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Professional with sales experience and expertise in merchandise and assortment planning. Managed multimillion-dollar national account for a premier brand and helped to build and grow assigned division for a fast-paced omni-channel retailer. Proactive in anticipating risks and effectively prioritizes open as well as cross functional communication to build profitable assortment and financial plans. Proven ability to balance multiple projects and meet difficult deadlines.

•	Conducted seasonal sales presentations to buying team and executive staff
•	Ensured appropriate product placement through strategic assortment planning
•	Analyzed sales results and market trends to help guide business decisions and optimize inventory investments
•	Performed pre-season and in-season forecasting to validate and ensure accurate buy quantities to meet sales demand
•	Precisely managed monthly shipments to maintain integrity of order book
•	Provided guidance on product presentation to help customers easily navigate the retail floor


Sales Rep-National Accounts

•	Translated account vendor plans to determine opportunities/liabilities at the category level
•	Built sell-in reports to help buying team and sales reps make sound product decisions
•	Provided in-depth sales analysis, including weekly reports, to keep sales team up to date on performance
•	Served as liaison between agency and Accounts Planning Department to ensure that data used for reporting was accurate 


Planner-National Account

•	Created, maintained, and analyzed profit reports that tracked item-level performance relative to the advertising space given in the catalog or website
•	Generated sales reports, sales forecasts, aged inventory reports, and other general business reports in order to increase the accuracy of inventory planning for the buyers
•	Provided and presented merchandise performance reports and analysis to buyers and senior staff for vendor meetings, board meetings, and strategic planning 
•	Published and monitored a daily dashboard report that included order volume, sales demand, back-order level, shipments, and several other benchmarking metrics used to track overall company performance 


Merchandise Analyst

•	Built and validated merchandise financial plans to support the global strategic direction and ensure plans were actionable to achieve profitable results  
•	Reviewed existing company reports and built ad-hoc reports to analyze the business performance of assigned product at the category level
•	Analyzed and reported on current financial performance, revised in-season plans for sales and profitability, and managed category inventory levels against targets 
•	Evaluated open to buy to make recommendations for action plans to capitalize on opportunities and mitigate risk 
•	Managed one direct report, an Assortment & Item Planner, in the development of assortment plans that tied back to the merchandise and assortment strategies


Merchandise Planner

•	Drove assortment planning process and ensured team was on schedule to meet deadlines  
•	Created and ordered seasonal assortment at the item/color level that reconciled with company and department goals
•	Worked with Category Manager and Merchandise Planner building tops down/bottoms up assortment plans
•	Created pre-season foreign vendor projections and worked closely with the Sourcing Department to hit vendor minimums to get best pricing
•	Occasionally given special assignments to work with Business Services team to create and modify new processes, documents, and tools for the Assortment & Item Planner position


Assortment & Item Planner

•	Selected as 2007 Inventory Control Analyst of the Year
•	Managed demand forecasting, seasonal profiling, and ordering for all retail locations  
•	Reviewed purchase history and trends to create and adjust future buying quantities 
•	Partnered with Merchandising and Planning Departments to ensure inventory and sales goals were met 
•	Created innovative processes to reduce time spent analyzing and organizing data 


Retail Inventory Control Analyst II

Find out detailed information about Mary Beth Webster-Sneller,  in Parker, CO

Mary Beth Webster-Sneller: in Parker, CO

Mary Beth Webster-Sneller

The Skylark Group

The Skylark Group

CHEF's Catalog

Cabela's

Cabela's

Cabela's