Sales Manager
Resume:
JAMES PARSONS
Merchandise Planner
CONTACT
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* ****** ** ***** *****, AR, 72715
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Fayetteville, AR
BSBA Supply Chain Management (Dec 2015)
ADDITIONAL
SKILLS
Microsoft Office
Data Analysis
Adaptable
Strategic Thinking
Retail Link
Negotiating
Problem Solving
CONTACT
************@*****.***
5 Binham Ln Bella Vista, AR, 72715
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
Fayetteville, AR
BSBA Supply Chain Management (Dec 2015)
CAREER OBJECTIVE
Detail-oriented professional with 4.5+ years of experience and a proven knowledge of merchandising, distribution management, and data analysis. Seeking opportunities to leverage my skills.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PLANNER/REPLENISHMENT MANAGER
Walmart Inc., Bentonville, AR / May 2020 - Present
Managed and forecasted P&L financials.
Responsible for identifying business opportunities, finding a fix, creating the action plan, understanding the impact on the business, executing the action plan, and reflecting the impact in the financials.
Presented weekly recaps to leadership and merchandise counterparts on state of business.
Optimized product allocation that improved seasonal sell thru by +1,000 bps, Markdowns by +900 bp, and profit by +400 bps.
ASSOCIATE BUYER
Walmart Inc., Bentonville, AR / Feb 2018 – May 2020
Formulated and implemented strategies by leading cross-functional team members.
Met/exceeded sales, profit, and markdown targets given to me by my financial planning team for a $297M business.
Analyzed consumer data to optimize retails that increased item velocity within certain segments of the business resulting in 200 bps decrease in waste and 7% sales increase YOY.
Negotiated $1M savings from a $3M supplier cost increase to deliver best value to the consumer.
Implemented strategy that grew sales 7% in Walmart's FYE 2019 and MM% +150 bps. Initiated private brand program to drive innovation resulting in sales trend of +4% in Walmart's FYE 2020.
MERCHANDISE SPECIALIST
Walmart Inc., Bentonville, AR / Apr 2016 – Feb 2018
Created product flow strategies based on demand using Teradata and Retail Link queries to hit margin, sell through, and unit targets improving sell through by 300 bps YOY.
Created and implemented a macro tool that improved forecast accuracy and rounded pallets which resulted in less manual labor for our replenishment team, the DCs, and the stores.
Managed $10M worth of bulk orders placed by organizations through 4,000+ store locations.
Identified systematical reporting errors such as POS units reporting as POS lbs and actualized them in order to prevent over-inflated forecasts.
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