Merchandise Planner• Led the planning and forecasting of multiple apparel departments totaling $19.8 million in annual sales and over 400 store locations; participated in monthly meetings with senior management to share developments and determine best practices.• Identified opportunities to increase sales, suggested temporary promotions, pricing changes, and other remedies to maximize sales margins, including planning for the e-commerce business platform.• Developed dollar and unit chain specific financial and assortment plans to ensure the correct mix of merchandise by volume group, store type, and location based on sales trends and historical data for all key performance indicators, resulting in the optimization of unit and style count purchases.• Created and forecasted basic replenishment models and strategy plans for appropriate inventory levels to sales trends, based on sales history and future plans.• Collaborated with the buying team to create the company’s strategic vision, ensuring sales and margin goals were met.• Worked closely with the allocation team to ensure an efficient product flow, maintaining in-stock levels of basic items and the most up to date fashion items; provided projections to vendors ensuring product availability based on current inventory.• Developed a strategy plan to transition the company into a new intimate apparel silhouette for the Fall 2019 season including the creation of a sell-down plan for discontinued skus and a start-up plan for new skus, balancing the margin and stock of the top performing stores.• Analyzed results, monitored variances, and recommended improvements to directors on various projects, ultimately improving the financial status of the company.

Senior Analyst• Developed and forecasted financial, strategy, and item/category plans including value bin item promotions during peak holiday periods, resulting in profit optimization for approximately 500 stores.• Planned and tracked a new hosiery assortment rollout, creating transition and markdown plans in order to maximize inventory.• Collaborated with buyers to monitor receipts and expected sales