Experience

The ROIG Group

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Functional Technical Consultant

  • Sep 2020 - Present



Art Van Furniture

• United States
• Furniture
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Planner

  • Nov 2018 - Mar 2020

  • Create and Mainstream reporting in one consistent format using excel, SQL, and showcase data.• Designed and implemented a replenishment tool for both our hard goods and soft goods business to be able to better serve the business and keep control of our inventory.• Helped implement and roll out new planning tool, to a brand new planning team. Continue to work with them on best practices within planning and ways to continue to utilize the data.• Created and rolled out an assortment planning tool to help keep track on initial forecasts within the company.



Wolverine Worldwide

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

• Planner

  • Oct 2014 - Jul 2018

  Key Responsibilities* Complete forecast and line plans for Merrell Footwear to meet and influence financial top line and bottom line goals.* Manage in season inventory and evaluate trends to determine appropriate actions of the business.* Successfully opened 10 Merrell Outlet doors in 8 weeks. Was in charge of getting inventory to the stores and coordinating all logistical processes to open on time.* Manage store capacities and store planning for all Merrell doors.* Execute all buys inorder to meet financial goals.* Part of implementation team for the SAS planning and allocation tool.

• Merchandise I

  • Nov 2013 - Oct 2014

  Key Responsibilities * Managed in season inventory for Hush Puppies, Keds, Soft Style, Footwear Unlimited and Cushe Footwear.* Built department reports to analyze the business on a weekly, months and quarterly basis.* Overhauled replenishment process for Hush Puppies and Soft Style to maintain weekly replenishment budget.* Reduced Hush Puppies and Soft Style inventory to mean OTB plan.* Completed Spring buy for Soft Style and Cushe to meet financial revenue goals.

• Retail Merchandise Coordinator

  • Jan 2013 - Nov 2013

  Key Responsibilities* Responsible for all article set up for Merrell Apparel. Also assisted in footwear setup's when needed. * Managed model reviews for our accessory brands to make sure the right amount of product was in the right place for our Merrell Outlet doors, Multi Brand Outlet doors, Merrell Specialty doors, and Track N' Trail doors. * Implemented new format for tech manuals for our retail stores. Worked to make the document easy to use and understand for all who utilized the tech manuals in the our retail stores.* Created reports for our Merrell team to utilize on the a monthly basis.

• Retail Merchandsing Intern

  • May 2012 - Dec 2012

  Key projects during my internship* Assisted our Women's Apparel Buyer on her Spring Buy's for the Merrell Brand.* Assisted our Multi Brand Footwear Buyer on all of her Spring Buy's for 15 different brands and completed the Cushe footwear buy with her guidance.* Successfully took our outside vendor partners to an automated invoicing program that helped eliminate multiple hours of paper invoicing.* Cleared up over 200 invoicing discrepancies from 2010 all the way to 2012.



Gazelle Sports

• Sales Associate/Women's Apparel Specialty/Training Program Coordinator

  • Nov 2009 - Aug 2012

  Responsible for planning, executing and leading the long distance training programs. Also lead the women's apparel area on the sale's floor after a large remodel of the Grand Rapids Gazelle Sports store. Specialized sales associate in run specialty focusing on footwear and apparel. Responsible for planning, executing and leading the long distance training programs. Also lead the women's apparel area on the sale's floor after a large remodel of the Grand Rapids Gazelle Sports store. Specialized sales associate in run specialty focusing on footwear and apparel.