Sean Chappell: Senior Planning Analyst in Carlsbad, CA

Analyze, execute and communicate demand, inventory, purchase and delivery planning targets for all regional apparel, footwear and accessories to achieve profitability and inventory goals. Analyze data and make recommendations to management to provide visibility to overall business in order to achieve profitability, customer coverage and inventory goals. • Develop reports, provide high level analysis of data and make recommendations for decision making to support all Corporate Forecast revenue and inventory processes • Lead collaboration meetings to align on monthly, quarterly, and long range forecasts with cross functional leaders in Sales, Planning, Account Operations, Finance and Executive Team • Research, recommend and deliver process improvement changes through integrated planning • Define and create reporting and analysis for planning department key performance indicators, scorecards and regional initiatives

• Develop capacity constrained supply requirements for factories to support customer service, inventory and cost objectives • Visit factories and review production process, develop seasonal production plans • Maintain and track vendor agreements and factory audits, coordinate vendor system set up with Compliance team, establish remediation plan for factories with failed audits • Work closely with Sales, Customer Service and Distribution on a daily basis to ensure wholesale and E-commerce customer orders are shipped on time • Execute management sponsored projects, process improvements and associated cost analysis • Work closely with Product Development on seasonal SKU optimization, line plan, vendor costing and lead times, compliance and traceability • Execute global sample and bulk order production buys, develop seasonal buy calendar and manage global forecast • Oversee overall inventory levels • Communicate KPI analysis and improvement plans as part of the monthly S&OP process

• Developed annual merchandise financial plans to support planned inventory, turnover, and SKU goals • Developed location inventory, margin and SKU count plans at department/item category level • Re-forecasted and distributed monthly open to buy/on-order by assessing store sales by department, inventory and future demand, published updates on a weekly basis • Reconciled top down/bottom up inventory plans, managed inventory turn, weeks of supply and weekly replenishment recommended order quantities • Collaborated with buying team to control reorder SKUs, cull obsolete SKUs and manage markdown process to exceed budgeted goals, develop plans for new stores, remodels, exhibits, and special events • Collected and analyzed store sales trends and product sell through, updated flex forecasts to optimize turns, prioritize and manage expectations around key deliverables with cross-functional team and peers • Executed monthly business review meeting to coordinate open-to-buy, SKU rationalization, inventory turn, margin variance, markdown and reorder strategies • Worked directly with the buying team to develop and execute allocation strategies for multiple departments in assigned business units in accordance with store attributes and inventory plans

• Developed merchandise strategies and managed inventories for products sold in over 30 PriceSmart locations in Central America, Caribbean and South America • Negotiated with suppliers on all aspects of purchasing, provided forecasts to vendors • Planned seasonal and vendor promotion events (in and out rotations, end caps and demos) to insure correct levels of inventory to maximize sales • Analyzed supply chain logistics to land merchandise in clubs at most effective cost • Resolved invoice discrepancies and maintained and updated all data in AS400 system • Maintained in-depth knowledge of merchandise as well as seasonal trends • Established financial goals and ensured goals were met and coincided with merchandise strategy • Researched and monitored competitors within the category, visited clubs in country

• Liaised between shipper and consignee and coordinated Import/Export logistics of international freight • Assisted and advised buyers on compliance with shipping procedures and required documents (INCOTERMS 2000, Purchase Order, Commercial and Pro Forma Invoice, SLI, Carnet for Goods, Certificate of Origin, RMA, Schedule B Classification, Shipper’s Declaration for DG) • Prepared and delivered rate quotes for international shipping • Planned, coordinated and executed projects in order to fulfill customer requests

• Planned lessons and creatively taught ESL and Spanish to students in Rome, Italy. Courses ranged from beginner to advanced and included test preparation and business communication