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Chapel Hill, Nc, Us

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Drove the Enterprise capital planning process, consolidating all capital spend, reviewing all capital spend requests and forecasting the enterprise depreciation.• Drove the annual operating plan process as well as monthly forecasts for enterprise capital spend of $300M to $350M, ensuring that the company was within guidance communicated to Wall Street as well as the AOP.• Provided monthly insight on the enterprise capital plan, via forecast updates, providing risks and opportunities.• Developed a Capital Investment Committee pro-forma model used for all capital investments outside of Real Estate.• Attended all real estate committee meetings and provided insight and guidance.• Consulted with partners’ business cases before they were presented to executive management for approval.• Partnered with Accounting for correct capital project set-up to provide the greatest value to the business team.• Documented and communicated decisions from the capital investment committee meetings.• Collaborated with all finance teams to develop a depreciation plan based on the capital projects. Also, provided forecast changes based on timing changes of projects as well as changes in the capital investment dollars

Winston-Salem, Nc, Us

Consolidated the international and domestic capital spend, reviewing all proposals for required returns (Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Net Present Value (NPV)) and payback.• Set up quarterly latest estimate (LE) review in order to understand changes in projects, timing and annual spend by area and suggested reductions, reallocations or increases as needed, consistently keeping capital spend in line with what management had communicated to Wall Street.• Drove culture on correct, robust business cases and policies needed for capital projects and leases requests (FAAs) across the globe, mitigating any risk and pushback from Senior Management.• Recalculated and updated executive leadership team on total company weighted average cost of capital, providing a minimum threshold for returns on strategic investments.• Conducted lease vs. purchase analysis, ensuring company was maximizing shareholder value.• Analyzed competitors and peer companies for capital spend, dividend policy, and capital structure, adjusting and justifying Hanesbrands capital allocation policy.• Collaborated with consultants and banks to initiate economic value added (EVA) analysis resulting in partners becoming more aware of an additional layer of shareholder value.• Executed share repurchases with various banks on behalf of the company, effectively increasing earnings per share (EPS) and adding shareholder value.• Prepared executive analysis of sell-side equity analyst projections vs. corporate performance and forward guidance, identifying where Hanesbrands was on sales, gross margin, expenses, operating profit and EPS compared to Analyst Consensus as well as where a particular analyst may not have a clear understanding of communications.•

Winston-Salem, Nc, Us

Owned accuracy of P&L for 250 retail locations, including planning, forecasting and month-end closing variance analysis.• Collaborated with sales, operations, marketing and real estate on the strategic plan for Outlet Stores, providing recommendations on challenges in the business in order to consistently keep the total business on plan and maximizing cash flow.• Drove methodology change for retail labor planning, soliciting input from both store and field operations and collaborated with IT to launch a digital labor variance tool.• Conducted detailed retail portfolio analyses, including 4-wall, breakeven, and post-mortem project evaluations, on retail store locations and DTC special projects (including flash sales, pop-ups), determining whether to open new stores in specific locations or identifying non-profitable stores where there were opportunities to lower costs such as labor and negotiation of lower lease rates.• Managed all aspects of the DTC capital spend budgeting process, including pro-forma analyses of all projects involving leases and capital for retail locations, optimizing allocated capex spend in order to maximize shareholder value.• Collaborated with senior management, operations, supply chain, marketing, and accounting, identifying performance drivers and implementing process improvements.

Winston-Salem, Nc, Us

• Sales, margin, inventory, and receipt plans for Hanes sales to Wal-Mart ($105MM) in order to maximize sales for Wal-Mart and Hanes while maintaining productivity goals.• Collaborated with partners in sales, operations, marketing and production regarding inventory.• Analysis on Wal-Mart rollbacks as they pertained to Hanes product in socks and hosiery.• Worked with retail planning manager at Wal-Mart on variances and inventory strategy changes.

Winston-Salem, Nc, Us

• Directly responsible for in-stock and turn goals for 2 brands of bras ($100MM)• Collaborated with Sales Director, Retail Planning, Buyers, Marketing, Production Planning and Operations to help meet goals.• Analyzed seasonality of products to drive more accurate forecasts.• Maintained a positive relationship with Wal-Mart counterparts.• Drove and communicated best practices for collaborative replenishment in the replenished portion of Hanes intimates business.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Clustering stores to maximize inventory and sales performance.• Optimized sku counts and footages on planograms using various modeling techniques.• Interaction and sharing of data with Vendor Category Captains.• Test and control store selection and analysis (pre and post).• Gap analysis (actual vs. potential performance).• Managed a team of 12 item set up personnel.• Utilized assortment plans to create planograms and store assignments for hardlines categories.• Interacted with various vendors in executing the planogram goals of KMart• Conducted training in Space Planning software and various analytical techniques.• Managed project timelines• Cluster analysis

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Responsible for merchandising and store operations in hardlines and softlines• Responsible for implementation of home office directives • Opened and closing responsibilities• Directly managed a staff of 15-20 associates

Mba, Finance

Ba, Accounting And Management