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Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Manage category and style-level forecasting for two businesses that drove $370M in sales and picked up 114bps of market share in fiscal 2020.• Strategically aided the process of pushing out $21M in receipts and providing salvage recommendations during the pandemic response, as well as positioning the team for flexibility on future receipt pull-ups when sales accelerated.• Collaborate with 10 vendors to ensure we are being proactive on future receipt needs to drive sales during key seasons.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Managed financials for a $30M fast growing category that was a key enterprise strategy. • Delivered $5M in sales growth YoY on flat inventory by optimizing segmentation and driving online expansion.• Picked up 940bps of market share YoY, exceeding Walmart’s growth of 640bps• Created the 2020 financial framework for the Plus business, which grew 600bps in share and now ranks as number one within the category

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Used learnings from spring 2018 and where we were trending going into fall 2018 to make strategic decisions for our spring 2019 line, ensuring inventory was being managed properly - Took over a category that was trending to finish $3 million over its year ending on hand inventory and helped drive it flat to plan by working with the Product Manager and vendors to identify over forecasted styles and taking markdown action on slower turning carryover merchandise

Minneapolis, Minnesota

- Forecasted the entire Footwear category for the re-branded Gander Outdoors locations opening in 2018- Collaborated with the Product Manager to ensure merchandising strategies aligned with our product forecast for both spring and fall seasons- Put in place parameters in JDA that ensured consistent product flow from the supply chain to multiple channels within the Camping World umbrella- Worked with over 50 National Footwear brands on inventory forecasts, helping them get setup on EDI and negotiated case pack sizes that were in the best interests for our supply chain

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

-Responsible for overseeing a $200 million business through forecasting, allocation and replenishment.-Own allocation and replenishment programs, ensuring the right product is in the right place at the right time.-Built Ad-hoc level reports to research and analyze sales to inventory levels by store grade, on order and ending on hand deviation, service levels and weeks of supply across the entire chain.-Cross functional relationships with E-commerce, Product Development, Merchandise Presentation, Distribution Centers and Stores.-Responsible for plannning new store budgets, presentation and fixture fill .-Store Inventory Managment Reporting Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Coon Rapids

Maple Grove

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General, 3.63

Activities and Societies: Building Blocks Non-ProfitGraduated with a 3.63 GPA while working 40 plus hours a week and taking between 2-3.

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Marketing