Jeannette Tomchak

• Manage a retail business exceeding $50M in sales, using data-driven insights to develop future strategies, influence buys, and meet targets.
• Conduct product presentations and demonstrations, contributing to increased product adoption and customer buy-in for 700+ store chain.
• Grew Youth Apparel business into a year-round business from Fall only, through strategic sell-in strategies.
• Utilize strong analytical skills to track sales performance, adjusting strategies to meet evolving targets.
• Built and maintain long-term relationships with key buyers across a diverse portfolio, providing personalized attention and tailored support.
• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to ensure alignment with industry trends, price/value propositions, and visual strategies.
• Expanded market share by identifying new business opportunities within key categories and implementing effective sales strategies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop customized solutions, ensuring seamless delivery and service.
• Manage the showroom manager, providing strategic direction, coaching, and support to ensure alignment with brand presentation and sales goals.

• Led, coordinated and managed monthly SIOP meetings with marketing and manufacturing locations to review prior performance and establish short and long term production plans.
• Managed and maintained finished good inventory levels at distribution centers to maximize customer service while minimizing inventory investment.
• Communicated with distribution centers on regular basis to provide advanced knowledge of the significant activity, changes in numbers of SKU's, project management, etc.
• Performed VISTA (proprietary Order Management system) product registration and maintenance.

Athletic Apparel Mar 2019-Sep 2019

Paddle Sports Jan 2014-May 2017

• Responsible for managing sales, margin and turn for Business with $145M+ in annual sales.
• Owned all aspects of Omni Channel department financial plans that align with strategic goals of the department and company at various product levels.
• Partnered with internal/external business partners to actively manage in-season performance of multiple high profile product categories. This includes extensive key item ladder analysis and initiating corrective action to drive sales, profitability, and inventory productivity metrics. Influenced business partners by presenting sound analysis and impacts to the overall business.
• Partnered with merchandise analysts to ensure Omni channel allocation strategy aligned with overall inventory flow strategy. Identified any gaps and developed strategies to maximize inventory productivity.
• Served as Training Manager for five Retail Business Associates and Mentor for Associate to Planner Program.
• Exceeded 2015 sales goal by $8.7M/+24% comp increase and was selected as Buying Team of the Year.

• Fulfill a critical role managing pre-season financial planning processes, with a focus on merchandising financial strategies, including divisional and department merchandising objectives.
• Partner with key stakeholders throughout the organization to develop an enhanced planning process that ensures the overall quality of company financial plans.
• Responsible for driving top-down planning processes in partnership with Merchandising VP's/SVP's.
• Participated in the functional team selected to implement Oracle APIP tool for up to 400 users within Merchandising.
• Successfully lead UAT, Pilot, and Training for four divisions who have adopted tool as new planning program.
• Created test scripts, quick-notes, training documentation, and SharePoint site to support company roll-out.
• Captured application feedback, identified bugs, and resolved issues impacting business users.

• Managed sales, margin, and turn for Youth Athletic Apparel with $150M in annual sales.
• Increased sales from $55M in 2009 to $150M in 2013, exceeding double-digit comp increases 2010–2013.
• Led company initiative to plan and execute the launch of Young Athlete Shops, which expanded to all stores in 2013.
• Exceeded 2011 sales goal by $10M / +24% comp increase and was selected as Buyer of the Year.
• Managed a team of 4 employees, providing leadership, mentorship, and performance oversight to drive business results.
• Championed cross-functional initiatives with marketing and store operations to elevate brand presence and customer engagement.