CHRIS BURGESS
**-** **** ****** – Jackson Heights, NY 11372
**********@*****.***
SUMMARY
Gary A. Michak – Attorney At Law
Shavertown, PA (Remote – Temp)
*/** – Current
Processing/Creating Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documentation for ongoing cases.
Macy’s, New York, NY
Associate Manager – Planning, Allocation, Size Analytics
4/10 – 9/14
Supported My Macy’s Localization with a goal of 85-90% match rates for prepacks by identifying and supporting opportunities.
Development/Initiation of size strategies that supported the growth of Private Brands and Top 69 doors by the execution of SQL queries.
Presented and aligned strategic prepack recommendations to MMG Brand/Product teams in partnership with MDS.
Collaborated with MDS Size counterparts when developing and/or shifting seasonal strategies.
Recapped results for key initiatives and identified changes to prepacks and sizing for Director on a weekly basis.
Worked with Brand Planners to determine what is selling, what we have too much inventory of, AUR’s, sell-thru, markdowns, turnover, sales forecasts, margins and making comparisons to Plan and LY numbers.
Macy’s, New York, NY
Senior Replenishment Analyst
2/06 – 4/10
Assisted the planners regarding forecasting, seasonality profiles, maintenance of high priority items, maintenance of planning calendar and overall business plan.
Regularly communicated with planners, regional divisions, buyers, product managers and the warehouse to ensure timely delivery of product.
Reported on a daily basis using Data Warehouse – shipping, projected vs. actual, low inventory, time-phase inventory, warehouse, divisional orders, etc. Daily maintenance and weekly running of Key Item reports.
Worked with Finance on setting up First Costs, Guaranteed Landing Costs, Standard Costs, etc.
Expedited data queries on a daily basis to ensure the ordering system was linked up properly; averting delays with ordering and shipment of goods.
Estee Lauder Inc., New York, NY
Budget Administrator, Global Education Services
3/00 – 8/05
Administered the EL Uniform program. Maintained, processed and approved over 8,000 individual orders annually. Provided daily tracking information to the field.
Served as a liaison between field executives and uniform manufacturer. Assisted in developing fiscal plan and ensured that field executives remained on budget.
Supervised special uniform Gift with Purchase promotion. Processed and approved over 3,200 individual orders from EL counter personnel (beauty advisors).
Assisted in providing holiday gifts for nearly 10,000 beauty advisors.
Processed Basic/Demo product orders for Education department on a seasonal basis.
Processed and tracked expense reports for the Education field.
Created purchase orders for the Education department. Worked closely with Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.
Federated Merchandising Group, New York, NY
Assistant Manager
6/95 – 10/99
Tracked air and ocean freight shipments from Asia and Europe to all Federated doors, including Macy’s.
Regularly communicated with vendors, steamship companies, airlines, brokers, US Customs Service and shippers to ensure timely delivery.
Managed distribution of half of all merchandise to Federated retail stores worldwide.
EDUCATION
The State University of Stony Brook
Bachelor of Arts
1995
COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Lotus Notes and Outlook.