L'Occitane
Production Planner
June 2014 — Present
Responsible for planning and distributing DC workload, develop KPI's for picking, determine man hours needed for workload, coordinate shipping with retail and wholesale team.
Manager of Allocations at L'Occitane en Provence
Responsible for planning and distributing DC workload, develop KPI's for picking, determine man hours needed for workload, coordinate shipping with retail and wholesale team.
Responsible for creating and maintaining a replenishment system for approximately 320 SKU's, determined store inventory needs for novelty and promotional products, monitored sales and inventory for approximately 200 stores and reacted to their needs, partnered with stores and DC to ensure inventory accuracy, created production schedule for allocations schedule to maintain balanced work flow in DC,partnered with third party carrier to ensure on time, in full delivery for all stores, managed a team of 4 allocator a and 1 shipping coordinator.
Responsible for implementing and managing Arthur Allocation, Maintain model stock levels for over 90 stores, Manage inventory allocations process including cross doc and back stock, Create variables used to allocate merchandise based on specific product attributes, Developed and manage weekly replenishment program of over 600 items, Analyze and react to inventory opportunities by store, Train and develop Allocators, Responsible for overseeing new store inventory setup and financial plans.
Directly supervised five Department Managers and 125 associates, Analyzed sales trends, Coached and developed associates, Supervised overall merchandising standards, Communicated needs and concerns to appropriate Buying staff, Scheduling and Oversaw every day operations of the store.
Directly supervised 50 employees, Trained and developed associates, Analyzed sales trends, Merchandised sales displays, Evaluated and reacted to P&L statements, Scheduling and Oversaw everyday operations of the store.
Created and adjusted 6 month Open to Buy using Arthur Planning system, Allocated purchase orders based on current need and store performance, Bought and maintained stock, Tracked sales on a weekly, monthly and seasonal basis, Negotiated terms and profitability with vendors, Created and maintained replenishment models, Managed a department with over $8 million in annual sales volume, Completed a year long executive training program.