Experience

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  Kendo Brands, Inc.

  • Manager, Merchandise Planning

    • Jul 2022 - Present

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  Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Senior Inventory Planner

    • Sep 2019 - Jul 2022
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Lead analytics for inventory planning and forecasting. Plan quarterly bottoms up financial plan, including margin impact analysis, promotion strategy, trade business, cost, pricing, demand, and sales forecast supporting a 32% YOY growth. Manage custom-made and marketplace furniture categories including 16+ overseas and domestic vendors holding weekly meetings to mitigate supply chain challenges, review open order reports, and provide raw materials projections on monthly basis. Manage inventory movement allocation across warehouses and hubs to ensure product delivery. Continuously drive process improvement in systems and communication with sourcing, product development and merchandising partners.

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  Fairn & Swanson Inc

  • Senior Inventory Planner

    • Jan 2019 - Sep 2019

    Led planning and purchasing team in the execution of inventory planning processes including category/assortment planning, open-to-buy, re-orders, allocation strategy, and markdowns. Developed forecast tool with seasonality to provide aggregated buy plan for beverage and consumer products for the cruise industry. Improved inventory turnover and sales by analyzing sales trends and adjusting inventory spend allocation. Created logistics and allocation strategy to optimize inventory across warehouses successfully reducing monthly transit costs. Report to CFO and President.

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  Wilson Design & Consulting

  • Manager, Merchandise Planning

    • Oct 2015 - Dec 2018

    Consulted with clients on new product categories in apparel and accessories from initial concept to final launch. Performed industry and trend analysis and provided inventory and production plans in collaboration with product development, merchandising, sourcing, and finance teams to deliver strategic goals and successfully meet financial targets and launch deadlines.

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  Grand Violin Catalog

  • Sourcing & Planning

    • Jan 2012 - Sep 2015

    Sourced custom product facilitating designer Pauline Trigere’s highest-selling private label product. Implemented and managed day-to-day execution of the procurement activities reporting to the Purchasing Manager.

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  California Fashion Industries

  • Los Angeles

  • Design Director

    • Jan 1990 - Sep 1995
    • Los Angeles

    Led team of designers to create and execute 6 seasons of 200+ styles per month for $125M women's apparel division. Partnered with Merchandise and Sales teams to develop seasonal plans to meet financial targets. Created color and trend concepts, developed exclusive fabrics and prints with mills, collaborated with costing and production teams to meet price targets and quality standards. Sourced mills and factories with travel to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines and Italy to develop exclusive fabrications and approve samples. Attended trade shows to source new fabrics and work with print studios to develop proprietary collections.