Bachelor of Arts degree in French Cultural Studies

Vice President of Planning

Implemented complete planning methodology, analysis and reporting structure for over 60-
year-old heritage brand.
• Accountable for the creation and achievement of sales, margin and inventory plans across
all business channels; reduced inventory by 25% within first year.
• Collaborated daily with cross-functional partners from merchandising, ecommerce,
sourcing, production, operations and finance teams.
• Due to corporate restructuring, promoted to additionally run the wholesale business and hold dual roles with responsibility for sales organization as well as omnichannel inventory
management.
• Managed P&L for company's wholesale business, developing annual budget and creating
monthly sales targets.
• Led account relationships with major department stores, specialty boutiques, marketplaces
and off-price retailers and managed a three-person sales team.

Vice President of Wholesale

• Oversaw global planning organization for $500M multichannel luxury goods retailer.
• Directed retail, e-commerce and wholesale planning activity including OTB management,
budget creation and markdown schedule.
• Managed global planning activities including international pricing, sales reporting, inventory
turn and margin.
• Partnered with global merchandising team to help create unique assortments tailored to various international markets.
• Interfaced weekly with regional planning teams in Korea, Hong Kong and Switzerland to ensure consistent reporting on a global basis.

Senior Director of Global Planning

Responsible for merchandise and inventory planning for catalog and e-commerce businesses
totaling over $55 million in annual gross demand.
• Managed staff of four merchandise planners and one data administrator; also supervised
daily tasks of nine-person buying team.
• Collaborated on marketing and e-commerce proposals, creative presentations and website
functionality and acted as primary liason across department for software systems.
• Partnered with DMM to create quarterly financial plans that achieved corporate targets.
• Reported monthly to CFO on seasonal inventory levels, corporate OTB and receipt flow.

Director of Merchandise Planning

Managed $60 million knit business across 365-store retail chain, working closely with merchandising and store planning teams to create seasonal sales plans and develop
inventory flow strategies.
•   Developed result-driven monthly markdown strategies and analyzed store promotions.

Merchandise Planner, Ann Taylor Stores

• Directed $30 million retail shoe business across 12 boutiques.
• Created seasonal sales plans with buyers based on historical analysis, and forecasted
monthly and weekly sales by store.
• Managed OTB and monitored inventory, suggesting reorders, transfers and cancellations
according to store trends.
• Allocated stock to stores on weekly basis for basic replenishment styles and placed
reorders with headquarters as needed.

Planner, Retail Boutiques

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