Analysing historical information, developing seasonal category plans, identifying market opportunities to drive growth and determining product sales mix, stock levels, retail prices and margins.Preparing and maintaining store grading plans across all distribution channels based on display capacity, customer demographic and historical or current trend sales data.Preparing range plans, determining the ideal assortment width and depth and applying statistical/trend analysis to support sound buying decisions.Assisting the Open-to-Buy process for the designated product category.Assisting in Monitoring in-season trading performance data, proposing price markdowns/discounts or additional promotional and marketing activity to maximize retained margins.Determining the allocation of new product lines, driving replenishment by predicting future rates of sale and identifying new store opening packages based on sales expectation, store profile and market demographic.

Review and build future demand forecast plan for major customers (Aldi, WW, Coles, Marley Spoon and Hello Fresh)Review and build forecast for promotions and new items as well as seasonal items.Measuring, analysing and reporting on forecast accuracy metrics.Reviewing Safety stock and working closely with sales team.Owning demand review meetings, ensuring forecasting Gaps and risks and opportunities are identified and addressed to Account managers.Setting up and maintain material master data in SAP.

Providing weekly and monthly product sales report.Reviewing product trends, prepare monthly stock performance reports (variance forecasts).Reviewing Safety stock and buffer stock by lines.Reviewing Forecast for rolling 18 month on monthly basis with high accuracy and reliability of inventory stock holding and submitting them to the US based Young living Demand and Product planners.Reviewing New product, Promotions and Seasonal plan with Product Marketing team.working very closely with US stakeholders for any issue regarding system and inventory forecast and system generated Purchase orders.Reviewing Replenishment parameters and Cycle counts.Running Replenishment Cycle twice in a week from WH to stores.

Established Two different Demand models for Local suppliers and Overseas Suppliers.Established WH to Store replenishment model.Validate and authorize forecast parameters and modifications within categories by developing inventory strategies.Undertake key research and comparison studies to ensure product replenishment is reflective of sales.Analyse store sales and stock levels to identify opportunities for inventory productivity improvements.Place and validate orders within categories by calibrating parameters within the ordering system to determine appropriate inventory levels.Maintain min/max algorithms in IT system to ensure a robust and effective replenishment system.Develop, coordinate and complete demand plans with suppliers.Monitor orders to ensure proper store quantity distributions.Identify incorrect item set up and challenges around maintaining an effective replenishment process.Leveraging analytics to make recommendations.Modeling future inventory plans against supplier capability.

Preparing and delivering critical information in a timely manner to enable an effective promotions planning process.• Developing promotion build documents and calculating carton projections for promotions planning• Preparation and maintenance of promotions planning templates• Maintenance of promotions calendarDevelop and maintain performance monitoring and reporting processes for the promotions management function.• Preparing performance reports and distribute• Analysing performance trends and gathering key insights and communicating to the (supply Planners) team.Supporting the demand planners in promotion planning and analysis activities, including upload of promotion effects into the forecasting database and analysing promotion success for future use.

To establish effective replenishment plans by store and by category for all areas of the business leading to an efficient store fulfilment via a centrally based ordering system.• Responsible for the stock management of each category within my portfolio & enhance the retail sales through good inventory management.• Provide support to the buying team to assist in driving sales.• Monitor stock levels & current purchase orders to ensure stock purchases comply with inventory budget & OTB’s set.• Establish effective & accurate buying forecasts at store & category level.• To assist in the set up of OTB’s by category & vendor.• To assist in the management of the company’s item master data.• Utilise the sales forecast to provide optimum inventory level & productivity.• To help organise sale buy opportunities for the store to clear down slow or discontinued stock holdings.• To liaise with the Category Managers on newness quantities, discontinued skus & the promotional calender.

On-sale scheduling - Complete on-sale scheduling for the following week’s on sale from information provided by account management team.Execution of Allocations, as per the plan.-Completed on time, is according to plan: improvement towards/improvement of written objectives – increased sales, reduced sell-outs, sales efficiencies, demographics etc. Management/communication of title logistics - Monitor incoming/outgoing stock against deadlines and volumes. Report shortages to account management team. Investigate issue if directed.Make fact based allocation recommendations to Account Team -Written Reports to Account team detailing actions/recommendations/insights derived from Allocation Reports in required format.Production of allocation/monthly & ad-hoc reports as directed by account management team -Update adhoc & regular reports as per schedule or as directed by account management team in desired format.

***Allocations / ReplenishmentManaging and controlling the product allocation distributions to stores nationally for all continuity and opportunistic products for maximize sales, gross profit and reduce carry over stock.Monitoring Auto Replenishment and reviewing for Core products for the business and analyzing sales and forecasting for Event and Seasonal products on scheduled time.Weekly meeting with Buyer and Planner for budgeting and organizing allocation for up coming specific events or seasons and reviewing various strategies according to the season.***Promotion (Catalog)Reviewing promotional distributions and tracking with Logistics about coming purchase orders for promotion. Reporting on product sells through for department’s catalogue performance and product apologies for departments. Review any possible product apologies for promotion period and confirm with marketing and department buyer.***ProjectsMaking decisions and defining and resolving business problems and their solutions for my departments.Working with IT Business Analyst, to find problems between systems (SAP/TOLAS) and supporting them to resolve for SAP portal for analysis and allocation. Worked with IT consultant to develop various strategies which helps SA’s to allocate their department more accurately (Project SAP).

Handled heaviest Domestic portfolio with around 264 publishers, where my responsibilities are Magazine allocation after analyzing previous sales history, reporting of sales data forecasting and advise print recommendations to the Account Executives and finalize allocation with high accuracy and within time frame. Supply each individual retailer with the optimum supply of each title and each issue that they receive. constantly reviewing the sales estimate results by maintaining a statistical database on historical performance.Reviewing all information including category information, past sales history, promotional factors, seasonality factors, current sales trends and forecast next issue and advice to their respective publisher. Review Supermarket (Kmart, Coles, Big W, etc) and bookstores(Borders,Newslink.etc) allocation and help to National Account Manager for Ranging Planogram.Ensuring all points within the supply chain, supply levels are appropriate for each individual retailer, and where it is not, this must be addressed with the key stakeholders (Manager or Acc.Exe.).

Work as a team player on Test projectsExecute manual test scripts.Writing test scripts for web based applicationsLogging defects and following defect resolution through to closure.Ability to understand workload and prioritize work accordingly.Maintaining quality and high level of accuracy in work output.Communicating with developers, senior Analyst and all level of management to ascertain new and efficient processes on the floor.