Frederica Bonner: Senior Store Planner in Los Angeles, CA

BELK (Charlotte, NC) — Assistant Planner (Special Sizes & Junior Plus) 7/12-8/14 (Sls Volume $50M/300 Ecom&Stores) Responsible for developing bottom-up pre-season sales, inventory, turn and gross margin plans by department/class by collaborating with cross-functional teams. Maintain open communication with the VP of Planning on optimizing stores BOP, identifying under or overstock stores, RTV’s, Ecommerce transfers, key items planning and OTB risk. Implement pre-season size selling and case pack pre-season recommendations with cross-functional partners. • Pacesetter Award: Proficiently monitoring top volume stores stock to sales inventory plan and ensuring that the inventory flow arrive at the right locations this played an active role in achieving overall YTD sales of +13.9% to plan, +23.0% to LY. These stores represent 38% of Junior Plus total sales penetration. • Exceeded company turn rate in mid-tier stores (ranked 50-150) for Plus Women by reviewing stock levels on monthly basis to identify risk and opportunities. Increase overall sales of $15K, average inventory $6K and turn of 2.62, which is +4.4% faster than the company turn goal of +3%.

JCPENNEY (Plano, TX) — Senior Business Analyst (Men & Women Athletic Footwear), 8/10 to 4/12 (Sls $130M/1100 Stores & Ecommerce) Collaborated with allocation and ecommerce team to develop assortment planning/allocation exit strategies that align with future financial and product goals by sub/brand/class. Built store attributes to understand specific market/store needs by climate/region/demographic & fashion segments to drive sales and gross profit. Identify inventory opportunities to boost profit through assortment strategies. • Liaison between stores and e-commerce team to effectively enhance product assortment on jcp.com which increase total sales in the athletic sandal program from $4M to $6M and increase AUR $ by +15.8% to LY. • Associate of the Month-March 2011 & December 2010 by creating seasonal zone presentations between men and women athletic footwear by implementing statement towers and seasonal graphics in mid/bottom stores for BTS that increase total sales +10.1% to Plan and +25.2% to LY.