Marilyn Carter Email & Phone Number

Orlando, Florida, United States

• Worked with the VP of Merchandising and Sales to review and drive price rules to garner business and optimize margin.• Ran financial impact analysis to understand current core assortment mix and potential opportunities.• Monitored specific item market costs and adjusted prices where needed.• Led price management processes, which included scripting market costs, analyzing market reports, gross margin reports, usage reports, etc.• Collaborated with cross functional teams to improve earned income and gross profit.• Created SOPs and scripts to train other analysts on the Orlando Opco pricing process and made available to others through SharePoint.

Orlando, Florida, United States

• Registered Pharmacy Technician

Orlando, Florida

• Assisted non-financial senior leadership with obtaining financial goals by analyzing and providing on-going updates regarding operating expenses, revenue, cost of goods, and journal entry reviews for departments.• Assisted in the preparation and development of the annual expense budget and revenue plan goals.• Queried data and built reports utilizing SAP Business Objects and strategically enhance sales by performing trend analysis and providing recommendations.• Established price points for products through analysis and compiled ROI analysis for future products.• Grew total revenue by 24% over a 2-month period through dynamic pricing and grew one of our softest tours by 43% by implementing one of my recommendations in addition to increasing price.• Created, modified, and maintained revenue events and their corresponding products as well as pricing, promotions, discounts, and inventory for SeaWorld Orlando and Aquatica.• Managed and distributed daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly financial reports through SAP Business Objects and Microsoft Excel. Also, provided daily report on internet sales and marketing products.• Reviewed the P&L and provided timely actuals, forecasts, and budget data to leadership. • Prepared and submitted monthly financial reports including, but not limited to, expense variances to prior year and budget, profit drivers, and admission PVM.• Prioritized and worked on ad hoc projects | requests while completing required daily tasks in a timely fashion.

• Led in the development and ongoing management of the annual merchandise financial plans as well as weekly forecasts and analysis for a $350M category to achieve sales and profit goals.• Conducted forecasts by utilizing databases such as SAP Business Objects to create reports to analyze sales performance and trend.• Executed reports necessary to drive performance and effectively communicated with the Category Management team to influence and drive sound decision making.• Collaborated with cross functional teams such as insights, supply chain, and finance to deliver end to end P&L results.• Provided monthly explanations and recommendations on key drivers and drags to our P&L.• Facilitated weekly meetings with cross functional partners to ensure timely completion of tasks as well as discussing the next set of goals.• Performed competitive shopping and market research to analyze the impact to our weekly sales.• Partnered with the marketing team to analyze the productivity of our promotions and provided recommendations for future promotions.• Assisted with onboard training for new merchandise planners and was also the subject matter expert in a couple areas.• Worked as part of the “Oliver Wyman Pilot team” to enhance, test, and train on the tool’s capabilities and Walgreens’s best practices.• Facilitated meetings and maintained relationships with business partners and various levels of management while supporting the business remotely.

• Initially contracted as a Project Manager in Merchandising Strategy and Development.• Communicated and partnered with key stakeholders to discover, facilitate and assist in the deployment of new businesses, new store layouts, and innovative selling solutions. • Developed basic merchandising goals, objectives, and principles that aligned to the focus of individual formats and consumer purchasing habits. Also, managed timelines, secured resources, and implemented new plans.• Utilized financial data from business objects and metrics visualization to assist in item selection during the planogram build to ensure optimal assortment per cluster.• Recommended and executed on assortment recommendations with the category manager for revisions that directly contributed to improved category performance.• Developed and worked with analytical tools and project management techniques to deliver upon ad hoc space productivity analysis within JDA Intactix Suite, including data manager. • Utilized tools such as Nielsen and treasure chest to tag/group products and understand the potential transferability of sales when providing recommendations and building smaller planograms.• Partnered with vendors to create new signage and fixtures and performed market research to get insight into how customers perceived them.• Managed projects by the offshore team by training, delegating, and reviewing various project transitions.• Collaborated in creating training documentation for a new system within the division, initiated the process within my team, and was the subject matter expert.• Participated in the Space Analytics Committee in which we created tools and templates to assist and train other analysts in analyzing and presenting their business’s performance.• Communicated and presented to category managers, divisional merchandise managers, general merchandise managers, and other merchandising senior executives.

• Assisted attorneys during consultation with Spanish speaking clients• Researched legal issues related to a client’s case and assisted in filling out legal forms• Translated legal documents from English to Spanish

Worked in teams to review and examine various areas of the banks to ensure compliance of policies and procedures. Some related areas examined included operations, compliance, loans, and audit.

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Activities and Societies: Office of Cultural and Academic Transitions, Multicultural Business Students, Freshmen Class Council (ASMSU).

Certificate, Paralegal

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Bachelor'S Degree, Economics