Retail

 Experience

Senior Planner

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CHICOS | DEC 2009 – DEC 2010

AEROPOSTALE | APRIL 2008 – SEP 2009

Planner

AEROPOSTALE | MAY 2007 – APR 2008

Store Planner

ANN TAYLOR | NOV 2002 – FEB 2004

Associate Planner

ROSS STORES | JAN 2002 – NOV 2002

Regional Planner

ROSS STORES | DEC 2000 – JAN 2002

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Highlights

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MANAGEMENT & TRAINING

• Performed the duties of a planning manager for a division with over $500 million in annual revenue, which included leading a team of 2 planners in planning, forecasting and analysis of their respective business units

• Held touch bases with direct reports regularly and ensured performance goals were being met

• Assisted in the training of other Regional Analysts; Partnered with manager and created a category open-to-buy which was utilized by the company

PLANNING & ANALYSIS

• Developed, executed and communicated divisional merchandise financial plans and strategies to support the merchandising and financial objectives of the Company

• Created preseason sales, margin and inventory plans by department and class to support product and financial strategies

• Analyzed historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities at all levels of product, location and calendar hierarchies

• Forecasted in-season sales and inventories on a weekly basis

• Presented forecasts and action plans in monthly open-to-buy meetings

• Recapped end-of-season best-sellers by category

• Developed and communicated item-level promotional and markdown strategies on a weekly basis

• Recapped and analyzed actual sales results against plan and LY

• Analyzed and communicated size and color selling to impact future receipts

• Developed assortment plans to the style/choice level by store groupings

• Analyzed store sales and inventory trends to accurately distribute assortment to stores

• Reviewed store profiles on a regular basis to ensure correct representation of attribute by location

• Developed pre-season and monthly turn plans by cluster in units and dollars and ensured compliance with overall corporate objectives

• Analyzed sales & inventory trending by cluster to determine cause and effect of poor or exceptional performance and recommended action to be taken

COLLABORATION

• Participated in strategic initiative to improve supply chain through timed receipt deliveries, multiple DC allocations and size optimization

• Partnered and communicated with Production and Allocation

• Worked with Merchants to determine assortments for individual stores as well as for store groupings

• Handled special projects and analyses to enhance distributions