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https://www.foundationhousing.co/I am one of four partners at Foundation, a vertically integrated student housing company with a mission to provide innovative living spaces that inspire college students to invent, connect, and grow.

Lead Regional Supply Chain Operations team to consistently deliver 95%+ on-time in-full supply to North and South America ($475M annual business), supporting sales and margin targets while maintaining supply chain efficiency

• Lead all divisions in J.Crew Factory through the successful development, execution and communication of store inventory plans and strategies to meet or exceed topline sales, gross margin and full-price sell-thru across the fleet• Managed a high performing team of 10 direct reports by creating a collaborative, innovate and results-oriented environment

• Developed departmental strategies to improve full-price sell-thru and store-level margin rates through continuous improvement of store flow strategy, prepack and size buying, inventory consolidation and forecasting enhancements• Streamlined best practices to drive efficiency gains and cost savings• Responsible for career and skill development of 5 direct reports

• Researched and identified opportunities to sustain sales, reduce size stockouts, drive incremental unit sales and save spending on store to store transfers in season• Responsible for career and skill development of 4 direct reports

• Analyzed sales trends to develop data driven solutions • Champion user/tester during adoption of new allocation system, Teradata Demand Chain Management• Mentored and trained 2 direct reports

• Analyzed store performance, weeks of supply, deviation, and stock to sales on a weekly basis to formulate replenishment strategies to maximize profitability, margin and sell thru at the store level• Responsible for size buying and prepack strategies in SAP based on trends