory management of Footwear, Apparel and Equipment of Nike Japan.-Lead visualizing internal reporting of future inventory status for management team. -Contributed to keep Days Sales Inventory(DSI) flat in two years while 20% revenue growth overall Nike Japan. -Lead especially reducing old inventories, collaborating with factory outlet store buying team and whole sale accounts team.

Japan

Support business strategy for category General Manager of Men's and Women's training by analyzing sales and inventory status. -Contributed on connect the pipeline of sales to purchasing by centralizing separated internal reports to one new created team"S&OP". -Contributed in setting common Key Performance Indicator for Footwear, Apparel and Equipment collaborating with management team.

Japan

Responsible for apparel demand planing of Nike Japan.-Leading for apparel demand forecast for all categories, 1500 SKU per season.-Planning demand forecast for season by analyzing current inventory status, sell through, future order and factory lead time. -Lead seasonal meeting for finalizing the forecast including other internal functions such as merchandising and sales.-Leverage skills for excel and access for data analysis.

Japan

Support sales' representatives for key account of Nike Japan.-Operator of customer services for The Sports Authority which makes up 10% of Nike Japan annual revenue.-Control shipping aligned with monthly budget of accounts and Nike Japan.

Japan

Responsible for shop in shop of key accounts.-Sales representative of in-store concept shop "Nike shop" in Minami Sports.-Support buying of accounts considering budget and store capacity.