Faith Constantine
Marlborough,MA
Summary
Results-driven retail merchandising and analytics professional with a track record of enhancing product performance through data analysis and strategic allocation across 1,000+ locations. Expertise in cross-functional collaboration, driving data-driven recommendations that optimize inventory management and support robust financial reporting.
Overview
1
1
Certification
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Contract Billing Specialist
The Arc of Greater Brockton
01.2026 - Current
- Processed billing statements for client services, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
- Ensured accuracy of client billing records in the accounting system to support financial integrity.
- Reconciled budget-to-actual activity and billing documentation, identified discrepancies, and supported accurate financial reporting.
- Tracked vendor payments, invoicing, price documentation, and budget activity across multiple programs, ensuring accurate records and timely processing.
- Coordinated contract documentation and communications across vendors and internal stakeholders, managing multiple deadlines and changing priorities.
- Worked with team members to address and correct billing discrepancies for improved accuracy.
Freelance Photographer & Content Creator
Faith's Flicks
, Massachusetts
03.2021 - Current
- Produced 7,500+ final images across independent projects, with work featured in Photo Vogue and selected for Boston Celtics' Local Artist Series, showcasing creative vision and versatility.
- Managed 100+ client relationships and 150+ creative projects from planning through delivery, coordinating budgets, schedules, production requirements, and ensuring stakeholder satisfaction.
- Captured high-quality images to document events and fulfill client project requirements.
- Edited and retouched photos using industry-standard software tools.
- Collaborated with clients to understand their vision and requirements.
- Edited photographs using industry-standard software for optimal presentation.
- Developed creative concepts and themes for photo shoots based on client input.
- Coordinated logistics for on-site shoots, ensuring timely setup and execution.
Allocation Operations Specialist
Haven Well Within
Hingham, MA
10.2024 - 04.2025
- Analyzed sales, sell-through, inventory, store performance, and on-order data to identify and communicate demand patterns, performance trends, and opportunities for improved allocation.
- Partnered with planning and merchandising teams to translate business performance into allocation recommendations aligned with assortment priorities and inventory goals.
- Evaluated high- and low-performing products and locations, adjusting distribution based on selling trends, available inventory, and store-level demand.
- Monitored category and inventory productivity during seasonal transitions, identifying corrective actions to enhance product positioning and align with demand.
- Managed product allocation across a multi-category assortment spanning apparel, accessories, home/lifestyle, and marketplace merchandise.
- Supported product lifecycle execution by tracking inventory flow and responding to changing demand as merchandise transitioned through seasonal assortments.
- Built and used Excel-based reporting to assess performance, communicate actionable findings, and support cross-functional business decisions.
Allocation Analyst — TJ Maxx Footwear Division
TJX Companies
Framingham, MA
06.2023 - 09.2024
- Managed allocation and replenishment across 1,000+ U.S. and Puerto Rico stores and hundreds of footwear SKUs, using business performance to guide merchandise distribution decisions.
- Analyzed inventory levels to optimize product allocation across multiple retail locations.
- Assessed product and store performance to identify winners, underperformers, assortment gaps, and opportunities requiring changes in inventory strategy.
- Analyzed weekly sales, sell-through, inventory, store performance, and on-order data to identify trends, evaluate category performance, and determine product needs.
- Developed and analyzed Excel reports using PivotTables, VLOOKUPs, and formulas to evaluate large datasets, weekly selling patterns, and inventory productivity for informed category performance decisions.
- Supported seasonal updates, store openings, replenishment needs, and product exit strategies by aligning inventory placement with evolving business demand.
- Collaborated with buyers on new product assortments, facilitating initial distribution and ongoing performance monitoring across the store network.
- Partnered cross-functionally with buyers, planners, merchants, and allocation teams to support category strategies and data-driven business decisions.
- Presented weekly business analysis, risks, opportunities, and recommendations to planners, merchant partners, and department leadership before execution.
- Contributed product-performance and marketplace insights during product reviews and assortment discussions, supporting buyer and merchant decision-making.
- Researched competitor products, assortments, pricing, and marketplace trends to provide context for product and merchandising discussions.
- Attended vendor appointments and style-outs, gaining direct exposure to product presentations, assortment discussions, and buyer-vendor negotiations.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance supply chain efficiency and accuracy.
- Supported seasonal planning initiatives by forecasting demand based on historical data.
- Developed allocation strategies to ensure timely product availability in stores.
- Analyzed market trends and business performance metrics to discern optimal merchandise choices.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Consumer Apparel & Retail Studies
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Greensboro, NCSkills
- Contract management
- Contract Negotiations
- Vendor Management
- Sales analytics
- Data reconciliation
- Business Reporting
- Product & Category Performance
- Excel (PivotTables, VLOOKUPs, Formulas)
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Stakeholder Communication
- PowerPoint
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Shopify Product/SKU Maintenance
Certification
- Content Marketing, HubSpot Academy (2026)
- Social Media Marketing, Hootsuite Academy (2026)
Timeline
Contract Billing Specialist
The Arc of Greater Brockton
01.2026 - Current
Allocation Operations Specialist
Haven Well Within
10.2024 - 04.2025
Allocation Analyst — TJ Maxx Footwear Division
TJX Companies
06.2023 - 09.2024
Freelance Photographer & Content Creator
Faith's Flicks
03.2021 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Consumer Apparel & Retail Studies
University of North Carolina At Greensboro