Fountainhead Planning Group, LLC provides consulting services and sophisticated applications focused on the Consumer Goods and Fashion industries.Past and current clients include: Calvin Klein, Tory Burch, Diesel, DVF, A.C. Moore, L.K. Bennett, Peter Marcus Group, R13, Nili Lotan.Fountainhead's consulting specialties include:-Industry Competitive Analysis and Strategic Planning -Business Process Review-Supply Chain Management-Wholesale Planning and Distribution-Retail Planning and Buying-Merchandising-Replenishment-Omni-channel Inventory Management-Business Analytics and Attribute Management-ERP evaluationFountainhead offers a comprehensive suite of cloud-based SaaS applications. Each of them is designed to address critical business challenges where our team has worked in the trenches to solve in the very issues faced by the segments of the business that we serve, with specific focus on melding sophisticated functionality with not only an intuitive interface and workflow, but also a degree of flexibility that responds agilely to the nuances of the business question at hand. This very effectively avoids the all too common occurrence where highly skilled users quickly run into the limitations of their static systems or incomplete data, and end up exporting information to painstakingly create for themselves the ad hoc solution that should be readily available in a well-designed application that has its origins in driving a best in class process, rather than being an obstacle to it.Cloud-based SaaS applications include:-Business Intelligence-Replenishment Planning and Monthly Re-Forecasting-Automated Replenishment and In-stock reporting-Open to Buy Planning-Wholesale Category Planning-Available to Sell analytics and customer order portal-Collaborative Merchandising unit forecasting and order visibility

Provided business and technology consulting services in the consumer goods industry.

Launched consulting services firm with staff operating in New York, Boston, and Los Angeles. Provided business consulting services, coordinated training and customer service programs, developed online interactive content and electronic learning applications.

Managed annual payroll budget exceeding $1.2 billion with staff of 8 to coordinate with over 600 stores, developing precise hourly labor requirements based on sales forecasts, time studies, and productivity measures.

Managed three departments with a team of 28. Designed forecasting models to determine merchandise needs for over $1.8 billion in annual inventory. Analyzed market trends and partnered with buyers and merchandise planning and allocation to optimize purchasing decisions.

Managed over $350 million of inventory across 31 retail stores, supervising a team of 12. Developed first automated replenishment model at the company, forecasting sales and inventory needs with a high degree of accuracy. Served as liaison between corporate buyers and retail management to establish optimal flow of inventory.

Developed detailed analyses of sales forecasting and inventory flow, assessed objective performance of marketing initiatives, and evaluated net profitability of new products.