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New York, Ny, Us

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Improve operational efficiency and cost effectiveness for accelerating startup• Lead all inventory management efforts ensuring merchandise and supply deliveries are accurate, verifying all quantities shipped/received match corresponding documentation for all incoming/outgoing shipments• Resolve supply disruptions with vendors and coordinated with workshops to optimize production lead times• Analyze client and sales data and made recommendations to maximize existing client spend and acquiring potential new customers via new product launches and communication strategy

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Projected monthly financial top and bottom line performance of $10M+ departments, including negotiating returns, discounts, contests, and consignment packages to meet gross margin plan• Managed $5M inventory and developed excel tool to track and project demand, sell through and sizing distribution to optimize inventory levels• Developed negotiation strategies and gained alignment from vendor and cross-functional partners to implement applicable risk analysis and margin preservation opportunities for the upcoming fiscal budgeting process• Resolved issues with distribution, shipping, and delivery of merchandise from the U.S. and Europe

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Lead negotiation of yearly program contracts with 40+ vendors, including product costing, shipping expense, and total marketing spend for the year, resulting in a positive OGM impact year over year• Managed small appliance and television categories including product sourcing, pricing, promotional strategies, and identifying cost savings opportunities• Effectively and accurately forecasted promotional plans for a SKU-count of over 200 products driving over $1B in annual revenue, including monitoring their performance and adjusting upon review of sales metrics• Followed daily business performance and recap to director level financial meetings weekly, as well as forward looking business forecast/expectations to budget monthly • Managed a 1,000+ SKU assortment with constant planogram transitions at over 1,000 brick & mortar locations and .com warehouses in the highly promotional and holiday-driven Small Appliance category• Identified issues within our promotional planning through collaboration between demand planning partners and key vendors ensuring we had the plans in place to acquire sufficient inventory to hit our revenue growth goals of over 20%

Davenport, Ia

Davenport, Iowa Area