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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• I was the Category Director that led 2 core business categories of the privately held company operating across the Twin Cities. I reported to the ownership of the highly regulated regional business, and I was.
• Led 3 direct reports that managed the inventory generating millions of dollars in revenues across 14 locations.
• Achieved 5% over annual margin target in 2023 for primary category with private label product launch and assortment planning to maximize revenues.
• Transformed planning & inventory management by implementing automation capabilities and real time inventory data by configuring and implementing the ERP in partnership with the Finance VP.
• Fixed the POS and ERP integration to improve inventory accuracy by leading the technical consultant that identified root cause and managing the migration of transaction data to create reliable insights.
• Partnered with vendor to evaluate Nielsen data and plan layouts of new locations to maximize revenues.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• I joined the regional business as a Senior Planning Manager. In this capacity, I did the planning and purchasing for the regulated goods that were sold to consumers through the retail locations. I applied my passion.
• Led 2 direct reports in the sourcing and management of the $7M inventory across 11 locations.
• Opened 5 new locations including designing the layouts, planning the inventory, and purchasing.
• Developed the forecasts and pricing strategies for the own brand products based on market opportunities.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I was the Senior Manager of Planning & Allocation for this privately held men’s clothing brand. I joined this luxury brand as the first supply chain professional and was given the opportunity to build out the buying and planning process. I reported to the ownership of the business and worked to standardize the processes while also recommending improvements.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• I took this lateral move to join a multi-brand direct to consumer company to build upon the planning experiences that I had. I was the Merchandise Planner for multiple categories who planned and managed a range of.
• Controlled overspending by reconciling receipts and monitoring buy quantities to optimize reserves.
• Taught business unit leaders the best practices through regular business reviews of categories.
• Built the bottom-up analysis of SKUs and seasonal variances and reconciled against the top-down sales plans to improve the profitability of the categories.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I planned and allocated the men's apparel seasonal assortments and ensured inventory was kept at model stock levels. While in this role, I determined the need for clustering stores into similar sales volume, climate and square footage groups to identify more accurate category buys based on purchasing power. I worked tirelessly with our IT partners to.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I ensured the strategic direction, provided by our leadership team, was executed and would result in meeting plan expectations. I did so by building an excel tool that ultimately helped all buying teams understand their category performance and how they were going to manage their business and meet their goals. This tool enabled for more definitive.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I was the point of contact for our vendor partners throughout the design and execution of the product(s). I worked with our cross functional teams to ensure our standard of quality and aesthetic were maintained. I had a high level of attention to detail and communication in this role to make sure all parties were made aware of any changes or issues in a.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I made recommendations to the Buyer for monthly assortments of scarves, hosiery and eyewear based on analysis of category performance and trend insight.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I assisted the Buyer in purchasing eCommerce exclusive product while also partnering with the planner on maintaining receipt goals.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I was responsible for style, color and size analysis while also maintaining the merchandise on the site.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I executed the promotions and markdowns that rang in the registers for all Christopher & Banks and CJ Banks stores.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I worked closely with merchants and vendor partners on order confirmations and deliveries.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I was responsible for purchase orders, sample management and vendor relations.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Marketing

Fashion Merchandising

Semester Study Abroad