Experience

PM&J, LLC

• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Category Manager

  • May 2016 - Present



Milestone AV Technologies

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Demand Manager

  • Apr 2013 - May 2016



The oneCare Company

• Forecast / Business Analyst - Target Team

  • May 2011 - Feb 2013

  • Prepare weekly sales and demand forecasts - 52 weeks out for S&OP updates.• Analyze sales by category/brand to monitor total business performance as well as individual item productivity in order to make comments and suggestions on current assortment.• Review data on promotions in order to evaluate overall performance - best/worst items, optimal retail, and most productive timeframes for events.• Monitor and analyze vendor performance scorecard and charge backs on a weekly basis working with operations and customer service to create steps to maximize performance and minimize chargebacks.• Manage defective rates at the customer level analyzing data to determine trends to industry standards – work with cross functional action team to resolve issues and monitor improvements.• Review on-hand inventories to catch future shortages and collaborate with sales and merchants to decide on “best plan of action” to minimize exposure.• Establish new item forecasts along with managing declining demand of non-carry forward items.• Collaborate with merchants to review forecasts, planogram sets, ad/promotion schedules, and new store openings.• Develope financial forecast plan for key programs, increasing sales and reducing inventory risk.



JMC Marketing Solutions

• Business Consulting and Services

• Technical Support Specialist

  • Feb 2002 - May 2011

  Manage acquisition, installation, and maintenance of local area networks, email and wide area networks. Configure user profiles and security settings in Active Directory. Maintain service pack updates for workstations and servers. Configured and manage remote access utilizing various technologies. Provide desktop hardware and software support and troubleshooting of user problems.

• Account Manager

  • Oct 1996 - Feb 2002

  Manage multi-million dollar category with major National retailer - including order management, forecasting, item set-ups, and packaging. Met with business analyst to review planogram sets, ads/promotion schedule, and new store openings. Provided trend analysis, product development and presentation materials for all aspects of the category.



Inline Corporation

• United States

• Purchasing Manager / Shipping-Receiving Supervisor

  • Aug 1991 - Oct 1996

  Responsible for attaining all necessary components required for custom contract packaging. Negotiated pricing, oversaw quality of components – including print press approval, and “Just In Time” arrival of components. Responsible for attaining all necessary components required for custom contract packaging. Negotiated pricing, oversaw quality of components – including print press approval, and “Just In Time” arrival of components.