Kristen Liu
Columbus,OH
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Planner - Men's Knits & Polos
Abercrombie & Fitch Home Office
New Albany, Ohio
10.2022 - Current
- Analyzed sales data to inform inventory strategies and optimize stock levels for 300+ SKUs in a "Must Win" category globally; reported on the department's business to leadership weekly
- Established seasonal key item plans to support sales and merchandise goals; adjusted in-season plans weekly to inform pricing, purchasing, and markdown strategies
- Managed open-to-buy budget for assigned category, prioritizing product and receipts to drive business, while fitting into divisional constraints
- Trained and mentored two new hires in 2025, providing feedback and preparing them for monthly progression checkpoints
- Worked with team to develop more robust replenishment strategy for department's biggest item -- in its first year, became the best tee shirt in company history in sales volume. Drove department's best Black Friday/Cyber Monday weeks ever
Operations Manager Intern - Warehousing
Target
Amsterdam, NY
06.2021 - 07.2021
- Co-managed team of 100+ people, ensuring safe and efficient equipment operation, while maintaining quality
- Monitored warehouse capacity and made space adjustments where needed for all incoming freight
- Updated department managers in real time (three times per shift) to ensure building throughput plan for the day is met
- Designed new, safer layout for warehouse area where team members drive equipment to pick up carton labels; design includes driving lanes, safety guardrails, one-way signs, vehicle parking spaces, etc.
Contracts Intern - Airborne & National Surveillance
Lockheed Martin
Syracuse, NY
06.2020 - 08.2020
- Documented contract funding process and the distribution of funds across different appropriation categories; presented to senior Contracts team (Director level)
- Reviewed changes in contract clauses to determine acceptability, created proposal numbers and change order logs
- Collected data and created weekly spreadsheets to track potential impacts of COVID-19 on existing contracts for each market segment
- Intern Design Project: Developed concept for a vehicle capable of navigating hostile environments to deliver supplies to soldiers safely; created budget, diagrams of the mission, risk/opportunity matrices, and trade studies. Final presentation to managers
Education
Bachelor of Science - Engineering & Management
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY05-2022
Skills
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Tableau
- JustEnough
- Power BI
Associations
- President - Student Association for Engineering & Management
- Vice President - Alpha Pi Mu Industrial Engineering Honor Society
- Captain - Varsity Women's Volleyball Team
Coursework
- Operations & Supply Chain Mgmt.
- Project Mgmt.
- Quality Mgmt.
- Logistics
- Operations Research
- Strategic Sourcing
Timeline
Associate Planner - Men's Knits & Polos
Abercrombie & Fitch Home Office
10.2022 - Current
Operations Manager Intern - Warehousing
Target
06.2021 - 07.2021
Contracts Intern - Airborne & National Surveillance
Lockheed Martin
06.2020 - 08.2020
Bachelor of Science - Engineering & Management
Clarkson University