Virginia Ray, Inventory Planner195 Jackson Street #22 | Denver, CO 80206 | va_l_ray@yahoo.com | 805-448-9825

KeywordsInventory Planning, Purchasing & Analysis | Customer Analysis | Inventory Allocation | Merchandising Merchandise Planning | Hard Goods & Soft Goods | Collaboration & Team Building | Forecasting by Line & SKU Margin Analysis | Leadership | Training | Presentations | Private Label Planning | Lead-Time Management

ExperienceInventory Management

Managed $3.5 Million in annual inventory across 10 private labels, including all phases of planning and designthrough allocation

Managed $3.5 Million in annual inventory from dozens of outside vendors Analyzed customer needs, based on in-person contact and sales reports Analyzed sales by channel, including web, retail, and catalog to the SKU level Reported sales according to sales, margins, markdowns, and cost of goods by category and SKU Developed action plans at the management and sales levels Analyzed trends and trajectories for ongoing inventory and markdown planning

Problem-Solving Collaborated with vendors to ensure timely and accurate product delivery Addressed changes in vendor product to maintain availability to customers and simultaneously eliminate

excess inventory Adjusted orders and inventory based on turn and sales trends Identified inventory issues that affected customers, including backorders, defective merchandise, and returns

Communication & Analysis Informed stakeholders of issues and communicated needed adjustments Influenced marketing and merchandising on inventory selection Communicated to warehouses about upcoming space needs Communicated solutions to call centers on issues that affected customers Analyzed large amounts of data from multiple channels, culled key data, and presented it so that stakeholders

could act on it Analyzed qualitative data as part of recommendations and planning Determined what information stakeholders needed, developed queries, and generated reports

Computing Excel (including Pivot Tables and V-lookups) | MS Word | Internal Sales & Inventory Programs

EmploymentMerchandise Planning Analyst | CBNB / Magellan LLC January 2013 – June 2014Inventory Purchasing Analyst | Magellan’s Travel Supplies January 2011 – December 2012Retail Analyst / Merchandising Liaison | Magellan’s Travel Supplies January 2009 – December 2010Retail Store Manager | Magellan’s Travel Supplies April 1999 – January 2009

EducationMaster of Arts | Cultural Anthropology Bachelor of Arts | AnthropologyUniversity of California, Santa Barbara University of Arkansas, Fayetteville