Professional Experience

Micheals Arts and Craft Store, Home Office Associate 

       July 2007 - Present

Accomplishments: Promoted twice in 2 years. 

Postions held:  Seasonal Merchandise Planner, Sr. Financial Analyst

Knowledge:  Oracle, Retek/SAP, Access, Advanced Excel, Visual Basic

Skills:  Variance analysis and reporting that includes the forecasting of sales, inventory devaluation, asset costing, receipt timing, inventory turnover, and gross margin.  Drive financially sound purchase strategy to ensure optimal weekly, quarterly, and seasonal performance of company assets.  Monthly, Quarterly and Year End close and reconciliation of merchant forecast and driving cost centers. 

Abilities: Strategic planning and Financial forecasting, Earned Value Management, Price Modeling, Product Life Cycle Management

JcPenney, Home Office Associate 

       January 1998 - July 2007

Accomplishments: Promoted eight times 9 1/2 years. Recruited to Michaels by former Supervisor. 

Postions held: Divisional Merchandise Planner, Project Manager, Sr. Merchandise Planner, Business Analyst, Inventory Analyst, Merchandise Operations Analyst, Sr. Allocator, and Allocator. 

Divisons:  Womens Accessories, Project Management Office, Merchandise Operations, Fine Jewelry,

         Kids, and Shoes.   

Knowledge:   I2 Techonolgy, Island Pasific, Aruthur, IBM, Access, Excel Visual Basic, Oracle, Profit Logic

Skills: Project Management, System Implementation, Training, Financial Forecasting and Modeling. 

         Development and execution of division level merchandise financial plans, forecasts, and strategies

         for all financial metrics and planning activities. 

         Identified sales and profit opportunities and risks to assist with strategy decisions.

         Developed and executed consistent processes and reporting.  

Abilities:  Inventory Management, Supply Chain, Price Optimization, Assortment Planning

         Project Management, Development of BRD, FSD, Testing, System Rollout, Training. 

County Seat Stores, Home Office Associate 

       April 1996- January 1998,

Accomplishments: Promoted twice in 2 1/2 years, left due to Chapter 13.

         Recurited to JcPenney by former Supervisor and Co-workers. 

Postions held: Sr. Merchandise Planner, Allocator. 

Divisons:  Womens Apparel

Knowledge: Lotus, Excel, IBM

Skills: Financial Planning, Allocation, Product Life Cycle, Price Optimization

Abilities: Management, Training, and ability to juggle multiple areas of responsibily during major

        corporate resructuring. 

Kinney Shoe Store and Lady Foot Locker

       April 1996- January 1998,

Accomplishments: Manager of the Year for the Southern Region

       Promoted to Training Manager where I supervised and mentored area Managers. 

Stores Managed: North Park Mall, Collin Creek Mall, Prestonwood Mall, Towneast Mall, and Vista Ridge

Knowledge:  Operations, Security, Human Resource, Personel Management, Visual Merchandising

Skills:  Sales, Customer Service, Time Management

Abilities:  Motivate, Mentor, and Teach