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Relay for LifeTeam Development Chair & Survivor Chair Volunteer

Motivated, detail-oriented Planning Management Professional with a passion for results and extensive experience in driving sales and inventory productivity in multi-channel environments. Additional qualities of excellence include relationship-oriented, outgoing, approachable, strategic planner and problem solver.

* Facilitate training sessions of other Committee Volunteers at organized regional events
* Rally and motivate volunteers fundraising efforts, increasing income over last year +185%
* Directed Recruitment and Retention Committee to obtain team goals; increased team count by 140%
* Maintain communication with committee members, team captains and survivors
* Reach out to the community by canvassing businesses, parades, park openings

* Developed/managed plan by Quarter, Season, Channel/Account Category with SVP Sales and Team
* Prepared and distributed executive summary and detailed sales team tools  
* Worked with Sales Team on strategy, execution and monitoring of Plan and Go To Market Plan/Forecast
* Provided in depth channel/customer/category analysis identifying trend and opportunity
* Streamlined reports and sales tools used in forecasting/monitoring

Planning Manager

* Collaborated with Sales, R&D, Production and Logistics to ensure proper demand plan; Reported to COO
* Analyzed assortment, setup new buy strategies based on factory lead time, customer build to order and worldwide sales; recommended changes to maximize productivity and factory capacity
* Streamlined demand planning tool by SKU using Excel, conditional formatting and recapping needs
* Prioritized product with sales, production and logistics, resulting in improvement of shipping report cards
* Provided in depth customer sales analysis based on historical sales; Identify opportunities to anniversary

Merchandise Planning and Inventory Control Manager

* Collaborated with and reviewed buying team strategies, trends and target WOS; challenged thinking to ensure accuracy; expanded reporting views; coached buying team on Excel filters and v-lookup
* Analyzed assortment and Hierarchy structure, recommended changes to maximize productivity
* Created and actualized Landmine report identifying trend spikes to buyers, developed a buy plan to cover opportunities identified
* Generated ad hoc analysis i.e.: Closeout buy effect on reorderable business; new merchandise POG recap; buyer EOM and EOQ results; fixture densification results
* Built Seasonal Open to Buy at the Department/Category level; top-down/bottom-up sales, margin and inventory plans; updated sales and margin forecast for back half of the year
* Facilitated the design and development of new buyer reporting and dashboards to support better forecasting, planning and performance as part of the Buyers Decision Support system steering committee

Merchandise Planner

* Achieved Comp Store increase of 15% while reducing DC inventory
* Collaborated with 3 Buyers and 3 Planners to achieve sales and inventory goals for basic product
* Promoted to larger department within first month; achieved first goal in 3 weeks with sales increase
* Analyzed and built appropriate fresh inventory of multiple new store locations on time and complete
* Improved promo item report, maximizing sales and achieving inventory objectives
* Proposed and implemented new tool to simplify PO Split process, more accurately utilizing 2nd warehouse

Allocation Manager

* Developed and managed Open To Buy plan for new, basic and seasonal product
* Forecasted and replenished product to ensure key items 100% in stock 
* Analyzed trends and identified growth opportunities; minimized liabilities; recommend style/color/size adds, drops and markdowns based on sales/inventory
* Developed and negotiated private label bed, bath and comfort wear product assortment and packaging
* Managed transition to 3PL, expedited PO’s through receiving and shipping

Business Analyst  Replenishment Consultant

* Trained merchandise team on JDA MMS software; reviewed all system option records
* Planned, designed and executed all aspects of E-commerce site where none previously existed 
* Buy and market Internet-only merchandise, profitable within first year of operation, exceeding expectations
* Developed Store Customer Service database in MS Access, ensuring proper follow-through
* Direct reports included Internet Web Developers, Internet Shipping Department, Customer Service/Call Center, 4 Store Managers and store staff (approx 65 people and $16M volume)
* Increased store sales by 38% and reduced losses $84k annually

Director of Internet Business Development & District Manager

Director of Internet Business, Sr. Mgr Planning

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Theresa Genovese: Relay for LifeTeam Development Chair & Survivor Chair Volunteer in Long Beach, CA

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