Raeanna Simons

Sales:

• Maintained & nurtured both vendor & retail vendor partnerships (Target, Kohls, & Walgreens)
• ·Identified white-space opportunity; both through creative problem solving & ongoing conversations with retail partners.
• Helped vendors prepare for line review presentations - streamlining information to what the brand specifically has to offer & how that aligns with the retailers’ current needs
• ·Promotional strategy: worked in tandem with the analysts & account managers to help identify promotional opportunities that align with the brand strategy and give the products a meaningful lift at retail.

Analytics:

• Collaborative forecast & planning: work directly with retailers to continuously assess product performance, identify industry trends, optimize sales potential, and manage sell-through.
• Weekly POS Data & Analysis: sent weekly robust sales and inventory analysis to ensure the vendor always understands the health of their business.
• Market & Category Insights: share consumer data, market-specific trends, and channel insights to help vendor's businesses capitalize on opportunities for growth and anticipate their best next move.

Project management: continuously managed timelines & tracked milestones for specific retail programs across multiple vendor and retail portfolios to ensure all deadlines were met to the highest level of execution possible.

Maintained end-to-end management of a $50M scan-based-trading vendor at Target: including item setups, analytics & supply chain management, and buyer-facing meetings.

• Managed 70 planograms across a high revenue category using JDA software
• Communicate with cross functional teams to ensure merchandise gets placed in stores correctly
• Communicate with stores and answer all inquiries they may have within 24 hours
• Used space analyzation reports to report to merchants which planograms are high performing

• Exceeded monthly sales revenue goals
• Provided friendly customer service for clients by consistent communication and follow-up
• Originated a small-group training program to contribute to revenue goals
• Discussed fitness and nutrition goals with members to identify solutions to optimize individual health

• Responsible for sales forecasting and purchase order planning
• Managed product sample process for in-house office needs and planogram for Target Corp.
• Responsible for distributing weekly sales data reports to internal team
• Attend retail meetings for support and communicate team's workload priorities
• Prepared ad hoc presentations with sales partners