Elizabeth King
Fort Worth,TX
Summary
Professional with strong background in planning and buying. Skilled in forecasting, inventory optimization, and data analysis. Known for collaborative team approach and adaptability in dynamic environments. Consistently delivers results through strategic planning and effective communication.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
North America Senior Ecommerce Planner
Sorel
08.2021 - Current
- Responsible for all planning functions for Ecommerce North America business
- Drive process improvements and standardization by streamlining existing or introducing a new process where one doesn’t exist
- Create pre-season and maintain in-season sales and inventory forecasts at year, month and daily level
- Responsible for analyzing sales and other KPI trends each month to adjust forecast as necessary
- Present and collaborate with leadership to gain alignment on necessary adjustments needed for current and future season forecasts
- Collaborate with merchandising and marketing teams to discuss new product placements, promotional activity, threats and opportunities for achieving plan targets
- Create style and color forecasts (material level) by analyzing product and historical sales trends
- Execute product line and style level forecast by loading and managing data in current systems to ensure correct product mix for purchasing using forecast software
- Leveraged data-driven insights to inform decision-making at various levels of the organization effectively.
- Increased forecast accuracy by implementing advanced statistical modeling techniques.
- Assisted in the development of long-range plans, incorporating market research and trend analysis for informed decision making.
Category Manager
Kroger
02.2020 - 08.2021
- Responsible for managing three Housewares Categories for 17 Kroger divisions and over 2000 stores
- Analyze data or insights to determine industry and consumer trends
- Create long-term strategies for product categories
- Develop exit strategies for unsuccessful products
- Develop and maintain relationships with vendors to achieve better pricing and quality of services
- Negotiate with vendors to get the best pricing, and additional support to achieve sales and margin goals
- Merchandise Planograms and ensure that the product selection is productive and will drives sales and margin
- Partner with marketing teams to determine promotional activities of a product category
- Collaborate with replenishment buyers to ensure product is getting refilled at the acceptable rate
- Work with divisional merchandisers to expand product categories
- Work with merchandise planners to align on category open to buy plans over the course of the year
- Manage a team of 4 people day to day
Merchandise Planning Specialist
Kroger
12.2018 - 02.2020
- Create new process for managing open to buy for 17 Kroger Divisions across the country and reconcile OTB throughout each season
- Forecast sales and margin budget for business
- Innovate process to evaluate in season sales, and inventory levels for over 1500 stores
- Plan product allocations for over 1500 stores
- Analyze and recap in season sales and trends on a weekly/monthly/quarterly basis and identify the opportunities and risks in the business to maximize sales
- Partner with the buying team to ensure our sales and margin plans are consistently being achieved
- Create assortment plans for Fall and Spring seasons with silhouette analysis, receipt budget and margin budget
Assistant Planner
Kroger
09.2017 - 12.2018
- Recap and evaluate the business against financial plans, and forecast in-season sales and inventories on a weekly/monthly/quarterly basis
- Innovate new ways to look at data and create strategies to drive sales
- Analyze data and trends to identify risks and opportunities to achieve a sales plan, while maximizing margin and inventory productivity
- Manage inventory flow
- Plan product allocations for over 140 stores
Assistant Buyer
Kroger
09.2015 - 09.2017
- Product selection, created assortments, and built vendor relationships
- Mapped/merchandised product for stores each season to ensure the product and placement told a cohesive story
- Negotiated costs, margin support, and Advertising co-op with vendors
- Worked closely with planning to understand financial indicators to react and drive business
- Entered, updated, tracked and organized purchase orders to ensure timely delivery
- Managed the flow of merchandise
- Responsible for all advertising planning, and promotions each period
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree - Merchandising Management
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon06.2015
Skills
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Attention to Detail
- Market Trend Analysis
- Demand Planning Expertise
- Inventory Optimization Strategies
- S&OP Process Knowledge
- Strong presentation skills
- Team leadership experience
- Problem-Solving
- Teamwork and Collaboration
Volunteerwork
- Habitat for Humanity
- CARDV-Center against Rape and Domestic Violence - Volunteer for events
Leadership activities
- Kroger Instagram Initiative Team, 05/17, Created a new process to use the Fred Meyer Instagram as a way to show off general merchandise product to the millennial customers. Led meetings with marketing teams, and VP’s to get approval and support for the new process. Buying teams are now able to use the Fred Meyer Instagram as a new and creative platform to show product.
- Alpha Chi Omega / Chapter President, 01/14-05/15, Oversaw the executive board officers and 140 additional members through all philanthropic, community service, social and university activities. Effectively met all guidelines set by the University’s administration and the National Office. Represented sorority at our National Leadership Convention.
Timeline
North America Senior Ecommerce Planner
Sorel
08.2021 - Current
Category Manager
Kroger
02.2020 - 08.2021
Merchandise Planning Specialist
Kroger
12.2018 - 02.2020
Assistant Planner
Kroger
09.2017 - 12.2018
Assistant Buyer
Kroger
09.2015 - 09.2017
Bachelor of Science Degree - Merchandising Management
Oregon State University
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