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Winona, Mn, Us

Winona, Mn, Us

As a Senior Business Analyst, I collaborate between Product Management and Development team to elicit, gather, and define functional and non-functional requirements for proposed solutions. I perform requirement analysis to develop workable user stories that are able to be understood, developed, and tested by the development team. I participate in and facilitate relevant Agile practices, as well as assisting the Product Manager in prioritizing and planning future product enhancements. I also contribute to product and release documentation.

Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, United States

In my role as a replenishment and allocation planner at Duluth Trading Co., I am responsible for managing ongoing retail replenishment needs to ensure that we meet store demand while also aligning with our business unit objectives, distribution center (DC) workflow constraints, and supply limitations. I work with cross-functional teams to develop and implement allocation plans for new store openings as well as to fill back new store sales based on store capacities, localization strategies, and sales plans. I also keep track of any late or constrained products and communicate their impact to our partners. Additionally, I analyze and communicate end-of-life-cycle transfers from retail stores back to DCs or to clearance locations.

Mount Horeb, Wisconsin

Mount Horeb, Wisconsin

Mt Horeb, Wi

Menomonee Falls, Wi

As a merchandise analyst, I was responsible for making sure that the right product, makes it to the right place, at the right time, in the right amount. I would regularly analyze product sales trends in both the eCommerce and store selling channels, to make insightful decisions that will impact our business. I also worked with a variety of cross-functional teams to deliver our customer a world-class shopping experience, no matter which channel.

Beaver Dam, Wi

My responsibilities as a Store Executive include a wide variety of tasks. My main priority is to ensure the day to day operations of the store are carried out efficiently and by best practice policies. Some of these tasks include: reviewing sales and other goals from the previous day, and in turn, reacting to the results appropriately, verifying money deposits, monitoring store payroll and reacting appropriately, delivering daily communication to a team of 10-20 associates, providing outstanding customer service to every customer, and providing coaching to associates to help them develop their own selling and customer service skills. Other responsibilities I maintain are planning and communicating with co-workers about new projects, monitoring inventory levels and reacting to them as necessary, reviewing weekly reports and compiling that information into a weekly store overview, conducting interviews and other hiring processes, and also, when needed ,I am able to generate a weekly schedule for 80 associates using Kronos.

South Madison, Wi

As a MIT my responsibilities included tasks teaching me to be able to take on a role as an Assistant Store Manager. I spent a lot of that training program developing skills to be able to take care of our customers the best way that we can. I also developed people management skills to be able to coach and train associates who worked in all areas of the store. In that position I also learned a lot about merchandising product on the floor, how to use different resources in the merchandising process, and how to present merchandise so the customer has the best shopping experience we can give them.

East Troy, Wi

My main responsibilities included taking care of customers in the tack shop and assisting them with any questions, product selection, and any other information I could provide them for this niche of a market. I was also responsible for taking care of the stable chores at night. These tasks included completing detailed inspections of all animals while bringing them into the barns at night, ensuring that they were fed and watered for the evening, administering medication or first aid when needed, maintaing high levels of sanitation in the barns, and doing routine checks of the facilities before I would leave for the night.

Janesville, Wi

As an intern with Kohl's I got my first taste of what being a manager at Kohl's was like. I was given the responsibility to head a department and analyze reports to make the best decision to affect sales. I also learned how to handle tense customer interactions and how to resolve them effectively. During my internship I also conducted a project where I developed an idea to test and research and then compiled my data into a presentation for a panel of store managers and district managers.

While working at Maurices I was able to learn how to develop a strong relationship with customers and also how to provide personalized customer service. One of our main priorities was to provide each customer a great shopping experience and help "Her"​ find her perfect outfit. From the time that a customer would walk in the door, to the time that she walked out, I would be there to help make sure her shopping needs were fulfilled and fun. I would greet her as soon as she walked in; ask if she was looking for any sort of outfit, or if she was looking for something for a special of occasion. If she wanted to just go look by herself, I would explain the sales that we had going on at that time and let her go look on her own, occasionally checking in on her to make sure she was doing okay. If she said that she needed to find an outfit, but wasn't sure what to wear, that's where I would jump in and help her put together an outfit that she would look good in and love. While helping her put together outfits, it was also an importance of mine to explain how to put different pieces together, how to accessorize, and how each piece could be used in multiple ways so that she would be able to get the most use out of it. After she would find an outfit that she was satisfied I would take her to the register and complete the sale myself, so that I was able to build that customer connection that would bring that customer back into my store time and time again.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), General Business

Activities and Societies: APICS-Assocation for Supply Chain Management Volunteered with the Nursing Home Visitation Program

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Quiz Bowl Team Math Meet Team FFA-Chapter Secretary and then Chapter Vice President Forensics Volleyball-Team.