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VICE PRESIDENT MERCHANDISE PLANNING
Executive Profile

Results oriented executive driven by a passion for developing and executing merchandise strategies that achieve company goals. Successfully manage the team's delivery of quality analysis and strategic plans. Passionate leader focused on creating an environment for teams to develop and deliver company objectives.  

Skill Highlights
  • Strategic Business Planning
  • Assortment/Product Planning
  • Multi-Channel Inventory Management and Control

 

 
  • Team Development & Leadership
  • Organizational Restructure and Change
  • Delivering Results
  • System Implementations
Professional Experience
Vice President Merchandise Planning
December 2011 to Current Hot Topic, Inc. － City Of Industry, CA
  • Responsible for the growth, development and leadership of the Merchandise Planning team.
  • Work with the teams to develop and maintain annual sales, gross margin, markup and turn targets for both divisions.
  • Along with the Torrid GMM and VP of Product Development have worked to create a vertical planning and buying process as we transitioned the Torrid division from a market driven to an internally designed product assortment.
  • Developed a buy plan process and calendar to support the vertical sourcing model for Torrid.
  • Work in partnership with the Sr. Director of Allocation to ensure the teams are building assortments to support the Torrid store growth as well as filling the needs of all current locations.
  • Work directly with the merchandising and marketing teams to develop marketing and promotional strategies to support the business while improving gross margin.
  • Developed a centralized marketing and promotional calendar that all cross functional partners maintain to ensure all promotional, marketing and Internet marketing activity can be seen in one place.
  • Successfully transitioned the planning team to cost method of accounting from retail method in preparation for the company's transition to the Oracle operating system.
  • Partner directly with the CFO and Finance team to ensure divisions are meeting sales, margin and inventory targets.
Vice President of Planning and Allocation - Hot Topic Division
November 2010 to January 2012 Hot Topic, Inc. － City Of Industry, CA
  • Responsible for the growth, development and leadership of the Merchandise Planning and Allocation teams for the Hot Topic Division.
  • Worked directly with new CEO to develop new merchandise strategies to turn the Hot Topic business around including developing a fashion apparel assortment, increasing the penetration of the license t-shirt business and editing the accessories assortments to become more profitable.
  • Worked with the team to manage through a tremendous amount of unproductive inventory through markdown optimization and liquidation strategies that preserved merchandise margin.
  • Developed a buy plan process that challenged the team to build assortments by planning APS and sell thru expectations by item with clear margin expectations.
  • Increased company turn and profitability with proper inventory, markdown and buying strategies.
  • Partnered directly with the CFO and Finance team to ensure the division was meeting the annual sales, margin and inventory targets.
Vice President Planning and Allocation - Torrid Division
January 2006 to November 2010 Hot Topic, Inc. － City Of Industry, CA
  • Promoted to be the first Vice President of Planning and Allocation for the Torrid Division.
  • As a member of the senior leadership team for Hot Topic took on additional company responsibilities such as development of the Director team, company expense savings projects, implementation of Enterprise Planning System and various other leadership projects.
Director of Planning and Allocation - Torrid Division
March 2004 to January 2006 Hot Topic, Inc. － City Of Industry, CA
  • Responsible for Planning and Allocation functions for the Torrid Division, a plus size fashion concept.
  • Developed annual sales, gross margin, markup and turn targets in partnership with the VP GMM of Torrid.
  • Partnered directly with the Finance team to ensure the division was meeting the annual sales, margin and inventory targets.
  • From 2004 to 2005 was instrumental in turning Torrid from a margin negative division to a margin neutral division and by 2006 a margin positive division while maintaining consistent sales and store growth year over year.
  • Developed a promotional and marketing strategy along with the GMM and marketing director to support store promotions, direct mail campaigns and other marketing initiatives.
  • Grew the Internet business to 20% of the total company volume by developing separate merchandise plans and strategies specific to that business.
  • Trained and developed a team of two planning managers, four planners and 4 allocation analysts.
Director of Planning and Allocation - Accessories Division
March 2001 to March 2004 Hot Topic, Inc. － City Of Industry, CA
  • One of two individuals promoted to newly created Director of P&A roles.
  • Responsible for the entire Accessories division representing 40% of total company volume.
  • Developed annual sales, gross margin, markup and turn targets in partnership with the Divisional Merchandise Manager.
  • Trained and developed a team of two planning managers, two planners and three allocation analysts.
Planning and Allocation Manager
January 1998 to March 2001 Hot Topic, Inc. － City Of Industry, CA
  • One of two individuals promoted to new P&A Manager role.
  • Responsible for planning and allocation functions for all of jewelry, body jewelry, gifts, shoes and papergoods. Hired and trained two new allocation analysts.
Planning and Allocation Analyst
June 1997 to January 1998 Hot Topic, Inc － City Of Industry, CA
  • Responsible for planning and allocating costume jewelry and body jewelry. Partnered with merchant to grow body jewelry to over 10% of the company's volume.
Company Replenishment Planner
March 1996 to June 1997 Estee Lauder Inc. － Culver City, CA
Education
Bachelor of Science : Business University Of Phoenix － Diamond Bar, CA, USA
System and Computer Skills

Planning - JDA Arthur Planning and Enterprise Planning 

Allocation - JDA Arthur Allocation 

Software - Excel, Word, PowerPoint 

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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Hot Topic, Inc.
  • Hot Topic, Inc
  • Estee Lauder Inc.

School Attended

  • University Of Phoenix

Job Titles Held:

  • Vice President Merchandise Planning
  • Vice President of Planning and Allocation - Hot Topic Division
  • Vice President Planning and Allocation - Torrid Division
  • Director of Planning and Allocation - Torrid Division
  • Director of Planning and Allocation - Accessories Division
  • Planning and Allocation Manager
  • Planning and Allocation Analyst
  • Company Replenishment Planner

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Science : Business

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