Current and Recent Projects 

 
The Shopping Channel - Special Projects within Merchandise Planning - Started March 2016, continues.
Project Lead - Developing and implementing both a Vendor Portal and Merchandise Planning System. Also working on Inventory management projects.
 
Interim Director Planning - The Shopping Channel - July 2015 – March 2016
Covered for Director of Planning while she was on leave. Responsible for all aspects of the Merchandise Planning function. Activities included day-to-day management of the Planning department and support of the Merchandise team. Lead the strategic planning, budgeting, forecasting and inventory management processes to support the company sales and profit... A Great experience working with a great team.

Replenishment Project  - May 2013 – February 2015
Helped a client to improve their process to manage their replenishment program in the stores. This included forecasting store sales, transferring overstocks between stores and creating a min/max automatic repeat process. We are pleased to report that the outcome was better asset management and higher sales plus happy customers.
 
Planning Support at Canadian Retailer - November 2013 – March 2015
Created a planning process with templates that allows the merchandising team to plan as per a new strategy. This process incorporated many industry best practices as well as unique requirements. Then  lead the execution of the process with the buyers and completed the fall Merchandise Plans, Assortment Models and Purchase Flow Plans for each business. We fine tuned the process for spring 2015 and took it to the next level for fall.  

Inventory Management Consulting - March 2014 – November 2014
Worked with OKAY Electronics in Georgia, Europe to improve their inventory management practices, analysis and planning. Helped them to improve their reporting and analytics and to develop and implement merchandise planning. This has been a wonderful opportunity to work with an enthusiastic team in a country that is new to me. Georgia deserves it's "gorgeous" adjective.  This was an EBRD project.  
 
Epicor Planning Implementation - December 2014 – March 2015
Implemented Epicor Planning & developed comprehensive training manual for use at a Canadian Retailer.
 
Retail Training - March 2015
Conducted Retail 101 and 201 courses with the Planning and Merchant teams at a Canadian Retailer.

Key Item Planning - March 2012 – April 2012
Developed a receipt flow and sales plan by table by size of store to maximize sales and stay in stock.