EXPERIENCE TIFFANY & CO. Parsippany, NJ & New York, NY

**** - ******* - ************* ******* *********** - Sr. Analyst

Collaborate in the management of the conception, design, planning and execution of process improvement projects of a divisional, cross divisional and company-wide nature. Work with management and staff to ensure the timely completion of individual projects and enhancements.

Collaborate to align project priorities with corporate objectives. Define objectives and potential gains of projects as well as ensure team alignment throughout.

Facilitate project team meetings and manage day-to-day aspects of projects. Effectively communicate project status to sponsors and stakeholders.

Participated in a cross functional project with Merchandising and Merchandising IT to implement a multi-system integration that supports all disciplines of Merchandising. Responsibilities included UAT testing, SOP documentation and training.

Assisted as a key member on the PLM Efficiencies Project. Attended design meetings, drafted meeting minutes, assisted in creating Use Cases and Scripts and performed UAT testing for new application.

Coordinated the Business Objects roll-out to include training sessions between IT and Merchandising. Ensured that all Merchandising users gained proper access to Business Objects and Live Office.

Acted as lead on the TPM project for Phase 1 and Phase 2 redesign and automation of Product Data maintenance. Assisted in the creation of functional and user test scripts. Assisted in user testing and created user manuals for training purposes for both phases.

Acted as MPI lead on the MS Office 2010 Upgrade. Coordinated testing for all Merchandising teams to test over 350 files across all Merchandising Applications. Met with Sr. Management to report on post-mortem documentation prior to go-live.

Participated as a team member on the design, testing, SOP documentation and implementation of the Merchandising Inventory Control department.

Participated as a core team member on creating a web based application to support product information and images that is used globally.

Assisted in the testing for implementation of a new Warehouse system by partnering with Distribution, Merchandising and IT.

Project leader for managing a yearlong test pilot for Tableau software; a data discovery tool that will produce analytics, dashboards and visualizations to be used by Merchandising Users and Senior Management.

2009 – 2011 - Merchandising Supply Management Process Improvement – Sr. Analyst

Collaborate in the management of the conception, design, planning and execution of process improvement projects of

a divisional, cross-divisional and company-wide nature. Work with management and staff to ensure the timely completion of individual projects and enhancements.

Collaborate to align project priorities with corporate objectives. Define objectives and potential gains of projects as well as ensure team alignment throughout.

Facilitate project team meetings and manage day-to-day aspects of projects. Effectively communicate project status to sponsors and stakeholders.

Co-lead on $750K project to design and implement a vendor/TCO management tool with a third party software company to improve and enhance Purchase Order Management through to Invoicing.

Create and present quantitative analysis to support Vendor Portal enhancement.

Administrator of P2P Share Point site. Responsible for content documents and issues log to share with core project team.

Led Supply Management team in testing the Auto-PO (Purchase Order) enhancement. The automatic feed of demand yields sufficiencies and excludes the manual process.

Led testing on enhancements to the VEP, Vendor Extranet Portal, and created the user guide.

Led testing on enhancements to the Auto-PO process and systematic Swatch requirements.

Create and maintain project documentation e.g. Agendas, meeting minutes, scope documents, flows and training manual as needed.

2000 - 2009 - Product Lifecycle Management Development - Assistant Manager

Develop and execute process/system enhancements involving Product Data Management applications that ensure sound product information structures are built and maintained to support the integrated flow of information throughout the Supply Chain.

Support the implementation of new information systems and business processes across various merchandising and operations business units.

Partner with IT and cross functional groups to design, develop and test various system enhancements, software and system upgrades such as Prop 65 Enhancement, VAS project and JDE manufacturing Branch Plant implementations.

Create and maintain informational templates, manuals, guidelines and SOP’s for user training, reporting and SOX controls.

Lead teams on process improvement initiatives to maximize best practices and gained efficiencies for daily operations to include automating programs and improving product category hierarchies.

Present and communicate enhancements, process updates and training to the PLM Operations team on a monthly basis.

Assist in the development of team members via coaching and utilizing the PMP process.

1999 - 2000 - Distribution Process Improvement Analyst - Sr. Analyst

Supported Warehouse operations daily processing and assist in process improvements for new warehouse.

Determine mapping for warehouse product by analyzing velocity of sales and staging product appropriately for order fulfillment.

Develop and document warehouse processes for better definition and user guidance.

Managed SKU File and CPQ data to support warehouse in Exeter/PKMS system.

Team member on Y2K project- performed and documented compliance testing on internal systems and report findings to senior management.

1997 – 1999 -MIO-Merchandising Information Office - Analyst

Assist in the creation and maintenance of product data and responsible for branch support. Responsibilities and duties included:

Support system administration for the TCO finished good inventory system.

Create skus by defined structure and item set up.

Perform quarterly Sku reclasses and price changes.

Create and maintain customer and branch reservations for allocating product and shipment to customers and stores.

Discrepancy reconciliation and report resolution.

Responsible for all Gem and Non-Gem description changes to ensure accurate representation of product on reports and tickets.

EDUCATION / TRAINING

Koala-T Project Mgmt Seminar

Project Management - Skillpath

Tiffany & Co. Leadership Development Training

APICS Study Group (Internal TCO Team)

Mira Costa College- Non Matriculated

County College of Morris

SKILLS

Microsoft Office Professional (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook), AS/400, MIPS, JD Edwards, Business Objects,

I-track, SharePoint -Team-site administration, Merchandising systems, Tableau Software.

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