Bakers Footwear Group Work Values

Daily Duties at Bakers Footwear Group:

Served as the “CFO” of a merchandising team that included 3 Buyers, 1 Allocation Analyst, 1 Liaison and myself. Prepare monthly pre-season bottom-up merchandise plans including sales, inventory and gross margin. Allocate approved monthly plans to a weekly level. Forecast departmental merchandise performance based on actual results. Propose promotional and clearance markdowns with appropriate margin analysis on out-of –stock and turnover goals. Propose other defensive in-season promotional strategies. Manage open-to-buy. Perform GMROI analysis Make order cancellation/modification/placement recommendations. Analyze merchandise selling at appropriate planning level. Approve purchase orders insuring proper initial markup and adherence to open-to-buy plan. Execute price control. Prepare hindsight analysis. Coordinated with Mrketing to ensure weekly promo messages were correct. Conducted monthly plan review meetings to analyze business. Partnered with Buyers to insure initialmark up goals were meet. Performed promotional analysis and new item analysis on the impact they had to business. Because of my past experience in Planning and Allocation management I was part of the interview process, I conducted interviews and reported my findings to upper management on all potentional planning or allocation candidates.

What they like about Bakers Footwear Group:

Working in an organization that is technologically advanced, creative, and innovative is critical in your assessment of hiring companies. Less important to you are stability of the organization, the length of time an organization has been in business, and the business' plans for the future. You prefer a fast-moving company that will take risks to achieve its goals and objectives. The length of time the company has been in business is irrelevant. Maintaining status quo is unnecessary. You thrive on change, uncertainty and the upside of potential business risks, especially those associated with innovation. Stability for the long haul is not nearly as important as is working in an atmosphere that is charged with a sense of urgency and constant change.

Tags

planning, allocation, analysis, purchasing, merchandising, inventory, leadership, replenishment, communication, prioritize, quantitative, excel, JDA, Decision, Arthur, training

Skills

Leadership , Excel at pre-season budget analysis and development, Actual vs budget analysis , Financial,analytical and problem-solving skills., Excellent at using data to make strategic business decisions.

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