TIFFANY THOMAS MARR

***** ******* ***** * Estero, Florida 33928 * Cell: 614-***-**** *

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OBJECTIVE

Secure a diversified role that challenges attained skills in

forecasting/planning, project management, and strategy

EDUCATION

The University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN

Master of Business Administration, Marketing and Finance December 2005

Financial Management Association, Tennessee Organization of MBAs, Women's

Organization of MBAs

Bachelor of Science: Business Administration, Management with

International Business collateral. May 2004

Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chico's FAS Inc/Soma Intimates E-Commerce, Merchandise Planner 2008-

2009 Fort Myers, FL

. Managed the merchandise planning of the Apparel division including the

reporting and analysis of sales, inventory and promotions while

understanding and incorporating the impact of online specifics including

traffic, prospects, conversion and click metrics

. Managed the Monthly Mailer process during: 1) Pre-season - by offering

suggestions for buy quantities by class, 2) In-season - by reporting

sales, analyzing trends and proactively managing inventory and 3) Post-

season - by hindsighting performance and suggesting areas of improvement

for future mailers

. Power user of the SAP system - Bex Analyzer and ERP - for better

management and understanding of the Soma business coupling system

reporting capabilities and personal analysis to help drive business

improvements

. Collaborated across brand channels and functions to ensure product

availability and transfer of goods are appropriate for traffic conversion

and sales expectations in the E-Commerce channel

. Managed the E-Commerce On Order Report to flow into the Open-To-Buy for

the reconciliation of receipts to understand and acknowledge the

disconnects between original buys, orders placed and quantities delivered

to the DC and report findings to management

. Offered strategies/ideas to E-Commerce Marketing team for building

Homepage and Email messaging to better entice consumers toward a specific

promotion or series' of products

. Managed Semi-Annual Sale analysis on a daily and weekly basis and offer a

perspective on comp performance

. Proposed strategies for liquidating product not performing to expectation

and execute final approved proposal through partnering with functions

that manage site configuration and marketing

. Participated in the weekly and monthly business reviews and incorporate

analyses completed during the respective time period offering ideas

surrounding the previous week's/month's favorable or unfavorable

performance

. Ad-hoc reporting upon request by junior and senior management including:

Email, Product and Promotion analyses

. Managed the E-Commerce Style Out quantities of monthly inventory for the

Foundations division and determined the Division's times average

forecasts to understand sales trends for better accuracy when determining

inventory quantities needed for selling

Limited Brands/Bath and Body Works, Demand Planner/Forecaster 2006-2008

Columbus, OH

Bath and Body Works

. Managed the day to day demand planning/forecasting efforts of BBW's SPA

subbrands: True Blue Spa and Aquatanica

. Managed quantitative planning through system maintenance of over 100

items at Choice level and over 150,000 items at Sku/Store level

including: new item setup, exit or discontinued item setup, forecast

tuning, forecast accuracy, forecast adoption, Enterprise Planning or

sales plan acceptance, promotion/event setup

. Incorporated qualitative planning through collaboration with multiple

business partners in diverse functions to keep items systemically updated

and properly aligned from a unit and dollar perspective in preparation

for Consensus while encouraging the use of the algorithmically derived

forecasts by illustrating successful forecast accuracy

o Collaborated with Merchandise Planner (1) to understand and

incorporate the financial/dollar point of view when fine tuning the

forecast, (2) to stay abreast of qualitative updates within the

subbrand that could positively or negatively impact the forecast of

specific items or the subbrand at large including promotions or

cannibalization, (3) to successfully evolve the True Blue Spa

consensus process by continuing to adopt forecasts through the

demonstration of forecast accuracy for items that maintain a

minimum accuracy threshold of 75%

o Collaborated with Inventory Deployment Analyst (1) to ensure

recommended shipments are within an accurate store specific

threshold, (2) to ensure system flow from Demand to Fulfillment is

accurate for allocations, (3) to project proper build at Sku/store

level for promotions and events requiring certain lift

o Collaborated with Merchants to gain knowledge of and perspective on

new items approaching market in order to prepare for appropriate

system setups, tentative promotions and CRM that may have an effect

on the type of lift/build to expect a given week to produce

o Collaborated with Space Planner to ensure forecasts meet Minimum

Presentation Quantities

o Collaborated with Production/Operations to account for any Supply

Chain mishaps that could negatively impact the forecast indirectly

including a low stock to sales ratio resulting from vendor

constraints on raw materials effecting finished goods and

replenishment needs

. Co-managed the Consensus process for True Blue Spa with Merchandise

Planner by determining either the balance between or the most accurate

among an unconstrained unit forecast and a constrained unit/dollar plan

and converting this plan, if necessary, into units that will systemically

flow to Deployment for allocation

. Provided Forecasting team with knowledge shares of better processes

discovered during system use, process integration and/or planning

. Developed unit plans/recommendations for the hand and foot categories of

True Blue Spa to seed the merchandise plan. Approval obtained for the

Spring 2008 buys during the Merchandise Planning Review Meeting and

expected to reduce planning time for business partners

. Developed initial unit recommendations for the body category of True Blue

Spa based on the Manugistics' forecast. Approximately 50% of the

recommendations were approved and seeded 100% of the Spring 2008 sales

plan.

. Challenged current operational thinking regarding the best practices for

forecast evolvement within the Manugistics system. Suggestions were

appreciated and understood, but were not adopted into current practice

due the newness of processes.

The Center

. Supported the Center and Bath and Body Works Merchandise, Planning &

Allocation teams in their initial efforts towards the defining and

refining of the Demand Forecaster role

. Co-developed an initial forecasting process that assisted in the

evolution of active processes currently being perfected by users

. Collaborated with partners at brands to introduce demand forecasting as

the future of Limited Brands and obtain initial buy in

. Trained formally in the Demand, Event and Fulfillment modules of the

forecasting tool, Manugistics, by Manugistics University and relative

consultants. Power user of Manugistics' Demand and Event modules.

Rogers Corporation, Forecasting Project Manager/Process Owner

(Consultant/Intern) 2005 Rogers, CT

. Developed a 14-day forecasting process for all domestic and

international business units as the official format for monthly

forecasting initiatives - Anticipate operators will shorten process

length to 10 days after learning curve increases

. Developed and initiated a 10-day forecasting process pilot program for

contrasting facilities to test process validity and proficiency

. Visited all domestic business units to collaborate with junior and senior

level management to better implement the cross-functional needs of the

organization into the process

. Collaborated with the CEO to analyze the current life and future

progression of the forecasting process

. Trained junior and senior level management about the financial,

purchasing and manufacturing benefits, regarding sales and inventory

levels, when proper forecasting and sales and operations planning

processes exist among all areas of the organization

. Managed the communicative efforts between Rogers Corporation and

forecasting software companies that potentially satisfy the quantitative

requirement of the process and can provide a profitable partnership with

Rogers. Companies included Hyperion and Steelwedge Software.

. Managed the software demonstration by Steelwedge Software company by

demanding a tailored series of requirements and ensuring cross-functional

representation at the meeting

First Tennessee Bank /UT MBA Program, Market Opportunity Analyst & Project

Manager 2004 Knoxville, TN

. Analyzed Hispanic business owners' value hierarchies and performed market

opportunity analyses

. Identified financial service options specific to Hispanic business owners

to establish profitable, long-term customer relationships

. Presented to an executive team of Hispanic business owners and First

Tennessee Bank officials offering a strategic plan for improving brand

recognition and competitive advantages in order to increase market share

and profitability

21st Mortgage Corporation, Recovery Specialist/Financial Counselor 2003-

2004 Knoxville, TN

Berkshire Hathaway Subsidiary

. Assisted with the reorganization of the Recovery Department to prompt

activity on files ranging up to five years old

. Managed approximately 30 recovery files for collection on deficiency

balances averaging $20,000 each

. Used Equifax, Experian, and Trans Union, to analyze the current credit

status of customers and update current information in the AS/400

technology system, providing customers with repayment options to assist

in financial planning

. Ordered title commitments and appraisals of land with values ranging up

to approximately $200,000 for each property

. Organized, validated and audited loan documents returned from closing

agent, within 24 hours, for final processing

. Promoted to Recovery Specialist from Junior Land/Home Coordinator in 2004

Estee Lauder, Proffitt's Incorporated (Now Belk Corporation), Sales Lead

2000-2003 Knoxville, TN

. Demonstrated products, consulted with individual clients, met and

exceeded average daily sales goals of $600+ regularly

. Generated approx. $80,000 in sales in 2002 as a part-time employee,

maintained over 91% of the overall sales goals

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOMENT ACTIVITIES

2008-present

. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, member

. United Way contributor

2006-2008

. Represent Limited Brands through community efforts servicing Columbus

residents

. Represent Limited Brands as a recruiter at the annual NBMBAA conference

. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, member

. United Way contributor

2004-2005

. Graduate Assistant for the Executive-in-Residence (EIR) Program. Serve as

the liaison between senior level executives of Fortune 500 companies and

MBA faculty, students and administration

. Study Abroad Tour of Europe (cities include: London, Prague, Florence,

Paris), May 2005

. Represented UT in the annual NBMBAA Case Competition in San Diego,

California

. Torch Fund: Co-managed a $250,000 stock portfolio with 5 other MBA

students for Jim Clayton, CEO, Clayton Homes (Berkshire Hathaway

Subsidiary)

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