Business Analyst
Resume:
Melissa Gilbertson
***** **’ll Do Road
Pea Ridge, AR. 72751
Cell Phone 479-***-****
*******@*****.***
Objective
Obtain a challenging position with a growing company and apply my strong Analytical skills, retail link knowledge and my experience as a Corporate Buyers Assistant to facilitate in projecting, forecasting, and growing sales.
Qualifications
Over fifteen years of retail experience working for Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club as a Buyers Assistant. Six years experience working with Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club Vendors, as a National Sales Analyst. I have a vast knowledge of Retail Link, CCS, DSS, Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, CPFR, as well as how they operate their business.
* Ten Years with Wal-Mart
* Five Years with Sam’s Club
* One Year with Day Runner (Bought out by Mead)
* One Year with Andrew Sport/Plugg (Line was dropped)
* Four Years with Knothe Apparel. (Position was moved to NY)
Work History
2004- 2008 - Business Analyst-Knothe Apparel
* Responsible for forecasting and analyzing sales, receipts and inventory flow.
* Played a key role in purchasing decisions and implementation of the products.
* Increased Sales by 23% while reducing inventory by 12%.
* Increased our sku count by 6%.
* Developed a trusting relationship with the Buying Team.
* Responsible for clearing up all accounting issues.
* Responsible for setting up and approving all modular layouts.
* Worked at the layout center with the Buying Team to get modulars ready to be drawn.
* Handeled all customer service issues and special request.
*Prepared expense reports.
2003-2004-National Account Executive/Analyst-Andrew Sport/Plugg
* Responsible for forecasting and analyzing sales and inventory flow.
* Played a key role in planning and coordinating purchases.
* Increased Sales by 30% while reducing inventory by 10%.
* Increased our sku count by 40%.
* Developed a strong working relationship with the Buying Team.
* Had the number one selling short in men’s apparel.
* Attended the Sam’s Club YBM to represent our company.
* Resolved accounting and pricing issues.
*Prepared expense reports.
2002-2003 National Account Analyst-Day Runner-Wal-Mart Team
* Responsible for forecasting and analyzing sales, receipts and inventory flow.
* Increased our Sales by 20% by getting the right product to the right stores.
* Created a great trust with the Buyers, so they would consult us about changes in
the category assortment.
* Gained Buyers trust to write script orders for all the stores for the Back To
School Season.
* Worked with the design team to create new items for Wal-Mart.
* Responsible for setting and approving modulars.
1997-2002 Buyers Assistant for Sam’s Club-Men’s Apparel
* Taught Retail Link Classes to all of our Apparel Vendors.
* Responsible for Analyzing Sales and Inventory flow.
* Responsible for updating all price adjustments, internal buying loads, vendor
agreements and offsite warehouse inventory.
* Responsible for developing vendor relationships and being their main contact
for any issue that may come up.
* Contributed in growing category sales from $390m to $550m.
* Approved our layouts for Sam’s mailing catalog.
* Set-Up all new items and Vendor Agreements.
* Assisted in putting together Vendor Manuals for training.
* Worked in training the new Buyers in training for Sam’s Club.
1995-1997 Buyers Assistant for Wal-Mart-Jewelry
* Worked with the Senior Buyer, we were responsible for making sure all
deadlines were met.
* Responsible for all Tab Orders that had to be written for the Wal-Mart
Circular.
*Approved all Wal-Mart Circulars before they went to print.
* Responsible for all forecasting and analyzing sales, receipts, and inventory
flow.
* Set-up all new items and Vendor Agreements.
* The first team in the Jewelry Division to reach a billon dollar in sales.
* Attended all vendor appointments to give input on selecting items.
* Resolved accounting issues with vendors.
*Prepared expense reports.
1986-1995 Buyers Assistant for Wal-Mart Stationary
* Responsible for all forecasting and inventory flow.
* Set-up all new items and vendor agreements.
* Gave input on items we needed to carry for the following season.
* Assisted in modular sets.
* Wrote Back To School orders thru the CCS system.
* Resolved accounting issues and price discrepancies.
Key Accomplishments
* The first Jewelry Team to achieve a billion dollar sales year for Wal-Mart.
* Was selected to train all new buyer trainees that Sam’s recruited.
* Accomplished my fight to get all hourly associates a wage increase.
* Won the WOW item of the month award-Selected twice for great merchandise
selection.
* I always strive to do my best and learn as much as I can from the team I work with.
REFERENCES
Kim Wilichowski
Account Manager Fantasia
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Brian Minkoff
CEO of Knothe Apparel
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Joe Kielar
Sales Manager Knothe Apparel
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Dave Davis
Wal-Mart Divisional New Stores
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Jim Kelley
Wal-Mart HR Investigations People Division
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Samantha Davis
Replenishment Manager-Nestle Waters
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