Teaching assistant in the Reading Lab and 4th grade at Happy Valley Elementary School (2025-08 – Present)
- Working with 1st/2nd grade children needing help to get to grade level reading by practicing reading and sounding out syllables
- Partnering with the 4th grade teacher to teach children accelerated math problems and more efficient writing skills
Inventory Planner at Innersense Organic Beauty (2024-06 – 2025-02)
- Managed Open to Buy by balancing out receipts and flow of inventory
- Forecasted and managed the financial success of all the inventory for the company which includes shampoos, conditioners, stylers, hair masks, color products and more
- Partnered with the warehouse, European warehouses, component vendors such as Berlin, Tricor on a daily/weekly basis to ensure that the inventory was flowing in on a timely basis
- Collaborated with cross-functional leaders to communicate marketing plans to reach financial objectives
- Perform ad hoc analysis & recommend courses of action to drive sales & mitigate risk
- Team player by running weekly reports for the company and recapping business for cross functional team
- Recapped quarterly performance by analyzing key product categories to use for future seasons
- Organized cycle counts for the warehouse
Inventory Planner at Janie and Jack (2021-10 – 2024-05)
- Oversaw and managed the financial success of Accessories ($20 Million annual business for the Company), by meeting and/or exceeding sales, comp, gross margin, gross margin return on investment (GMROI) and inventory turn goals established at the corporate level
- Managed Open to Buy
- Partnered with cross-functional leaders to communicate Division-level merchandising plans within management to reach financial objectives
- Analyzed business on subclass level to ensure GM$ goals
- Perform ad hoc analysis & recommend courses of action to drive sales & mitigate risk
- Managed in season markdowns to ensure profitable results
- Team player by running weekly reports for the company and recapping business for cross functional team
- Recapped quarterly performance by analyzing key product categories to use for future seasons
Promotional Sales Rep at Jeckil Promotions/O2 Marketing (2018-09 – 2021-09)
- Worked with Top Salesperson in the office to grow business
- Guided companies to promote their business through the use of promotional products while providing high levels of customer service
- Built client portfolio daily and strived to achieve monthly sales goals
Inventory Planner at Title Nine, Emeryville, California (2010-06 – 2015-05)
- Analyzed weekly and monthly business trends through retail dollars, gross margin, and ROI by maintaining inventory levels and the profitability of the departments
- Managed Open to Buy
- Recapped quarterly performance by analyzing key product categories to use for future seasons
- Managed approximately 50 vendors each season. Sending purchase orders, following up on deliveries, reordering, cancelling inventory when needed
- Partnered with cross functional team to discuss merchandise and strategies for product
- Negotiated markdown $ with vendors while working closely with President, Owner, CFO and VP of merchandising
- Checked catalog copy each season to ensure correct information in the catalog to our customers
Inventory Planner | Distribution Manager, Gap Kids at Gap Inc., San Francisco, California (2000-06 – 2005-06)
- Oversaw and managed the financial success of Gap Kids Accessories and Gap Girls Divisions (a $600 Million annual business for the Company in 2005), by meeting and/or exceeding sales, comp, gross margin, gross margin return on investment (GMROI) and inventory turn goals established at the corporate level
- Partnered with cross-functional leaders to communicate Division-level merchandising plans within divisional management; translated plan to distribution strategies that support merchandising and financial objectives
- Strategized with cross-functional leaders to design Company initial release strategies
- Ensured that pre-season size, pre-pack, DC-split, and initial model stock strategies align with Company objectives
- Managed and developed a staff of 7 Distribution Analysts and evaluated their success promoting several to positions of higher responsibility
- Delivered timely strategic, tactical, and quarterly revenue goal presentations to all levels of senior management in order to promptly respond to real-time sales, distribution and pricing developments throughout any given season
Merchandise Planner | Distribution Planner at Gap Inc., San Francisco, California (1995-09 – 2000-06)
- Managed the largest volume contributor of the new Gap Body division, which reached over $60 Million in annual volume in 2000
- Analyzed weekly and monthly business trends through retail dollars, gross margin, and unit sales by maintaining inventory levels and the profitability of the departments
- Developed quarterly department financial and inventory plans by class and style; Presented plans to CEO of Gap Inc. and merchandising VP
- Recapped quarterly performance by analyzing key product categories to use for future seasons
- Participated in a cross functional team to establish best practices of Gap basic styles and developed plans to incorporate new processes
