Jennifer Morris
Matawan,NJ
Summary
Results driven Planner with extensive years of experience. Seeking a company to showcase my expertise and strengths in Merchandise Planning. I have a passion for translating data into an actionable strategy and learning from analyzing business results.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager, Global Network Buying lead, Cell Therapy
Bristol Myer's Squibb
Summit, NJ
02.2024 - Current
- Manage and optimize network material supply purchasing in partnership with other functional areas
- Lead and manage purchasing and replenishment strategies models for raw materials, components, and reagents, ensuring that material demands are continuously met through periods of high growth and expansion
- Accountable for leading the purchasing and buying team through the process of managing and monitoring material supply availability and requirements to assess material constraints and ensure supply chain and materials stability for the cell therapy network
- Define and manage the process of escalating risk and issues of material availability
- Manage the buying team and establish a process of analyzing and determining purchasing requirements that are consistent in alignment with the SD&OP process
- Act as Project leader for strategic enhancements impacting the buying team
Senior Demand Planner
Kennedy International
Old Bridge, NJ
08.2022 - 02.2024
- Manage overall business and supply chain initiatives for wholesale business with annual sales of $110M
- Forecast demand by item and manage all warehouse inventory
- Analyze and Report on key retail metrics to customers, maximizing opportunities and minimizing risks on short- and long-term strategies
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to drive inventory optimization
Director, Planning and Allocation
Fanatics Lids College
Indianapolis, IN
01.2021 - 05.2022
- Lead and Manage 800 unique college campus bookstores with annual sales of $300 million
- Drive creation and management of the monthly open to buy to drive sales, suggest markdowns and receipts to achieve the turn and margin goals
- Effectively manage and control inventory by location through volume, sell off through allocation and reorders
- Collaborate with extended partners to create strategies that support overall financial plans
- Mentor and direct team of planners and merchandise analysts
Director, Omni Classic Women Shoe Planning-MACY'S INC
MACY'S INC., MCOM and Macy's East
New York City, NY
08.2004 - 02.2020
- Lead and Manage Assortments by location in over 500 retail locations with annual sales of $200 million
- Partner and influence extended partners to create preseason plans through analysis of vendor, subclass, and channel selling
- Analyze locations focusing on opportunities based on trend, volume, climate, and special store initiatives
- Responsible for development and maintenance of subclass plans, style counts and key item plans by vendor, collaborating with buying and financial planning counter parts
- Project and Manage replenishment weekly generated styles
- Maintain the system based on vendor availability by size and style
- Communicate forecast changes to the vendor and buying team as needed
- Responsible for direction on execution of allocations
- Adjusted based on sales trends and stock opportunities
- Post season recaps of what worked and what didn't work
- Utilize results in strategy for the next season
- Review analysis with team for consistency, strategic alignment and thought process
- Develop, Mentor and Manage teams of various sizes ranging from 1 to 5 people
- Presented and Managed OTB monthly to drive sales, suggested markdowns and receipts to achieve the turn and margin goals
Women's Apparel Planner
Modell's Sporting Goods
10.2003 - 08.2004
Director of Inventory Control
Delia's
06.1997 - 10.2003
Education
BS - Business Leadership
Immaculata University
Malvern, Pa01.2024
AS - Fashion Merchandising
Immaculata College
Malvern, Pa06.1990
Skills
- Analysis and Reporting
- Problem Solver
- Strong Collaboration Skills
- Assortment Planning
- Inventory Management
- Effective Budget Management
- Team Builder
- Coaching and Development
- Confident Public Presentation
- Strong Organizational Skills
- Advanced Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Outlook
- Affinity
- Power BI
- Cognos Reporting
- A3
- Epicor
- Retail Link
- SAP
- Oracle
Awards
- Macy's 2009 Quarterly Star Award
- Macy's 2010 Making Magic award for Teamwork
- Macy's 2011 Making Magic award for Men's shoe open sell team
- Macy's 2016 Best of the Best award
- Macy's 2017 Star Shoe award for Women's Open sell Pilot
- Macy's 2017 & 2019 Team of the Year for the Women's shoe performance
Computersystemsexperience
- Advanced Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Outlook
- Affinity
- Power BI
- Cognos Reporting
- A3
- Epicor
- Retail Link
- SAP
- Oracle
Timeline
Senior Manager, Global Network Buying lead, Cell Therapy
Bristol Myer's Squibb
02.2024 - Current
Senior Demand Planner
Kennedy International
08.2022 - 02.2024
Director, Planning and Allocation
Fanatics Lids College
01.2021 - 05.2022
Director, Omni Classic Women Shoe Planning-MACY'S INC
MACY'S INC., MCOM and Macy's East
08.2004 - 02.2020
Women's Apparel Planner
Modell's Sporting Goods
10.2003 - 08.2004
Director of Inventory Control
Delia's
06.1997 - 10.2003
BS - Business Leadership
Immaculata University
AS - Fashion Merchandising
Immaculata College
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