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Kimberly Crociata

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McKinney, Tx 75070

Professional Experience:

Location Planner Walt Disney World Parks & Resort Merchandise Orlando, Fl 7/2006-4/2008• Developed assortment mix that complies with location profiles; influence and execute merchandise strategies, while maximizing productivity, fixture optimization, and profitability for 23 locations within the Magic Kingdom (including the Emporium) totaling $140M.

• Championed change through leadership and process development by providing location direction for both the short and long term goals; partnering with stakeholders to gain efficiencies, and fostering the continual improvement process.

• Developed and Executed location strategy for over 60 Hard ticket Events.

• Lead team in creating, analyzing, executing and communicating strategic merchandise plans to achieve business results.

• Provided Leadership through coaching, mentoring, and team development to ensure an environment with all partners that we are ONE team.

Category Planner WDW P&R Merchandise Orlando, Fl 1/2005-7/2006 and 1/99-08/02

• Developed and set strategies of annual merchandise plans by dept, including managing all company assets related to delivering financial results.

• Managed Open-to-Buy, delivering targeted costs and inventory levels to maximize profitability.

• Implemented current retail trends by attending trade shows, identifying market trends, researching best practices, and establishing a continual improvement process.

• Built and maintained strong relationships with all internal partners as well as our extensive Vendor base.

• Mentored, coached and developed all cast members to ensure we have high performance teams.

Procurement Inventory Planner WDW P&R Merchandise Orlando, FL 08/02-1/05

• Responsible for the automation of the reorder process through development of systems enablers and forecast/order modeling.

• Responsible for the ordering of product within the Open-to-Buy and the maintaining just in time inventory levels

• Partnered with Category and Location Planning to assist in decisions related to inventory levels, SKU data integrity, SKU productivity, and presentation quantities.

• Partnered with Logistics Engineering to identify strong vendor performance to ensure appropriate fill rate service level policies are executed.

Retail Guest Service Manager WDW P&R Merchandise Orlando Fl 9/97-1/99

• Managed the day-to-day operations at the World of Disney with emphasis on guest satisfaction, financial objectives, inventory control, cast excellence and recognition.

• Mentored, coached, and developed cast members in World Class Guest Service.

Sr. Merchandise Manager JC Penney Corporation TX and OK 1/88-9/97

• Determined merchandise assortments, managed open to buy through the re-order projections, sales analysis and markdown budgets.

• Trained and developed front line sales associates and Associate Merchandise Managers.

Education:

Southwest Texas State University San Marcos TX 1988

Bachelor of Business Administration

Major: Marketing

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