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Amanda Perry

Denver,

Summary

Strategic, data-driven merchandise planning and operations professional with extensive experience in inventory, sales, and margin planning for an omni-channel business. Skilled in merchandise analytics, reporting, and demand forecasting across channels, with a proven ability to identify risks and opportunities to optimize inventory and turn.

Work History

Merchandise Planner | October 2024 - December 2025

Adina Reyter Fine Jewelry
Los Angeles
  • Optimized inventory levels and allocation across channels to maximize sales and margin performance while reducing overstock.
  • Built and maintained Excel dashboards to track category performance, analyze results against plan, identify inventory risks and opportunities, and present actionable insights to senior leadership.
  • Monitored SKU-level performance, identifying underperforming styles and recommending markdowns, discontinuations, or reallocation strategies.
  • Partnered with merchandising and operations teams to adjust inventory allocations and replenishment plans based on channel-specific demand.
  • Forecasted inventory needs and purchase timing to maintain optimal stock levels, maximize inventory turn, and achieve company sales targets.
  • Evaluated seasonal trends and proposed actionable inventory and assortment adjustments to merchants and senior leadership.

Brand Development Manager | November 2021 – October 2024

  • Led the implementation of structured data entry and inventory tracking processes, enabling more accurate reporting and actionable business insights.
  • Built Excel-based reports analyzing omni-channel performance, year-over-year sales, sell-through, and assortment performance.
  • Partnered cross-functionally to support merchandising, e-commerce initiatives, and strategic projects.

Brand Development Coordinator | August 2020 – November 2021

  • Collaborated across departments to support merchandising, stock-to-sale processes, website activations, and customer experience projects. Contributed to reporting and process improvements.

Customer Experience and E-commerce Assistant | October 2019 – August 2020

  • Assisted with e-commerce marketing and website initiatives, optimized online product presentation, and supported the customer experience journey by implementing new systems to improve processes.

Department Manager | April 2018 - October 2019

Anthropologie
Thousand Oaks
  • Managed a thirty-person team, while overseeing sales performance, team development, and customer experience. Leveraged performance metrics to guide decisions and execute store initiatives.

Department Supervisor | July 2017 – April 2018

  • Served as manager on duty, overseeing daily operations, inventory processes, and departmental performance, while training and developing team members.

Senior Customer Associate | September 2013 – July 2017

  • Delivered high quality customer service and product expertise to support sales performance and brand standards.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Management

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
Los Angeles, CA
06-2017

Associate of Arts - Merchandising and Marketing

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
Los Angeles, CA
04-2015

Skills

  • Inventory Planning and Allocation
  • Demand Forecasting
  • Assortment Planning
  • SKU-Level Performance Analysis
  • Margin Optimization
  • Excel (PivotTables, SUMIFS, VLOOKUP)
  • Dashboard Reporting
  • Shopify
  • NetSuite
  • QuickBooks
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Data-Driven Decision Making

Timeline

Merchandise Planner | October 2024 - December 2025

Adina Reyter Fine Jewelry

Department Manager | April 2018 - October 2019

Anthropologie

Bachelor of Science - Business Management

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising

Associate of Arts - Merchandising and Marketing

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
Amanda Perry