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:

You give high priority to hiring firms with prestige. Market reputation and prestige of a firm may be determined through on-line research, and conversations with individuals working in your target industry. Note that firms "in the public eye" receive a great deal more critical publicity and attention than those operating with more anonymity. So as you assess your employment opportunities, be sure to seek out the positive aspects of the firm's reputation in addition to noting negative publicity the company may have received.

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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