Marianne B. ("Mair") Troy-Mcpherson Email and Phone Number

• Develop positive relationships with Manufacturing & Quality Teams to help meet productivity goals.• Develop positive relationships with domestic and international cumulative- based shipping customers• Work with materials, manufacturing and purchasing departments in identifying and resolving production planning challenges• Maintain and manage new program ordering process with Purchasing Team as well as concurrent Build Out activities• Cycle counting and inventory tracking/reporting• Process improvement/Kaizen activities

Compilation and orginization of new program component data and equipment to support Maintanece Department's roll out of new robotic welding cells.

• Develop weekly inbound and outbound flow plans at the DC level; 3 week & 13 week rolling horizon• S&OP supply chain liaison between GRC and DC for multiple buildings• Develop and execute seasonal material flow plan for Chain• Work closely with Marketplace In Stock Captains on all store flow issues• S&OP lead for Fortress Market strategic flow as well as all new store openings, closings and special projects• S&OP lead for Express/Outlet stores inventory flow, specialty market analysis, and maintain relationship with field leadership team.• Certified LEAN (Six Sigma) Champion for S&OP Team process improvements

• Bottoms-up item planning for multiple sku intensive, seasonal and hyper-seasonal departments • Responsible for achieving corporate goals for each department while supporting divisional and corporate strategies including In Stocks, Inventory Optimization, OTB, and PO Lead Time Compliance• Daily communication with cross functional partners to address and solve business opportunities and challenges• Managing vendor challenges with a proactive, process driven approach to improve overall vendor compliance• Active in MP&A Trainee Program as a trainee mentor, SME/, and teacher for IP classes. Created re-vamped systems training outline and training documents

Handling all aspects of account from overseas production planning, offsite domestic 3PL inventory management, and international and domestic logistics.

• Implemented bottoms up forecasting while planning $95 million in revenue for two product intensive departments with high visual impact• Planned, wrote and tracked all advertising and seasonal purchase orders for both import and domestic product• Monitored product life cycle and made recommendations based upon independent analysis• Communicated with divisional merchants as well as those in the supply chain, space planning, and logistics • Served as a peer adviser for new hires in addition to teaching corporate classes

Planner October 2002 – April 2004• Item planning for two departments with combined annual sales of $38 million, forecasted sales, and managed OTB and inventory• Created purchase orders and market specific size analysis for seasonal and non-seasonal product • Worked with buyer to determine store layouts, additions and deletions to assortment, and market trend analysis for KmartDirector’s Assistant April 2001 – October 2002• Reported to Director of Planning & Distribution• Responsibilities included market visit analysis, fulfilling field requests and coordinating with other divisions to insure company consistency in reporting• Coordinated initial distribution and inventory levels for new store openings Location Analyst May 2000 – April 2001• Monitored sales and managed inventory levels for four high volume departments for 2,500 stores. • Analyzed mass market trends, demographic areas, and micro markets • Worked closely with Planners to discuss allocations and regional impact