-Drove senior leadership to acquire 3rd party Demand/Inventory Planning software to help improve our ROI, Turns, and Inventory Distribution-Became the project lead for Blueridge during the implementation process coordinating meetings and keeping people on task -Forecast various product lines to account for long lead times and purchase requirements-Follow up on purchases within 1-3 days to ensure deliveries in conformance with delivery dates-Develop sourcing strategies and lead supplier selection process resulting in cost reductions-Responsible for maintaining current pricing for Regional Pricing, and Pipe -Maintain accuracy of approx. 400+ vendors by coordinating with Data Governance and Product Manager -Collaborate with Pricing department to ensure products are priced correctly

-Tracking category performances through data mining; interpret results and communicate key findings with merchandising team.-Create and maintain category reporting structure utilizing the company’s business data warehouse. -Key stakeholder of category data.-Publish weekly and monthly category reports.-Monitor sales impact of pricing changes and other strategic category adjustments.-Research to identify potential new product opportunity and communicate with the merchandising team for development and execution plan.-Perform required data analysis on marketplace trend; monitor competition movement.-Provide support in category review and supplier review process.

-Drove logic build for internal tools to catch for featured print catalog skus-Optimized Collection process from pre sku creation to launch-Consistently finding opportunities for process improvements-Manage projects on a rotating basis to shift with fast changing business strategy -Drive improvement efforts on site through continual brand QA, SKU QA, cross-functional projects, and cohesive brand messaging-Transform and supplement general product data for new products -Partner with stakeholders across Merchandising, Imaging, Category, and Product Creation to optimize on business goals and ensure a positive customer experience-Develop merchandise strategies and product assortment using available systems resources

-Maintain stand alone site and Amazon store-Assisting with buying decisions-Handle any Return Merchandise Allowances to vendor-Maintaining day-to-day records of all shipments-Training new employees on SOP's-Maintain Inventory of the stock room