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MERCHANDISE PLANNER

Executive Summary

Accomplished Merchandise Planner with MBA and six years of management experience
Strong strategic planning and people management skills
Highly analytical and versatile team player with the ability to present and communicate ideas effectively

Professional Experience

Merchandise Planner
April 2011 to Current99 Cents Only － Duarte , CA

Lead the seasonal planning process for the largest volume area within the Men's store (annual sales 110M +).
Manage Assistant Planner / Allocator and Executive Trainee. Report directly to the Vice President of Men's.
Develop strategic initiatives to achieve all sales, gross margin and turnover goals; two year sales volume increase over $15M, rank #1 for total company year to date.
Initiate seasonal merchandise strategy process and present to Senior Management across Belk's three operating divisions.
Create department level productivity reports and demographic summaries for Senior Management store visits.
Execute ad-hoc reporting and analysis to drive business including item level forecasts ($30M replenishment business) as well as 100+ vendor / key item ladder plans.

Planning Manager - Macys.com
April 2010 to April 2011Cvs Health － Charlotte , NC

Internally recruited by Macy's senior management to leverage critical omni - channel growth initiatives.
Managed a five person team responsible for the planning and analysis of $90M+ Tabletop and Big Ticket demand centers.
Drove double digit sales and profitability increases through detailed monthly forecasting, price integrity and inventory control.
Collaborated with Macy's Systems Group to streamline channel reporting; improving communication between e-commerce, private brands and store merchant teams.

Macy's Central Merchandising / Planning
January 2009 to April 2010Iem － Springfield , IL

Pioneered the new "My Macy's" initiative; effectively increasing sales, gross margin and turn in eight district stores for Women's Shoes and Center Core.
Partnered with Merchants, Visual Managers and Store Vice Presidents to ensure the successful launch of program.
Drove + $3M in incremental sales in spring 2010 through rigorous analysis of the business and identification of localization opportunities.
Maximized the sales productivity (dollar per square foot), by quarter through calculated changes in store space and fixture capacity.

Strategic Planning Manager
January 2007 to January 2009MACY'S MERCHANDISING GROUP － City , STATE

Drove the merchandise planning process across seven Macy's divisions for Men's Collections and Shoes ($1B).
Guided two Planners; reviewed work and trained as needed to meet Men's team deadlines.
Initiated in-season business review and reaction process to achieve financial goals for fastest growing segment within the Men's store (+ 5% annually).
Increased sales and market share in Macy's proprietary resources INC and American Rag.
Developed reporting tool for total Macy's vendor collaboration initiative; resulted in company wide rollout.

Planner
February 2006 to January 2007MACY'S MERCHANDISING GROUP － City , STATE

Built the financial plans (sales, gross margin and turnover targets), at the vendor level for Men's Shoes and Tailored Clothing across Macy's seven operating divisions.
Developed ad-hoc analysis tools at the location level.
Synthesized results for merchant teams, vendor community and management to supplement available reports.
Calculated and communicated space and productivity benchmarks for Macy's private brand shops in the top two hundred doors, which reduced the markdown rate by ten percent in the first season.

Wholesale Merchandise Planner
May 2002 to February 2006PUMA NORTH AMERICA － City , STATE

Partnered with national account sales, design and marketing teams in the United States and Germany on new business development.
Exponentially increased sales throughout my tenure (> 500%).
Designed program and outsourced visual merchandising group to execute corporate directives and support the retail store staff.
Expanded the program to 20 critical markets within one year.
Benchmarked best practices and streamlined reporting tools.
Trained sales teams on new systems, ensuring solid relationships with key retailers and profitable growth models.

Core Qualifications

MS Office, JDA / ARTHUR Planning, SAS Demand Forecasting, AutoCAD

SAS / IBM UAT Tester

Subject Matter Expert for SAS systems conversion.

Education

MBA : Marketing, 2001University Of Colorado － City, State

Bachelor of Arts : Sociology / Economics , 1998Kenyon College － City, State

Did not matriculate : Fashion MerchandisingParson's School of Design － City, State

Awards

Men's Innovation Team Captain - 2012, 2013

Triple Crown Winner - 2011, 2012

Regional Planner of the Year - 2010

Chairman's Award - 2007

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Degrees

MBA : Marketing , 2001
Bachelor of Arts : Sociology / Economics , 1998
Did not matriculate : Fashion Merchandising