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Accomplished Omnichannel Retail Merchandising Executive providing strategic leadership to drive complex infrastructure changes to accelerate growth. Champion process improvement, tool and reporting development, organizational redesign, and system integration across multiple functional areas including Merchandising, Planning, Buying, Inventory Management, Allocation, Supply Chain, and IT.• Joined forces with $6B Omnichannel multi-brand retailer to develop and implement new AI/ML merchandising technology and reporting, elevate process, redefine organizational roles, and build system integration. Earned reputation for learning quickly, diagnosing gaps, and driving resolution.

Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States

Identified assortment growth opportunities across 20+ categories through collaborating with Category Managers, Planogram Designers, Consultants, and Circana/IRi. Built assortment analytics optimization and localization tools to maximize profit across highly variant 8,000+ stores and customer demographics.• Created with Data Scientists, Consultants, IT, and Merchants new technology utilizing big data analytics and algorithms to identify customer-centric assortment opportunities across 8,000+ stores utilizing Tableau, Teradata, SQL, Palantir Foundry, Snowflake, and demographic and geographic data.• Selected to attend The Gap Partnership 1-week training program The Complete Skilled Negotiator.• Spearheaded with 35-member Circana/IRi team more entrenched and robust analytics to support Category Management, Customer Insights, Forecasting, and Marketing.• Created two extremely successful 3-day on-site events for 20-40 Colleagues focused on professional development, immersive experiences, team building, and diversity. Won the Premier Award recognizing its thought leadership, thorough planning, detailed execution, and tremendous success.

Greater Boston Area

Recruited for turnaround strategy to rebuild brand, win back customer, bring transformational change, and achieve aggressive financial growth plans. Strategically drove sales and margin performance, financially managed assortment strategies and inventory, and led Open-to-Buy recommendations. Collaborated with cross functional teams, developed high performing teams, and led numerous capability improvement projects.• Beat 5-year plan after 3+ years as a collective team through significant assortment, tool, process, and infrastructure upgrades.• Results-oriented partnership with Merchants identified customer needs and assortment strategies, developed rigorous performance analytics, and implemented changes needed for agility and efficiency.• Highly skilled at managing inventory for flexibility and turn; created read and react strategies, stayed Open-to-Buy, positioned raw materials, secured vendor capacity, and re-forecasted frequently.• Resourceful problem solver; identified at monthly Open-to-Buy meetings new strategies and forecasts to achieve sales, margin, and inventory budgets across 20+ departments for next 6-9 months.• Aggressively grew Digital through expanded assortment, deeper buys to support accelerated demand growth, clear site messaging, compelling emails, and vigilance on product placement and navigation.

Fort Myers, Florida Area

Recruited to bring Retail and Lingerie expertise to accelerate dramatic growth plans for new start-up Omnichannel Soma Lingerie Brand.• Grew Soma to a successful Omnichannel Lingerie brand across 235 Stores and Digital.• Maximized aggressive growth strategies by identifying assortment opportunities, purchasing product, building sales and inventory analytical rigor, and driving process and tool improvement.• Vigilantly managed inventory by re-forecasting frequently and working closely with vendors to share updated projections, manage production schedules, buy raw materials, and secure capacity.• Project lead for successful Blue Yonder Enterprise and Demand Planning development and roll out.

Fort Myers, Florida Area

To achieve growth plans created new tools to improve business decisions through report speed and content. Replaced tools for Monday reporting, seasonal assortment planning, managing basics, and hindsight reporting.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Drove sales, profits, and best-in-class capabilities at one of the world's leading and largest specialty retailers.• Introduced New collection that quickly became a $200+M collection. Developed strategies and projections for introduction and then built on its success by expanding assortment across silhouette, fabric, color, and size. Partnered with merchants, marketing, and procurement to increase customer demand and accelerate receipts. • Project lead for first phase roll out of new companywide integrated technology system. Teamed with 10 cross functional groups, met with Sr. Executives, developed processes, and trained 100 associates on new system. Received Angels Award recognizing the thorough preparation and successful roll out of the first phase.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Drove +13% comps for $1+B Bra business, one of the largest and most complex businesses at L Brands.• Partnered extensively with multiple cross functional teams to increase sales: drove strategy with merchants, developed contingency strategies with procurement, and maximized inventory with allocation.• Developed a strong, action driven, and dynamic team with 7 people promoted in 1.5 years.

San Francisco Bay Area

Drove sales, financially managed Open-to-Buy, created assortment strategies, and bought merchandise for emerging International Markets including Japan, Europe, and Canada and US Market. Managed a wide and diverse group of businesses including Womens, Mens, Baby, and Boys.• Managed complexity across 3 International Markets with each having unique customer fashion trends, sizing needs, holidays, seasonality, currency, and infrastructure capabilities.• Received four Bravo Awards for taking on additional responsibilities and building teams.