Jessie
Merchandise Planning Manager
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Merchandise Planning Manager
Under Armour2024.01-Current(2 years)5 years 8 months (1 year 4 months) • Lead the development of bottoms-up weekly sales, margin and inventory turn plans for $700M in Footwear, Accessories and Men’s apparel categories across 175 North American outlet stores • Manage a team to deliver a 2% YoY increase in category contribution, $4M growth in GM$ and a 25% reduction in markdown inventory • Collaborate with finance teams to build weekly, quarterly and annual sales and margin plans aligned with category growth initiatives • Oversee monthly OTB reviews, weekly promotional activities and seasonal SKU-level buys, increasing buy depth by 2K units per SKU • Create merchandise analyses to inform senior leadership decision making for marketing, promotional and risk management strategies • Champion planning process improvements and standardized best practices to support complex, high-volume business operationsmerchandise planning manager, men's apparel
//2022.06-2024.01(2 years)(1 year 8 months)merchandise planner, men's apparel
Amify2019.09-2021.02(a year)(1 year 6 months)Inventory Manager
//2018.06-2019.09(a year)(1 year 4 months) • Led a globally distributed remote team to optimize turn of $15M in inventory across 150+ apparel and sports brands on Amazon • Developed and implemented standardized processes, forecasting tools and buying guidelines resulting in the reduction of overstock by $500K and improvement of in-stock rates by 20% • Advised senior management on supply chain strategy, driving actions that resolved inventory shortages and aligned operations with long-term growth objectivesMerchandise Planner, New Product Launches
bluemercury2016.01-2018.06(2 years)2 years 9 months (2 years 6 months) - Responsible for replenishing launch products for over 50 brands across all channels - Manage inventory for 120 stores and warehouse of all launch products to ensure accurate stock for promotional events and marketing efforts - Analyze sales results to optimize turnover on a weekly and seasonal basis - Create accurate forecasts by SKU through effective collaboration with marketing and merchandising teams, analyzing sell thru history and comparable product performance - Assist New Product Launch Buyer with forecasts, allocation requests and organization of all vendor Holiday season launches - Maintain and assess life cycle of launch SKUs - Provides a company wide 8-week look ahead schedule of new launches and communicates revisions to web, marketing and merchandising teams - Update and create Merchandising calendar of upcoming launches, strategies and marketing efforts - Establish and maintain relationships with vendorsMerchandise Planning Assistant
Washington D.C.2015.10-2016.01(4 months)- Uploads core replenishment orders and transmits to vendors - Reground the average lead time associated with vendors - Upload and maintain all core SKUs into KWI - Monitors receipts of shipping notices and extends orders accordingly - Creates and distributes weekly Active Orders Report with Web and Launch versions - Creates SKU/Price Change report for distribution to stores each month - Compiles price change information and uploads to KWI - Reviews Product Master to comply with naming and classification conventions - Assist Planning Team with seasonal RTVs, special projects and ad-hoc reportsLegal Assistant
Jo Benson Fogel, PA2014.09-2015.10(a year)(1 year 2 months) - Maintained organization of client files and preparation for trial, including legal research, document indexing and arrangement - Provided administrative support through billing entry, answering phone calls and scheduling appointments - Managed communication with office storage facility, negotiating pricing and contracts - Handled filing documents at court and preparing billing statementsLicensing Intern
Vera Wang2013.06-2013.08(3 months)- Streamlined the product development and quality control processes for footwear, tabletop and fine papers through assembly of inventory catalogs and gathering competitive research - Maintain licensee contract accuracy and update with revisions - Collaborated with RTW and Bridal sales assistants to document the status of licensing projects - Assembled inventory catalogs for licensed products - Generated articles and blogs featured on the company website.Licensing Intern
Monique Lhuillier2012.06-2012.08(3 months)- Assisted the Vice President of Licensing in the launch of Monique Lhuillier's initial footwear collection, building the Product Development schedule, photography and PR efforts - Attended design meetings to track line sheet changes and oversee sample orders - Issued press to licensed partners - Developed brand materials and industry research for market category visual presentations
Educational experience
Savannah College of Art and Design
Fashion Marketing & Management2010.01-2014.01(4 years)St. John's College High School
2006.01-2010.01(4 years)
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