Experience

TekBrands

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Inventory & Supply Chain Director

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  Lead the supply chain operations execution and demand planning process to ensure the timely and effective resolution of short-term execution issues, risks, and opportunities

• Director of Business Planning and Analytics

  • Jul 2022 - Jun 2023

  Drove budgeting, forecasting, and analytics for all brands

• Senior Merchandise Planner

  • Jun 2021 - Jun 2022

  Created and managed rolling 12-month product demand forecast and hindsight reporting to identify misses in forecast and recommended adjustments



Vera Bradley

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

• Sr. Merchandise Planner

  • Mar 2019 - Jun 2021

  • Executed sales and inventory planning of all licensed categories for the full-priced business • Created and maintained excel templates for quarterly investment review with executives • Managed monthly team activities to boost moral and encourage team bonding • Recruited and managed a summer intern, resulting in them successfully being offered a full-time position with the team

• Merchandise Planner

  • Jun 2017 - Mar 2019

  • Analyzed and identified business risks and opportunities to maximize sales, profitability, inventory turn and GMROI objectives • Created plans and forecasts for sales and gross margin by channel/department/classification • Reviewed historical sales trends, researched demand drivers, prepared forecast data, developed statistical forecast models, and evaluated forecast results • Drove cross-functional dialogue to improve the business and was responsible for incorporating business… Show more • Analyzed and identified business risks and opportunities to maximize sales, profitability, inventory turn and GMROI objectives • Created plans and forecasts for sales and gross margin by channel/department/classification • Reviewed historical sales trends, researched demand drivers, prepared forecast data, developed statistical forecast models, and evaluated forecast results • Drove cross-functional dialogue to improve the business and was responsible for incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from Merchandising, Sales, Store Operations, e-Commerce, Marketing, Finance, Retail Allocation and Inventory Planning

• Merchandise Planning & Allocation Intern

  • Jan 2017 - May 2017

  • Completed a rotation with each cross-functional team key to my career interests and development • Developed sku-level product forecasts considering history, business strategy, and promotional plans • Used corporate financial targets to develop category, department and class level forecasts • Determined optimal product distribution to manage inventory across all channels of business



CELINE

• Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
• 700 & Above Employee

• Buying and Planning Intern

  • Aug 2016 - Dec 2016



Haddad Brands

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Value Channel Sales Intern

  • Jun 2016 - Jul 2016



PLVSH

• United States
• Apparel & Fashion

• Operations Assistant

  • Jun 2015 - Jun 2016



Giorgio Armani

• Italy
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• Planning Intern

  • Jan 2016 - May 2016