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Iselin, New Jersey, Us

Edison, New Jersey, Us

• Develop and refine the forecasts and inventory requirements to achieve launches and sales plans for Accessories (SLGs and Brand Extensions) totaling 1,500 SKUs• Review production schedules to reflect changes in demand while working with our sourcing partners to either expedite or push out goods• Insure inventory levels are appropriate at all three international warehouses for replenishment while keeping the purchases in line with the open to buy plan• Responsible for the performance of satisfying the market place by having the right product at the right times in the right quantities• Provide historic and strategic intelligence to support sales, production, and marketing.• Review trends and revise forecasts to respond to global changes as a result of cannibalization, changes in distribution, economic factors, and competitive issues• Work with our retail team to ensure our own retail stores are never out of stock for key items• Identifying categories and styles to Product Management strength and weaknesses to assist in the development of new products• Manage the movement of obsolete product through our Outlets, Special Markets and Close-Out channels of distribution• Provide global analysis of our seasonal launch performance by channel• Monitor product needed for marketing events including catalogs, e-commerce events, retail windows, and advertising schedules• Assess special markets and B2B requests based on inventory availability

Carol Stream, Il, Us

• Developed SKU forecasts from top line projections and sales data for all National and regional accounts. • Successfully managed a flow of goods for over 800 optical, sun, case and reader styles in accordance with my open to buy plan. • Maintained significant weeks of supply for Wal*Mart and Costco to prevent shortfall. • Created a monthly capacity plan for our largest optical manufacturer based on historical demand. • Analyzed vendor lead-times to maximize boat vs. air shipments. • Internally converted product to maximize use of on hand and minimize outages to accounts and clear backorders. • Created an Available To Sell report for sales to monitor P.O.s, track inventory, and not oversell until the next receipt of goods. • Developed a Production Schedule for all sales purchase orders to assist operations in prioritizing orders based on ETA’s and cancel dates. • Managed my stock to sales plan keeping all purchases in line with the sales projections. • Devised an Expedite Log for vendors to let them know where we needed improvement based on an increase in sales or customer demand. • Recommended discontinuation of poor performing styles based on sales data.

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• Direct purchasing on product placement while reconciling SKU forecasts to financial plans.• Partner with key customers to establish and maintain a collaborative planning process.• Maximize internal inventory turns while trying to minimize content of non-performing inventory.• Manage the internal open to buy for respective brands while working with senior management on monthly projections for shipments, returns, and purchases.• Work with the director on future system enhancements in establishment and implementation of “best practices” for the department.• Work with sales and product development in assortment planning and direct purchasing on product placement based on my SKU forecasts.

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• Build and maintain SKU level forecasts for frame and collateral for account base and reconciliation to the financial plans.• Extract POS information from partner websites to use for internal forecasts.• Partner with key customer contacts to establish and maintain a collaborative planning process.• Upload and adjust forecasts in the JD Edwards system before running MRP.• Work with upper management to ensure future purchases cover future demand especially for launches of new brands.• Created and built assortment ranges to satisfy customer demands for this type of business.• Maintained data integrity for pertinent planning codes and phase codes in the item master.

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• Analyzed sales data for top accounts including Wal*Mart, Target, K-mart, and CVS.• Reviewed analysis with buyers and recommended product build-ups or markdowns.• Projected future sales for what turned out to be the creation of a planning department.• Authorized transfer of goods to maintain warehouse inventory based on sales projections.• Managed accounts’ on hand vs. our warehouse stock to ship 100% refill to keep a healthy sell-thru and turn.• Calculated margin and costs to see if new styles would be profitable.

• Purchased overseas piece goods, calculated garment costs, and issued purchase orders.• Tracked swatch yardage, bulk yardage, and salesman samples.• Charted weekly sales vs. ownership and managed all inventory reports.• Assisted in line merchandise, concept, and development.• Speced prototypes and analyzed swatch yardages for license approval.

New York, Us

• Tracked production through shipping and receiving stages.• Coordinated data with domestic/offshore offices and factories• Kept trim and piece goods cost log for garment costing.• Created a trim handbook which also served as our inventory catalog.