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Remote

Remote

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Create and develop forecast ts utilizing life cycle, demand patterns, and product volatility; Create and develop inbound flow based on forecast to ensure availability 4-6 months of good available for customers; Work with customers to generate forecast reporting to improving forecast accuracy through setting inventory goals, prepare for upcoming; Perform forecast process building internal sales, and inventory plans; Identify process improvement opportunities and recommend solutions; Developed Sales budgets by customer, working with VPs monthly forecasts; Build reporting to monitor sales, inventory, identifying category opportunities and risk

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Creating and developing forecasts utilizing life cycle, demand patterns, and product volatility; Generate forecast reporting to improving forecast accuracy through setting inventory goals to avoid over forecasting and prevent overstocking; Manage inventory through systematic forecasting in Lanham AFP and issuing and monitoring purchase orders; Perform forecast process building sales, and inventory plans; Develop and monitor category strategies and plans for all elements of the merchandising mix, i.e. product mix, promotional mix, promotional events, corporate strategies; Continuously improve demand plan accuracy and connectivity to meet customer order service levels and inventory turns objectives; Identify process improvement opportunities and recommend solutions; Build reporting to monitor inventory, identify category opportunities and risk; Developed OTB budgets by category and brand; Partner with vendors to invest in marketing, loyalty and promotions

Create plans to deliver monthly and annual targets through interpreting sales l to drive analytical based decisions; manage and plan inventory position, markdown strategy to drive sales profit and sell thru; Lead financial budget and forecast process building sales, gross margin and inventory plans for assigned departments; Influence decisions by making and building relationships with partners in supporting functions; Item performance management to enable bottom up allocation builds and markdown requirements; Provide pre season reporting, in season financial projections and strategy to identify risks and opportunities

Forecasting and flow planning import and domestic suppliers; Trend and seasonality analysis; Collaborate with buyers and planners to promote sales growth, inventory efficiency, meet and exceed budget target through detailed analysis; Created and implemented excel based tools for manual replenishment orders; Suggest exit strategies for slow performing or exiting modular items; Review and suggest budgeted receipt forecast changes where applicable; Determine effective solutions to flow merchandise to meet inventory targets; Review replenishment strategies with our suppliers to ensure that expectations met on in-stock and inventory targets; Analyze reports to identify issues impacting in-stock/inventory

Indigo Books & Music Inc

Provided support to procurement (system, initial buys); Recommended strategies concerning buys (quantity, store allocation, assortment); Analyzed sales and replenish for season items; Maintained and optimized Excel-based templates and reports using advanced-level formulas; Initiated and presented process improvements to promote efficiencies for system, reporting, etc.; Participated in IT developments for system improvements; Trained and supported peers in SAP ERP and SAP/BW

Item and Store forecasting/replenishment/returns in support of up to $30 million in sales for multiple categories; Achieved weeks-of-supply and inventory turns targets; Trend and seasonality analysis; Advanced sales and data analysis including formulation of sales curves and trends at a category level; Maintained strong customer / vendor relations; Positively supported launch of new product lines; Created queries and reports in SAP and SAP/BW; Trained and supported peers in SAP ERP and SAP/BW; Online performance reporting

Product selection for existing and new programs; Worked with vendors recommending assortment revisions to promote sales; Contributed to product development initiatives; Reviewed advertising copy; Coordinated accounting info for debit reversals; Costing negotiations with vendors