JANESSA SIREN
Guelph,Canada
Summary
Retail industry professional with over 15 years of experience. Expertise in inventory optimization, merchandise growth strategies, and aligning corporate buying strategies with field execution. Versatile manager with a background in coordinating diverse teams and managing complex projects. Skilled in strategic planning, operational improvement, and inventory management.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Inventory Planning Manager
TJX Canada
Mississauga, ON
01.2019 - Current
- Drive profitable sales through strategic inventory and assortment plans, aligning with corporate financial goals and vision.
- Develop sales and inventory turn targets (stock-to-sales ratio) for stores, ensuring alignment with organizational parameters and objectives.
- Leverage quantitative sales data, gross profit (GP), and markdowns to create optimal store inventory levels, and identify growth opportunities.
- Assess new business ventures by conducting detailed financial analyses, and presenting actionable recommendations to senior executives.
- Collaborate with visual merchandising, store operations, to achieve ideal presentation standards, store layout, inventory levels, and product adjacencies.
- Tailor merchandise plans for specific stores or regions, considering geographical trends, customer demographics, and localized needs.
- Monitor annual and seasonal objectives, along with key performance indicators (KPIs), identifying areas of opportunity, and providing strategic guidance to achieve targeted results.
- Provide market insights to departments, including Finance, Real Estate, and Buying, to influence strategic decision-making.
Merchandise Planning Manager
TJX Canada
Mississauga, ON
01.2012 - 01.2019
- Produced sales and inventory forecasts across multiple departments, supporting over $80M in annual sales.
- Collaborated with DVP, Divisional Merchandise Managers (DMM), to conduct business reviews and develop vendor/store matrices.
- Trend Open-To-Buy (OTB) weekly, monthly, and preseason to achieve optimal liquidity.
- Designed merchandise category strategies with a strong understanding of customer needs, product availability, and market trends.
- Directed a team of Allocation Analysts and Associate Planners, ensuring optimal assortment planning and allocation strategies.
- Monitor in-season performance, recommend course corrections, chase opportunities, and product development initiatives.
- Forecast financial sales context, goals for the future quarter/year.
- Partner with buying teams to identify distribution and vendor logistics opportunities.
- Optimized inventory flow into distribution centers while maintaining healthy inventory turns over 500 stores nationwide.
- Provide talent development in alignment with the company values.
Education
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) -
YORK UNIVERSITY
ON, CanadaSkills
- Financial Inventory and Assortment Management
- Open-to-Buy (OTB) Planning
- Team Leadership and Development
- Advanced Microsoft Office Suite
- Inventory Management
- Sales Forecasting
- Category Management
- Assortment Planning
- Demand Forecasting
Timeline
Inventory Planning Manager
TJX Canada
01.2019 - Current
Merchandise Planning Manager
TJX Canada
01.2012 - 01.2019
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) -
YORK UNIVERSITY
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