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-Managed $48.5 million in yearly Sales Volume, Margin, AUR, and Cost metrics with a customer focused lens across 3 categories for 1,665 stores-Developed, analyzed, and executed business forecast plans for weekly, monthly, and seasonal sales based on current trend, history, inventory demand, and seasonality at a category sku level to drive incremental business growth for the Lip, Hand Cream, and Bar Soap categories-Collaborated cross-functionally with merchants, inventory, and space analysts to ensure category plans support overall strategy, liquidation, and financial goals for growth in for Lip, Hand Cream, and Bar Soap categories-Utilized ad hoc reporting to analyze business trends and sales to create quarterly hindsight

-Manage category assortment through analysis of sales, margin, and unit movement to develop strategic future space plans in order to create the most productive planograms for Cardinal customers-Support the Category Management team by utilizing Nielsen point-of-sales data and Spaceman to create, maintain, and optimize pharmaceutical merchandise planograms-Partner with Category Management, Buying, and Inventory Management teams in making timely business decisions by extracting reports on a weekly basis from various databases that monitor sales performance and inventory levels-Planned and constructed an introductory guide for new Cardinal customers to help navigate through front-end product management, reports included in monthly planogram packets, how to order products related to planogram assortments, and instructional guides on how to build out planograms

New Albany, Ohio

-Create, maintain, and optimize merchandise in floorset documents-Ensure correct assortment is represented in floorset documentation-Track all new kid store openings and collaborate with Store Operations and New Stores Team to ensure they receive all documents, maps, and floorset tools in order to set new stores up for success before opening-Manage and track product placement by collaborating cross-functionally with Planners and Inventory Management teams to create valuable in-store presentations that capture customer interest and drive revenue growth-Support Merchandising, Planning, and Inventory Management teams by pulling reports in SAP, Excel, and Tableau to monitor sales performance & inventory levels in order to quickly react to current selling by developing creative and strategic solutions

Columbus, Ohio Area

-Constructed operational communications for multiple stores to support the direction and development of the PINK strategic mission-Organized weekly testing emails to all cross-functional partners in preparation to finalize all PINK tests and Adopt-A-District communications for the best execution in stores-Ensured project deadlines for store communications were effectively met by gathering support from business partners across the organization

Columbus, Ohio Area

-Increased total gross sales 9% by implementing new and creative visual displays, buying more on-trend merchandise, and recruiting volunteers to ensure coverage and security of merchandise -Generated reports to rank merchandise from previous seasons in order to determine which top performing items needed to be reordered to maximize inventory levels-Managed the ordering, tracking, and organizing merchandise for the Pop-Up Shop while also creating visual presentations to drive customer traffic for the pop-up shop-Developed a marketing and social media strategy for the new and existing GOTR merchandise to increase sales year over year

Polaris Fashion Place, Columbus, Ohio Area

-Assisted the Ralph Lauren Men's Polo merchandise handler is getting new merchandise out on the floor, replenishing stock both on the floor and in stock rooms, and helping with resets of the floor when new directives and merchandise would come in-Aid customers who were looking for particular merchandise and suggest pieces to go with what they had picked out, as well as asking open-ended questions to see if I could help they find anything else that would also better suit their needs-Ran point of sale system to quickly assist customers in their purchases and returns

Ohio State University Foundations

-Provided assistance to employees who needed software installations, password changes, or any questions they had about software used in their office-Serviced computers technology problems, as well as any printer and scanner issues that occurred-Learned new skills in how to navigate TAS database software-Gained a greater knowledge of Microsoft Office programs

Marion, Ohio

-Assisted customers with frozen yogurt orders-Ran point of sales system, counted registers at close-Followed all FDA regulated rules of all food storage

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.)

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