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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

As a Senior Consultant, I collaborated with Retail Clients and Logic teams to implement solutions, improve process, and contribute thought leadership to accomplish project goals. I had the opportunity to lead projects and serve clients as a functional consultant.A customer-centric focus, passion for training, team leadership, and energetic determination.

Wayzata, Minnesota

Furniture store, interior design services, and real estate staging...Chazin Interiors does it all! I was challenged to find an Inventory management solution for this diverse business and implement it within 120 days. This was accomplished using SALESFORCE which features RFID technology.For the first time, the owner has insight to category details that.

Roseville, Minnesota

Love from Companies has stores in Minnesota and the Chicago area that specialize in gifts, apparel, and souvenirs for the local market. They also provide products to wholesale businesses.I led a team who created “Bold North” products, integrating current market trends, developing pricing strategy, and developing vendor partnerships to bring apparel, hard.

Regis Corporation

• Regis Corporation is the largest hair salon chain in the world, operating over 8,000+ corporate and franchise salons in North America and the United Kingdom and sales revenue of $2.0B. As the AVP of Merchandising, I.
• Re-alignment of team to maximize benefits to field operations customers, and support new company structure, adjusting work load to maintain maximum productivity
• Creating a customer focused environment with accountability metrics, optimized standard operating procedures and tools, and employee recognition programs
• Determining the cadence of corporate strategies and execution timelines in the field to maximize those strategies "landing" successfully,
• Collaborating with a cross functional management team (IT, Operations, HR, Marketing, Franchise, Merchandising) that identified, prioritized, and sequenced salon focused initiatives I was inspired to see how my work.
• Proposing and implementing salon order improvement process, reducing order placement and approval time by 50%

Edina, MN

• I had the opportunity to implement Automatic Replenishment and Allocation using the JDA MM4R5 software, and managed a team that made a positive impact on Regis's profitability. I was so proud to lead the team in.
• Empowered team to make sales driving decisions by implementing in stock goals, best seller weeks of supply standards, and weekly automatic replenishment and allocation best practices
• Developed Strategy for inventory reduction in salons and distribution center resulting in a 12% inventory decrease
• Program Manager for UK integration of JDA MM4R5 Merchandising, Replenishment, and Allocation software with the US that improved business efficiencies including streamlined support from IT and Merchandising
• Envisioned replenishment system improvements, and partnered with IT and Operations to execute them
• Initiated Standard Operating Procedures for Automatic Replenishment and Allocation of products into salons and DCs

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Marshall Field's (formerly known as Dayton's/Hudson/Marshall Field's) was a moderate to high end department store with 62 locations in the midwest United States.As the Divisional Planning Manager for Tabletop, I led a.
• Developed and motivated a team of 6 merchandise analysts to improve replenishment practices and grow sales in each product category
• Determined monthly, quarterly, and annual unit/$ plan category goals monitor and measure growth
• Aligned with Planning Manager partners to develop standard operating procedures for new replenishment system
• Cultivated "win win" business relationships with Tabletop vendors resulting in sales driving opportunities, and support of promotional and margin goals
• Communicated division open to buy position and strategies for improvement monthly to senior management Show less

• When I was able to develop private label sleepwear from start to finish, and see the successful selling results, I was so excited! My favorite item that I developed was the "couch cuddler" (a robe with feet). We sold.
• Developed seasonal assortment plans
• Collaborated with trend and private label production teams to design sleepwear
• Directed Merchandise Planner, Assistant Buyer, and… Show more When I was able to develop private label sleepwear from start to finish, and see the successful selling results, I was so excited! My favorite item that I.
• Directed Merchandise Planner, Assistant Buyer, and Merchandise Coordinater Show less

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota