Josie Conley

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as an internal consultant for the Category Management team, facilitating data-driven decision making in pricing, promotion, and performance for twenty-five categories
• Perform ad hoc analyses via SQL Server, and visualize data in dashboards via Tableau
• Provide ad hoc support for the Customer Loyalty team, performing analysis over in-app promotion and signage performance to support vendor collaboration
• Work with Space Management to consult Category Management on space allocation and innovation item selection
• Lead in cross-functional teams to bolster teamwork and efficiency
• Guide and teach Associate Category Analysts

Achievements:

• Gained C-Suite recognition for leading a cross-collaborative presentation on Assortment Optimization
• Nominated by leaders in Merchandising, Marketing, and Loyalty for five Heart of Love's awards, which are given to employees who exemplify Love's values in their work
• Published and continually update two Tableau dashboards, with ~200 users each

Key Responsibilities:

• Acted as a support unit to the Category Analysts, learned how to execute pertinent analyses for pricing and promotion optimization
• Executed Base Price Optimization and Promotion Offer Optimization across categories
• Identified pieces of analysis that could be improved through automation
• Built a rapport with Category Management to facilitate confidence in data-driven decision making

Achievements:

• Condensed the time it took to create a report from three weeks to three days
• Led in expanding data skills on the team
• First team member to publish a Tableau dashboard