Stephen Forbis Email & Phone Number

Centerton, Ar, Us

Bentonville, Arkansas

Bentonville, Arkansas

Soft Tabletop Merchandise Planner (April 2013 - Present) - Responsible for financial planning in Soft Tabletop Home Strategy Planner (December 2013 - April 2013) - Coordinated with Home Strategy planners to develop improved end-to-end process for feature planning - Responsible for maintaining and further developing in-depth feature analysis providing senior management increased visibility to sales and inventory performance related to high visibility, high impact store features - Created training documents for cross functional teams to aide in implementation of improved feature planning process

Plano, Texas

- Responsible for inventory management of three business categories and over 450,000 different store, SKU combinations - Exceeded company goal for customer service by maintaining an average in-stock level over 97% for 1,024 stores - Collaborated with buying and planning team to develop a plan to optimize assortment, eliminating unproductive SKU’s and build inventory in key items - Fashion allocation subject matter expert, providing allocation guidance and on-boarding support to three business analysts in Housewares department

Plano, Texas

- Managed inventory levels across five business categories sales during an exit strategy, minimizing markdowns and allowing for an increase in receipts by 10% in Spring 2013 - Assisted merchandise team by partnering with supply chain to develop allocation strategy to reduce inventory levels to sixteen weeks of supply and increase inventory turn - Lead inventory expert for a cross functional team tasked with creating a demonstration program - Developed innovative allocation strategy for a direct to store program to improve sales trend by 10% and meet Fall 2012 sales and inventory plan - Partnered with merchandise planner to implement SKU level item planning across five businesses and 1,000 SKU’s, creating sales and receipt plans for the 2013 home transformation - Worked in partnership with store and e-commerce to perform channel to channel inventory transfers, ensuring in-stock across platforms and efficiently managing inventory

Plano, Tx

- Completed three thorough presentations regarding in-season planning, post-season review, and competitive analysis of white bedding business, focusing on business opportunities - Gained working knowledge of buying, planning, and inventory management processes

Fayetteville, Arkansas

- Recognized by customers and managers for excellence in customer service - Provided training to new associates in customer service, proper work habits, and company policies

Dangriga, Belize

- Created two business plans to apply for future funding and develop short term and long term objectives to grow businesses - Provided two micro finance loans worth a total of $2,000 that were paid back in full and on-time - Assessed credit worthiness of two businesses determining that they were financially sound and capable of repayment

Republic Of Panama

-Organized accounting information with QuickBooks program-Sent purchase orders and invoices to clients-Researched crane problem and implemented plan to certify crane