Nancy Louis
Corporate professional with exceptional expertise in Space & Floor Planning, Store
Merchandising, Store Planning, New Store Product Assortments, Space & Project Management and Planning Strategies & Execution in the Food, Beverage and Retail Hospitality industry.
22 Main Street
Bradley Beach, NJ 07720
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EXPERIENCE
OTG Hospitality Management, NYC, NY
Space Planning Category Manager
DECEMBER 2020 - MARCH 2024
Ownership of dry food categories generating Nexgen Planograms for current, store specific and new stores. Developed new product assortments increasing sales for 100+ venues within the US and Canada airports. Created strategies and processes to optimize product placement and fine-tuning visual aesthetics during monthly product launches & merchandising resets. Resolved Merchandising Remedy Tickets daily from stores. Worked closely with the CEO of Nexgen Space Planning Software in the development of new functionality of the Nexgen Software. Toys”R”Us Headquarters, Wayne, NJ
Senior Space Management & Merchandise Specialist
MARCH 2006 - DECEMBER 2018
Manage assortments for over 600+ planograms utilizing JDA Software for Resets/Refreshes, store specific, new and re-molded stores and chain. Set Lab with merchants & vendors, managed Remedy Tickets for full chain, owned POG generation for the Electronic Categories; Nintendo, Toys To Life, Sony, Switch, Xbox, First Act. Withum, Smith & Brown, Red Bank, NJ
Administrative Assistant - Accounting Firm
FEBRUARY 2020 - MAY 2020 (Seasonal)
Organize, assemble, scan Client Financial Tax documentation for the preparation for the Partners to prepare. File e-File Authorization Forms, log & report preparation, assemble final returns.
Bear Buddies, Westfield, NJ
Entrepreneur, Event Party Planner & Retail Storefront 1999 - 2006
Successful high-end party planning storefront delivering retail & party venue stuffing, bringing to life and dressing your favorite furry friend. Microsoft Software Consultant, Westfield, NJ
1988 - 1999
Certified Apple Instructor, Instructor-=Led Classroom Style & One-on-One to Schering, Sony, Philip Morris, Chubb, J&J, Exxon, ComputerLand and Computer Factory. POSITIONS DURING JOB SEEKING
2024 - 2025 Day Manager/Breakfast/Reservations, The Carriage House, Ocean Grove, NJ 2019 Nanny - Autistic Child & sibling, Jackson, NJ 2017 - 2019 Manager F & B, Seasonal, Colts Neck Golf Club, Colts Neck, NJ EDUCATION
Apple, Inc., Apple Certified Instructor, San Jose, CA Cittone Technical Institute, Edison, NJ
Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills, PA
ACHIEVEMENT
16+ years Space Management &
Category Merchandising for 2
Corporate Identities utilizing Blue
Yonder/JDA/IKB Database & Nexgen
Space Planning & Floor Planning
Software.
Ownership of 800+ Planograms that
transformed merchandising layouts
to flawless Nexgen Planograms
increasing OTG sales for over 120+
stores within US & Canada airports
during challenging processes and
faced-paced timelines.
Ownership of over 600+ Planograms
for Toys”R”Us Headquarters within
the Electronics Category for
Resets/Refreshes, Store Specific and
New Stores.
Keen eye for detail, outstanding
work ethic and strategic thinking.
SOFTWARE
Blue Yonder JDA Space Management
(Space Planning & Floor Planning
Retail Software)
Nexgen Planogram Software
Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel,
Word & PowerPoint)
POS Systems
VOLUNTEER
Special Olympics - 4 yrs.
Operation Smile -Student
Fundraiser’s - 3 yrs.
Girl Scouts of America - 6 yrs.