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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.

-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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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