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Charlotte, NC, US

Mooresville, North Carolina, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Lead financial routines and analysis for the Merch Planning Org, guiding and aligning senior leadership in Planning, Finance, and Operations on forecast process and analytical guidance.
• Restructured enterprise financial routines, shifting the organization to a monthly forecast to navigate volatile business performance and enabling rapid pandemic-era growth.
• Led cross function team to connect financial and operational forecasting processes to manage operational capacity in a highly constrained environment, mitigating significant capacity challenges over a two-year period.
• Led assortment choice initiative for the enterprise, resulting in material SKU reduction YOY with significantly improved SKU productivity.
• Launched Store Clustering initiative, delivering sales growth on less inventory by optimizing assortment based on store profile and physical space.
• Internal consultant for future-state Planning initiative, guiding long-term evolution of Merch Planning process, structure, and technology.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Delivered 16% 2-YR CAGR in $220M Activewear business via strategic vendor negotiations and segmentation analytics. Recognized with ‘Golden Sales Award’ in 2018 and 2019.
• Launched $1B Activewear owned brand ‘All In Motion’ (+7.5% growth in launch year), responsible for financial modeling of brand launch.
• Interim Sr. Planner for Men’s Sportswear business: created blueprint for digital onboarding of remote Planning talent while onboarding first remote Sr. Planner to Target.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Led a team of ten inventory analysts responsible for planning and allocation of enterprise inventory in $1B Performance-wear business.
• Reduced forecast variance by 20% via allocation optimization initiative piloted in Activewear and rolled out to total A&A pyramid.
• Successfully developed new talent, achieving pyramid-leading retention and promotion rates over a 2-YR period.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Developed inventory & allocation strategies to support Apparel & Accessories at Target. Projects included multi-channel integration, localization, small format expansion, and allocation optimization.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Executed inventory strategy, planning, and replenishment to support 150M Activewear business.

University Of Illinois

Researched in University of Illinois archives and online providing information to support the project: “An Indispensable Ally: The Rise of European Studies in Postwar America.”