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Exton, Pennsylvania, United States

• Refresh and publish forecast changes on an agreed upon schedule and communicate significant changes to purchasing.
• Partner with Sales to gather customer information relevant to producing an accurate forecast. Information will include product assortments (by customer), new item introductions, timing for discontinued styles, and.
• Meet regularly with Sales, Operations, and Supply Planning to monitor current forecast status and required actions such as contingency planning.
• Consolidate multiple projections into a by item shipment projection.
• Reconcile item level forecasts with sales projections. Identify and understand reasons for gaps.
• Make recommended adjustments to the forecast based on changes in demand and market trends.

New Castle, Delaware, United States

Forecasting, analysis, and inventory control for over 60% of the company’s business (Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot, National Hospitality).Created multiple tools in the use of tracking both on-hand inventory to service the business, as well as raw material components used in on-site production for large scale customer replenishment needs.Worked through supply.

West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

• Led large scale promotional and sales projects across organization to inform vision, strategy, features, and prioritization for clearance and liquidation products.
• Oversaw addition of $14M+ of QVC liquidation inventory, doubling current size and shortening life cycle, reducing obsolescence by absorbing aged goods.
• Doubled clearance and liquidation sales to over $3M per month within 5 months of assuming control of inventory by focusing sales on identified inventory and creating new promotional ideas.
• Identified and communicated key sales driver opportunities by influencing planning decision making to ensure an in-stock position which met or exceeded demand sales plans.
• Devised new workflow process to shorten inventory life cycle from three years to two years through promotion and liquidation channels to reduce obsolescence and ease pressure on margin.
• Performed extensive analysis of large data sets to deliver forecasting, insights, and recommendations for overall strategy, promotion, price, etc. for clearance and liquidation fashion products.

West Chester, Pennsylvania

• Maintained $5M+ yearly sales for each specified business by planning on-air programming and collaborating with off-air and Ecommerce planners to maximize promotion.
• Scripted all on-air programs according to basic standard and scripting guidelines to make or exceed stated goals for targeted businesses.
• Analyzed show and item performance and recommend and initiate next actions within 48 hours.
• Controlled and managed inventory, including item reorders, identifying and expediting returns to vendors, and understanding cadence and cycle of distressed items.
• Established initial price for all items by adhering pricing to assigned margins and shipping and handling guidelines, along with organizing markdowns.

QVC Studio Park

• Delivered weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly, and ad-hoch reporting on all categories along with host achievement rate by recognizing successful trends, optimizing host and category effectiveness.
• Established weekly, company-wide “Green, Red, Yellow” report focused on on-air achievement rate to plan for shows by measuring demand sales achievement rate against stated planned sales.
• Uploaded monthly airtime road maps and uploaded specified airtime to weekly calendar on MP4 system, noting for conflicts or errors by teaming with planning managers to optimize airtime effectiveness.
• Partnered with category planning managers and reconciled goals for monthly airtime prior to monthly schedules being released.
• Updated and maintained TSV achievement and statistics on a weekly basis by pulling metrics from a content management system (Microstrategy) and comparing achievement to stated sales goals.
• Streamlined app for Roku / Amazon Fire TV from conception to implementation, serving as integral member of team for rebrand and upgrade.

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QVC, West Chester PA

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