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Kari Dwyer

Tinton Falls

Summary

Proactive Floor/Space Planner with extensive experience in creating and maintaining store floor plans and plan-o-grams in Blue Yonder to meet tight timelines. Skilled in collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize space productivity and drive sales. Brings strong project management, organization, strategic planning, and problem-solving abilities to enhance store performance and customer satisfaction. Actively exploring new opportunities to expand skillset and pursue new career paths.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Floor/Space Planner

PARTY CITY
07.2021 - 09.2024
  • Lead creation and maintenance of all store Floor Plans in Blue Yonder and execute on tight timeline
  • Revise Floor Plans based on category resets aligning with corporate calendar
  • Create and maintain Plan-o-grams in Blue Yonder for specific categories responsible for
  • Effectively collaborate with Merchants, Visual Merchandising, Store Planners, Store Managers, and Inventory Planning to obtain correct products and space in each store based on POG assigned
  • Provide detailed solutions to stores per their submitted tickets regarding floor planning and space questions
  • Actively participate in Merchant Business Review meetings by sharing productivity findings, timeline and field feedback
  • Analyze space productivity on floor plans for assigned departments and provide recommendations to the Merchants that identify potential opportunities to improve sales and productivity of space
  • Mentor to newer Floor Planners, providing guidance and passing on knowledge/best practices to understand the importance of the daily QA checks and balances within the Blue Yonder System

Account Manager

BMI Merchandise
03.2019 - 07.2021
  • Increased client satisfaction by building strong relationships and addressing their needs promptly
  • Maintained high client retention rate by providing exceptional customer service and anticipating client needs
  • Managed a diverse portfolio of accounts, ensuring timely communication and effective problem resolution
  • Successfully resolved escalated issues, preventing potential loss of valuable clients while maintaining positive relationships with all parties involved
  • Data Management; execute & communicate weekly store allocations based on sales & inventory trends
  • Support a collaborative and innovative merchandising strategy within cross-functional departments; work closely with purchasing & design on new product introductions and allocation strategies
  • Maintain weekly modifications to plan-o-gram software driving the data tables for product allocation to ensure they have the most on trend product to support their sales and business
  • Designed a training manual & weekly report to recap sales of reorders and new item introductions which compares week to week sales

Store Planner

Calvin Klein
10.2016 - 03.2019
  • Enhanced store performance with effective merchandise planning and inventory management.
  • Responsible for allocating product from the Warehouse to all stores in US and Canada based on store tier, performance, trend and projected sales
  • Manage store opening and closing process including projecting sales and inventory, new store assortments, and directing closing liquidation inventory
  • Manage and publish reports of store counts, levels of inventory, and weekly/monthly sales
    Lead and conduct a Store Planner meeting to highlight sales, store performance, trending items and allocation strategies each month
  • Communicate directly to stores to transfer specific product and answer their product call outs and needs
  • Effectively communicate with Buyers, Planners, Stores and Store Ops daily to ensure stores have the correct amount of product/sizes needed to support their sales

Merchandise Coordinator

Calvin Klein
10.2015 - 10.2016
  • Responsible for implementing all weekly POS changes & implement CRM deals
  • Create and update purchase orders into IP passed down from Buyers
  • Effectively cross communicate with Buyers, Planners, Vendors, and RBS daily to maintain accurate Point of Sale (POS) in stores
  • Communicate with warehouse regarding ticket information
  • Implement price changes and re-ticketing to ensure all tickets have correct pricing information in storesResponsible

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Fashion Marketing & Business

Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ
12-2014

Skills

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office
  • High level of efficiency & accuracy
  • Project Management
  • Planogram Development
  • Attention to detail
  • Highly organized
  • Problem solving (individual & collaborative)
  • Strategic planning
  • Reporting & analysis
  • Time management
  • Customer service & client relations support

Timeline

Floor/Space Planner

PARTY CITY
07.2021 - 09.2024

Account Manager

BMI Merchandise
03.2019 - 07.2021

Store Planner

Calvin Klein
10.2016 - 03.2019

Merchandise Coordinator

Calvin Klein
10.2015 - 10.2016

Bachelor of Arts - Fashion Marketing & Business

Montclair State University

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