Kasey Nordvik Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

• Acting Director of Planning, working alongside Omni leaders in Supply Chain, Merchandising, Marketing, and Finance to provide strategic direction and advocacy, responsible for compiling and analyzing department.
• Head of Planning, leading Planners and Merchants in driving sales, profit, and inventory for an over $750M multi-department, multi-channel uber department.
• Partnered with Finance and Merchandising leadership to develop annual budgets and forecasts, working with teams to identify and execute levers needed to exceed open-to-buy (OTB) and P&L targets.
• Directed monthly OTB (equivalent to S&OP) meetings, guiding Planning and Buying teams to have accurate and attainable forecasts for all sales, profit, and inventory metrics.
• Managed selection, performance, and development for the team, while driving engagement.
• Collaborated in establishing and analyzing KPI’s and reported out regularly on performance, leading monthly and quarterly hindsight’s for the business.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Lead Planning and cross functional teams to exceed sales, profit, and inventory targets for a multi-department, multi-channel uber department.
• Owned projections for department and category-level forecasts, aligning with cross-functional teams. Managed monthly OTB meetings on department business drivers, opportunities, and key action plans.
• Worked with cross-functional teams to create and develop financial forecasts and plans, while determining inventory purchase amounts.
• Supported department P&L review while conducting ad hoc analysis as needed to ensure the team reached all sales and profit targets.
• Provided timely direction and feedback to direct reports to foster fluid communication, skill development, and performance improvements as needed.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Maintained and executed financial plans for complex merchandise categories by building partnerships with cross-functional associates; prepared, revised, and monitored category, seasonal buy plans, and merchandise line.
• Supported and managed department P&L’s by forecasting key financial metrics; calculated and adjusted annual, monthly, weekly, and daily financial projections against actual results; conducted financial analyses, and.
• Drove the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developed and communicated business plans and priorities while being adaptable and supporting continuous.
• Maintained inventory plans by ensuring forecasts were current and accurate; managed markdown budgets.
• Leveraged resources and talent to achieve business goals; monitored associate performance and provided constructive feedback and coaching that was honest, accurate, and timely; provided learning opportunities.
• Collaborated with and participated in vendor meetings, negotiations, and joint business plans/partnerships. Supported merchant with supplier negotiations by providing relevant financial inputs and highlighting risks.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Prepared, maintained and executed financial plans for merchandise categories, including OTB, annual budgets, daily sales and margin forecasts, seasonal buy plans, and line-reviews; developed and presented financial.
• Maintained inventory plans at the department and item levels, while managing markdowns to budget; partnered with buyers and vendors to take actions and ensure instock levels remained optimal for both the customers and.
• Identified and applied sound, fact-based criteria when setting priorities and making decisions. Using business measures and analyses to identify improvement opportunities.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Plan sales, receipts and exit strategies, taking into account marketing channels: in store feature exposure, catalog exposure, email marketing campaigns, technique classes, contests and promotions.
• Collaborate with Merchandising to compose annual, monthly and weekly sales metrics including regular & markdown sales volumes, MMU%, AUR, inventory targets (BOM’s), turn, etc.
• Report on key financial metrics and interpret the results to understand trends and craft appropriate responses to the business.
• Control inventory to exceed fulfillment, inventory turn and margin goals while minimizing overstocks.
• Re-forecast sales demand and adjust orders in-season to react to sales and business trends.
• Manage direct reports and train new Control Buyers.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Write, confirm and track production, shipping and receiving for PO’s on behalf of five online and catalog departments. Planning responsibilities for two.
• Review & analyze departmental business to identify issues pertaining to budget or product exposure
• Review backorder reports & allocate inventory to fill backorders per customer expectations
• Compose and distribute weekly/monthly/yearly sales analysis to vendors
• Manage direct-ship orders and contracts with vendors, merchants and call center.

Greater San Diego Area

• Purchase and track all new equipment from Volvo and other vendors
• Manage all inventory for California’s six Volvo CE branches
• Create and maintain database and physical files for all units
• Report all weekly activity and sales to Volvo
• Verify and process invoices for all units and freight
• Submit all sales to be financed for sale and lease