-Director Merchandise Planning, Product Allocation and replenishment for Apparel, Accessories, Footwear and Optics/Hard goods. -Merchandise Director Oakley Optics and Hard goods; Assortment Planning, Marketing strategies.-Director Retail Merchandise Operations, Director International Oakley Franchisee Operations; Supply Chain optimization, increased product fulfillment.-Experience with both In-line (full price) and Outlet (off price) merchandising strategies, operations.-Direct line P&L accountability. -Led business scope definition and implementation of new Allocation (MID) and Merchandise Planning and Reporting (7th Online) systems.-Strong collaboration with Digital, Wholesale, IT, Finance, DC and Operations teams on significant project implementations and business process improvements.

-Led strategic direction and execution for Merchandise Planning and Allocation for National Stores a speciality off price retailer with 200 stores, annual sales volume of +$500 million.-Led business scope definition and implementation of new Allocation system (MID).

Mid tier Department store operating 149 stores with annual sales of 2+ billion dollars. Supervised team of 145 including 2 VP's Merchandise Planning and 4 Planning Directors.-Merchandise Planning; set strategy, defined tactical plans for delivering sales and profit goals. Worked directly with CFO in setting top line company financial performance goals and defining strategies to deliver results.-Replenishment, Allocation; optimization of inventory investment at Store, Distribution Center and product category level. Focus on lowering both Store and Distribution operating expenses.-Merchandise Operations; systems, process training for planning and replenishment teams, development and execution of company pricing strategies, management of reporting, analysis and merchandising systems (Item, Vendor and PO).-Successfully implemented new suite of Mervyn's Planning, Replenishment, Reporting and Pricing systems required for transition away from Target's systems.-Developed and directed high performance teams.Additional work experience at Mervyn's;-Director Inventory Management-Director Merchandise P&A-Divisional Merchandise Manager (DMM)