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Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

-Led inventory replenishment strategy alongside operational improvements for inventory health, catalog margin profile, and fulfillment mix optimization for 3000+ purchased products.- Cross-functional partner to Operations, Business Intelligence, and promotional teams to improve catalog-wide sales forecasting process and legacy financial models.- Managed small team of operations and logistics analysts to advance business goals

- Improved inventory turns 30% YoY, through developing catalog product segmentation models and revamping existing peak-season inventory replenishment process- Partnered with Business Intelligence team to create ad hoc SQL queries and reports as applicable

Somerville, Massachusetts

- Managed and hired team of direct reports, responsible for key business metrics pertaining toecommerce operations, fulfillment, account management- Led comprehensive contract renegotiation initiative for top suppliers, yielding six percent net margin gain across catalog- Guided B2B sales process, secured commitments from vendors for value-add initiatives

Somerville, Massachusetts

- Managed top five percent of high revenue e-commerce accounts, driving twenty-five percent of cumulative platform sales. Responsible for demand planning, logistics, and procurement from domestic and international fulfillment and direct-to-consumer vendors.- Acted as advocate for Key Accounts, collaborated with internal teams including Merchandising, Marketing, & Acquisition to drive initiatives in direct and paid channels.

Somerville, Massachusetts

- Piloted and developed Shared Advertising Program, which allowed vendors to split advertising costs and utilize Grommet paid channel expertise. Drastically boosted ROAS, collaborated tightly with Acquisition team for reporting & analysis.- Responsible for two direct reports, supported inventory planning & operations functions

Somerville, Ma

- Managed over 250 direct-to-consumer and fulfillment-based accounts, responsible for maintaining and improving key shipping, inventory, and sales metrics for existing and new vendors and products.

Canton, Ma

- Assisted with all functions of Combat Training BU: product marketing, merchandising, sales reporting & analysis, brand comms, sports marketing.- Coordinated the creation, merchandising, and sale of inline Reebok product, as well as all UFC-licensed product for domestic and international events- Created and managed collaborative athlete roster to centralize sizing and other key information

Canton, Massachusetts

- Helped manage critical partnerships and sponsorships with key companies and celebrities; researched and provided reports on prospective partners and athletes, social media activity of current partners- Revamped and organized partner and athlete information master list, global markets information; worked with internal team on development and implementation of new web platform for display of Reebok partners

Northeastern University

- Wrote featured stories, game summaries, and previews to engage athletic fanbase; researched competitors- Coordinated with marketing department on strategic social media and on-campus marketing campaigns- Organized and streamlined reports for up to five teams; completed data entry; updated player bios and statistics; offered excellent attention to detail

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Minor In Business Administration, Sociology, Junior

Activities and Societies: Northeastern University Division I Men's Rowing Team

Diploma