Waris M. Email & Phone Number

Relex Solutions,As a Space Planning and Assortment Consultant my main responsibilities is to work with RELEX North American customers throughout the implementation of Space and Assortment related offerings • Gathering data, process design, system deployment configuration, testing, and training. • Consult with customers to provide thought leadership, business analysis, and process change to positively impact our customers’ key financial and operational measures by successfully implementing RELEX solutions. • Project Manager – Floor Planning Studio (FPS) Implementation – Collaborated with Client to determine current and future business processes for solution. Responsible for creating project plans that would meet proposed scope of work and budget.

Greater Atlanta Area

ACOSTA,My role as an onsite team member is to be the face of Acosta within Home Depot's Organization. I am the owner of D27 L Interior Lighting category for the drawing and maintaining of planograms. I work with The Home Depot’s buying team to build and maintain the most efficient, effective planograms based on the financial goals, and data available for all capital projects, merchandise resets, new stores using JDA software. • I am the main point of contact for the retailer’s buyers, Space Planners, or Merchandise Vendor Captains for any and all questions associated to their planogram responsibilities.• Provide for space planning and section merchandising on the assigned categories.• Manage the store clustering process by utilizing store plans, survey data, existing planograms and item lists to ensure all planograms are built according to the applicable space configurations in each store the planogram is assigned to. • Manage the building of all versions of base planograms to ensure each planogram is in compliance with all applicable merchandising standards and the product assortment matches the item assortment list for each store.• All product and fixture data used to create planograms must come from the retailer’s most recent version of product and fixture libraries. Work with the retailer and/or merchandise vendor to get the applicable product data (including displays) for all new items. • Basic analysis of data via all available sources• Miscellaneous duties as assigned• Attending and contributing in meetings with cross-functional partners to include but not limited to Merchants

3100 Windy Hill Road

Genuine Parts Company (NAPA),I am responsible for analyzing, facilitating and communicating changes made to retail product displays for independent and company owned NAPA stores nationwide based on decisions made working with the Product Department. I ensure that all planograms are created within established timelines and are maintained within standards. I’m also responsible for ensuring that our products are visually merchandised to the highest standards with the most efficient us of our space. I also play a key role in support of interior graphics, retail programs.

United States

Responsible for the development of fixture/merchandise plans for special projects basd on project guidelines to include fixture and merchandising concepts, proper space allocation by merchandise category based on linear footage requirements.

Anderson, South Carolina

Administer project management for all POGs for specific categories. Manage relationships with various levels within TTI, Vendor partners and THD stores to secure detailed product information for specific brands to maintain accurate information for posting POGs into THD portal system. Communicate daily with Merchandising manager and THD Merchant for accuracy and discrepancies on all POGs.

B.S, Mass Communication

Education record