Experience

Centric Brands

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Planning Manager

  • Nov 2022 - Present

• Planning Manager - Walmart

  • Oct 2021 - Nov 2022

• Planner for Walmart

  • Sep 2019 - Oct 2021



Macy's

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Omni Associate Merchandise Planner - Petites Special Sizes for Private Brands

  • Jun 2019 - Sep 2019

• Omni Associate Merchandise Planner - Anne Klein Collections RTW

  • Apr 2019 - Jun 2019



McCubbin

• New York, New York

• Senior Planner for Walmart

  • Aug 2018 - Apr 2019



Basic Resources, Inc.

• United States
• Apparel & Fashion
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Planner for Walmart

  • Aug 2016 - Jul 2018

  • Actualize Ladder plans each week. React to sales increases and decreases by adjusting revised budget plan and weekly receipt plans to insure forecast accuracy • Daily correspondence with Walmart Buyers and Replenishment Planners • Create department seasonal sales plans, markdowns and receipt flow, based on historical analysis by season, new programs, cannibalization and space increases/decreases • Identify opportunities to cancel, purchase or expedite merchandise to hit targeted inventory levels • Allocate replenishment product based on productivity metrics, including $ per Linear foot, Units per store per week, weeks of supply, instock % and Modualr capacity • Develop strategic seasonal and annual sales margin and turn plans, facilitating innovative solutions and resolution of issues to align with company business plan • Build weekly adhoc reporting for internal and external reports to help identify risks and opportunities • Takes ownership of category by actively participating and presenting in weekly and monthly business meetings to influence strategy and drive results Show less



OneClique

• Greater New York City Area

• Production/E-Commerce Manager

  • Sep 2014 - Aug 2016

  • Spearhead Ecommerce footwear start-up on all aspects of production, including preparing and overseeing Time & Action schedule, and logistics • Build collaborative relationships and negotiate with factories, vendors, global suppliers, and freight forwarders to develop competitive product costs that meet margin goals • Create and maintain tech packs, SKUs, style numbers, color codes, bill of materials, line sheets, cost sheets, and purchase orders for entire product catalog • Manage quality control through critically inspecting products right from the initial stage by monitoring samples, communicating fit notes and approvals to the factory • Responsible for inventory and merchandise planning through the creation and analysis of sales reports, market trends, and company financials • Oversee site functionality of the Ecommerce product catalog including gathering and uploading product information, reviewing and editing product copy, merchandising products, and maintaining the overall taxonomy/category structure • Direct and manage fulfillment and logistics, including order processing, returns and exchanges; Point person for all customer service inquiries Show less



rag & bone

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Costing Associate

  • Oct 2013 - Sep 2014

  Collect preliminary excel BOM’s from Product Development; enter data into style master to generate completed BOM. Acquire fabric yields, cutting, washing and sewing prices from production for domestic styles; and FOB/LDP and duty rates for fabric codes and overseas styles Hand off updated cost sheets to merchandising and input all revisions as they follow Monitor merchandising calendar to ensure cost sheets are finalized by deadlines established Communicate with various departments including Design, Product Development and Production as it relates to cost of materials utilized Show less



Nanette Lepore

• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Costing Manager

  • Jul 2007 - Oct 2013

  Manage and calculate all seasonal manufacturing costs through correspondence with Design, Production, Accounting, Ecommerce and Retail teams Oversee the production department on all costing procedures and requirements Responsible for the actualization of all raw material costs for fabric and trims, including duty and freight charges In charge of compiling all sewing labor, cutting costs and work orders for domestic factory styles along with import woven’s, knitwear, shoes and handbag FOB and LDP costing Validate production purchase orders for raw materials and finished goods against all receiving’s to insure accurate perpetual inventory Create and maintain all cost sheets for production for all apparel, shoes and handbag styles domestic and import Evaluate and analyze gross margin, estimate vs actual style cost, labor and cutting reports Design and submit monthly financial inventory reports for warehouse, shoes and handbags, retail stores, raw materials and work in progress inventories Show less



Jones New York

• Apparel & Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• Merchandise Assistant

  • Sep 2006 - Aug 2007

  Liaison between design, production and sales for all merchandise data entry pertaining to style information and costing In charge of organizing and maintaining stylemaster entry of seasonal collections for multiple brands Created and maintained all sales line plans and buy plans Assigned and input care and content, color and UPC codes Provided weekly selling reports to sales management team allowing for increases to be met Attended weekly operations meetings to improve and implement new systems software procedures Show less



Fortunoff

• United States
• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Assistant Buyer

  • Mar 2004 - Sep 2006

  Assisted buyer with the purchasing of area rugs and window treatments Generated product sku’s and placed purchase orders for new merchandise and replenishment orders Was responsible for the processing of markdowns and return to vendor orders Prepared and requested advertising and promotional signage Conducted weekly in store visits to ensure visual merchandising standards were followed as per company directive Assisted buyer with the purchasing of area rugs and window treatments Generated product sku’s and placed purchase orders for new merchandise and replenishment orders Was responsible for the processing of markdowns and return to vendor orders Prepared and requested advertising and promotional signage Conducted weekly in store visits to ensure visual merchandising standards were followed as per company directive