M.A. of Economics Concentrated in Economic Forecasting

Merchandise Manager

A results-oriented professional dedicated to delivering customer value and continuous improvement in the pursuit of Omni-channel experience. Developed and implemented plans resulting in improvements in sales, profitability, and inventory return and productivity. Strong negotiation, forecasting and analysis skills and advanced presentation and relationship development abilities.

• Manage $600M+ seasonal categories in annual sales and responsible for buying, merchandising, marketing, pricing, omni channel and new product innovation.
• Improve sales and margin growth by $10M+ while reducing inventory by $8M and increase ROI by 100+ bps.
• Redesign online assortment and content with Lowes.com and increase online sales by 46%.
• Develop and maintain relationship with core suppliers and negotiated $10M+ cost out, rebate and market funding.
• Simplify customer omni channel shopping experience and drive positive impact on traffic and ticket.

Lowe's Home Improvement	Mooresville, NC

• Developed multiple analysts into "manager ready" status for roles of greater responsibility.
• Continuously participated in numerous company pilots in Merchandising, Training and Project Management.
• Supported 100+ Line Reviews in assortment and demand planning across all merchandise divisions.
• Identified and implemented business solutions to improve Line Review process and reduce annual labor by 600+ hours.
• Collaborated with merchandising and other logistics teams to improve product breadth, depth and inventory flow through assortment analysis and sales forecasts.
• Created ad hoc reporting templates to assist merchants with in depth sales performance and assortment recommendation.

Lowe's Home Improvement	Mooresville, NC

Merchandise Planner

• Conducted end-to-end store localization planning and provided strategic recommendations for Home Décor and Seasonal Divisions.
• Trained and supported Merchandising and Supply Chain in understanding customer profile, market basket and contractor pricing analysis.
• Created customer and transaction reporting and provided recommendations to help merchandising to drive sales based on customers' shopping behavior.

Sr. Analyst

• Designed and developed store localization strategy for Home Décor to improve market assorting and inventory productivity.
• Worked with merchandising and other support groups to gain business insight, determine localization strategies for clustering analysis with better visibility into merchandise planning.

Customer Analytics Analyst, Contractor of Lowe's

• Performed statistical sampling, estimation and modeling to forecast New York State Gross State Product.
• Assisted economists in preparation of the 2009 U.S. and New York State macro-economic forecasting report.
• Maintained the performance and outlook report of U.S. credit, stock markets and international energy markets.

Graduate Scholar

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Tong Wang: Merchandise Manager in Statesville, NC

Tong Wang

Lowe's Home Improvement

Lowe's Home Improvement

Customer Analytics

Cohesion Business Technology

New York State Assembly Ways and Means committee

Liaoning University

State University of New York at Albany