Robert Schwartz Email & Phone Number

Canton, Massachusetts, United States

Canton, Ma

Hingham. Ma

Promoted to lead a staff of five merchandise planners for omni channel tops.• Led a high performing team during a turnaround for the business.• Created process tools to monitor performance and produce decision support reports to improve quality of decisions.• Reviewed, rolled up, and approved merchandise plans (including sales, margin and inventory levels) by month, quarter and season for the tops areas.• Managed monthly forecasting process for tops, strategizing with planners and the planning VP the best possible ways to make (and exceed) plan. Suggested ways to mitigate risk to the plan when sales falter.• Worked closely with planners to optimize inventory by category, when to share inventory between channels, and the most profitable way to manage product promos and markdowns.

• Created preseason sales, gross margin and inventory plans at a weekly, monthly, quarterly and seasonal level. Categories have included pants, skirts, shorts, dresses, suiting, knit and woven tops.• Managed monthly forecasts (OTB), highlighting risk and opportunities to the plan.• Maintained and executed markdowns;• Created and maintained key item plans;• Presented plans and forecasts at key meetings throughout the season.• Created and maintained reports to properly support and present analysis for plans, forecasts, markdowns and any product strategies.• Assisted in onboarding and training new planners.

Hingham. Ma

Hingham, Ma

Hingham, Ma