• Optimized business flexibility by negotiating inventory shifts worth $1.1M in girls denim inventory and $7.2M in Infant-toddler boys and girls apparel to react to positive and negative sales trends• Negotiated contingencies with global apparel vendors to support upside and downside sales trends for $52M worth of infant and toddler apparel inventory at no liability to Target.• Formulated and implemented a Microsoft Excel tool to effectively analyze contingencies acted upon and establish stronger collaboration with Merchandising Planning counterparts.• Planned the 2012 team offsite with activities focused on team collaboration and developing 2012-2017strategic priorities

• Member of electronics and hydraulics teams with target project savings of over $5M through strategic sourcing and low cost country sourcing• Composed a 16 page white paper on the global printed circuit board market to provide the team with important industry-specific history and terminology• Created templates and decoded files in English and Chinese using macros to efficiently analyze and interpret over 1,000 supplier qualification profiles• Developed a database of over 5,000 potential printed circuit board suppliers• Managed a team of 6 interns in the planning and integration of a system to sort and analyze supplier databases

• Researched and formulated simulation models to determine the optimal location for an Asia logistics center• Read and analyzed internal audit reports and updated the Paisley Internal Auditing database• Designed a database of over 1,000 Asian Logistics providers