ALISON B. KATZ
New York,USA
Summary
Accomplished senior merchant in the retail planning sphere. Change agent in the evolution of the omnichannel customer journey. A collaborative and innovative leader committed to crafting strategy and driving market share growth. Dedicated to making a sustainable impact in companies, promoting a culture of agility, diversity, and inclusion.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Demand & Supply Planning, Boutiques
Nestlé Nespresso SA
New York, USA
01.2023 - Current
- Manage merchandise assortment and financial framework for Nespresso Boutique portfolio, including capsules, machines, and accessories.
- Develop financial KPIs for new product launches, seasonal promotions, and marketing campaigns.
- Monitor and analyze stock cover levels to identify improvements and implement changes.
- Project in-season sales and established location targets aligned with financial budgets.
- Establish store replenishment capacity using min/max targets and historical data.
- Collaborate with product marketing to analyze trends by category for effective sell-in and sell-out strategies.
- Partner with BTQ Operations and Logistics to create store capacity space targets for new G4 Nespresso locations.
Adjunct Faculty, Marcuse School of Graduate Studies
LIM College
New York, USA
03.2024 - Current
- Influential faculty that utilizes a variety of instructional methods for asynchronous teaching to create learning that fosters critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving.
- Lectures include multifaceted marketing metrics and their effectiveness in both the fashion and business industries.
- Measure students learning outcomes, analyze and identify challenges to improve in learning.
- Courses include: Marketing Metrics; Fashion Retail Management; Technology in Fashion Merchandising and Management.
Adjunct Faculty, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Drexel University
Philadelphia, USA
03.2021 - 02.2025
- Create, implement and assess online curriculum for Beauty, Merchandise & Marketing elective.
- Develop lectures, multi-media content and in-field experience to supplement and enhance course curriculum.
- Cultivates and fosters partnerships in the retail industry as resource for course development, guest speakers, internships and placements for students.
- Courses include: Beauty, Merchandise and Marketing; Merchandise Buying & Planning; Buying Seminar; Design & Merchandise Seminar; Digital Commerce.
Merchandise Planning & Allocation, Women's Shoes
Saks Off 5th
New York, USA
01.2018 - 08.2019
- Collaborated with merchant to develop pre-season merchandise targets by department, vendor, class and sku.
- Responsible for in-season rolling OTB forecasting of sales, margin and inventory at department and vendor level.
- Drove enhanced fulfillment logic for monthly markdown optimization to promote store liquidation strategies.
- Increased seasonal footwear revenue by $5M, distorting underdeveloped boot and cold weather categories.
- Launched core replenishment program adding $2M in incremental sales in key category pumps, ballet flats and athletic.
- Identified $1M size opportunity for rolling out fringe sizes in key brands for localization across stores and digital.
Merchandise Planning & Allocation, Well Beauty
Anthropologie
Philadelphia, USA
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Created item level inventory and allocation targets based on merchandising and marketing initiatives to meet $25M topline sales and inventory targets.
- Drove double digit growth via OTB management with price optimization, inventory and allocation planning and gross margin forecasting.
- Partnered with merchant and cross-functional teams to curate and localize allocation attributes in skincare, color and fragrance analytics for replenishment and seasonal assortments.
- Prepared new store openings and remodels to ensure meeting key milestone dates, run of show, correct replenishment launches along with open beauty format fixturing.
Merchandise Planning, Men's Tailored Clothing
Macy's
New York, USA
04.2009 - 01.2016
- Managed $375MM Annual sales across Tailored Clothing in Sportcoats, Trousers, Casual Pants, Dockers and Tailored Outerwear.
- Developed department and vendor location plans in conjunction with financial vendor and corporate targets.
- Built class and ladder plans based on historical data and future distortions ensuring key seasonal programs are delivered and flowed.
- Oversaw allocation process by partnering with planners on inventory and replenishment strategies to capitalize on market share growth.
- Conducted in-depth analysis and assessment of tailored clothing market and identified growth or edit vendors.
- Partnered with strategic vendor Dockers to re-launch Signature khaki program conversion to stretch, resulting in incremental $21M in sales with increased margin and turn.
- Implemented Millennial trouser strategy to grow underdeveloped slim and straight FIT's resulting in +$18M in sales YOY.
Merchandise Planning & Allocation
Macy's Home Store
New York, NY
07.2006 - 03.2009
Planning & Allocation
Bloomingdale's
New York, NY
12.2002 - 06.2006
Education
Master of Science - Tourism Management
New York University, Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality
New York, NY08-2021
Bachelor of Science - Fashion Merchandising
Philadelphia University
Philadelphia05-1994
Skills
- Inventory Management
- Allocation & Replenishment
- Merchandise Buying
- Demand & Supply Chain Forecasting
- Store Capacity Planning
- Data & Analytics
Technical Platforms
- ORACLE Retek Planning
- SAS Merchandise Planning
- SAP Integrated Retail Suite
- NPD Data & Decision Key Analytics
- SalesForce CRM
- Advanced Microsoft Office
Certification
12/2025
Global Supply Chain Management
The Wharton School, Executive Education
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
- Focus on Global Sourcing and Digital Trends in Supply Chain
Timeline
Adjunct Faculty, Marcuse School of Graduate Studies
LIM College
03.2024 - Current
Demand & Supply Planning, Boutiques
Nestlé Nespresso SA
01.2023 - Current
Adjunct Faculty, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Drexel University
03.2021 - 02.2025
Merchandise Planning & Allocation, Women's Shoes
Saks Off 5th
01.2018 - 08.2019
Merchandise Planning & Allocation, Well Beauty
Anthropologie
01.2017 - 01.2018
Merchandise Planning, Men's Tailored Clothing
Macy's
04.2009 - 01.2016
Merchandise Planning & Allocation
Macy's Home Store
07.2006 - 03.2009
Planning & Allocation
Bloomingdale's
12.2002 - 06.2006
Master of Science - Tourism Management
New York University, Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality
Bachelor of Science - Fashion Merchandising
Philadelphia University
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