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San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

- Work with Pinterest's stream processing team. - Leveraging Flink API and internal frameworks to support stream job creation.

- Responsible for obtaining high sought footwear and apparel at retail or near retail prices.- Successfully sell high demand products determining resell pricing based on market trends and sustainable profit margin.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

- Responsible for managing inventory within an $80 million-dollar school supplies, diploma frame, and course required clothing division for 800 stores across 3 merchandising systems- Took ownership of the development of sales, margin, and inventory plans for each fall and spring semester pre-season and in-season periods based on sales history and common SKU's- Managed the creation of weekly and monthly financial reporting by store, department and class to identify best sellers across all vendors- Managed all reporting databases connection from JDA merchandising system to maintain standard operating procedures- Evaluated business performance on a weekly basis and communicate with internal stakeholders on insightful inventory and forecast measurements - Led the effort for reducing PO creation time in half through manipulation of internal merchandising system macros - Designed new processes for replenishment resulting in a reduction in task duration of more than 300%- Acted as a key lead on the creation and improvement of short-term forecasting techniques which replenishes best sellers through sales projections and sell through percentages - Oversaw the forecasting and purchasing duties of diploma frames, resulting in a 22% increase in margin dollars over year to year- Elected as a lead CORE ambassador; a role which consists of efforts to enhance the corporate office user experience in conjunction with the roll out of the company's new Oracle retail merchandising system- Collaborated with members of several different departments including engineering, merchandise information, project management, and IT to ensure the new merchandising system contains the necessary reporting tools needed to meet the budgeting goals of the company during conversion- Participated in frequent quality assurance system testing with Oracle BI Tools to ensure that newly implemented system functionalities meet functional and technical requirements

University Park, Pa, Us

- Leadership position with the responsibility of enforcing policies and building community with over 150+ students - Tasked with the assignment of orchestrating successful community building events through the use of marketing, advertising and analyzing the wants and needs of each resident- Built effective relationships with residents while enacting authoritative policies - Assisted freshmen on how to plan out their path throughout college academically, and socially- Developed financial plans for residents on how to save and how to pay for their college expenses- Resolved a large variety of community conflicts in an unbiased manner

Woonsocket, Ri, Us

- Provided exceptional customer service while maintaining a clean and organized store- Successfully used marketing techniques in order to lead the entire store during upselling periods- Delegated responsibilities amongst associates in order to achieve our daily goals

New York, Ny, Us

- Increased struggling segments within department from 70% of its goal to 107% - Consulted a team of managers on how to effectively develop the skills of their associates- Collaborated with the merchandising team to determine proper allocation strategies- Assisted in operations in running a store safety analysis- Analyzed financial figures and mastering retail mail in order to determine strategies to drive sales- Focused on floor inventory planning to maximize product sales- Shadowed planners and allocators while making suggestions on proper monthly and seasonal allocation - Shadowed merchandising team on storewide merchandising and visual plans. - Conducted interviews to find potential high level associates who fit with the company - Coached and developed current associates to meet the standards and expectations provided by Macys

New York, Ny, Us

- Winner of the New Jersey Merrill Lynch Stock Market Competition- Shadowed Financial Advisors as they worked on developing financial plans for their clients while familiarizing with Bloomberg- Advised clients with questions involving financial transactions- Worked with the Merrill Lynch client database to retrieve and update the financial information

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Marketing With An Additional Focus In Finance

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