PLANNING SUPPORT
Helping your business to plan the right type of inventory, in the right quantities, to be available for your customers at the right time and place, reducing markdowns and maximizing profit
ANSWERS THESE KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR PRODUCT
What should I buy?
Product performance review templates and assortment planning tools
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Helps in determining the right mix of products to offer your customers, considering factors like historical product performance, trends, and market demand. Ultimately providing your customers with an appealing and balanced product mix.
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How much should I buy?
Stock management for inventory optimization, with Open-to-Buy budgeting.
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With effective stock management, you will minimize stockouts, reduce dead stock, improve cash flow, and enhance your customer's experience. All leading to less markdowns, maximizing your margin potential.
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How and when should I plan?
Planning process improvements and implementation.
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Based on your specific business needs, you will know exactly when and how to plan so that you get the right merchandise to your customers when they need it.
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PREVIOUS CLIENTS
Demand Forecasting | RAD Power Bikes | Utrecht, NL
Created a demand forecasting template to help determine future demand of bikes and the quantity that should be ordered to meet future financial targets. Ran the forecasting for the business for 5 months.
Tableau Creator | Under Armour EMEA | Amsterdam, NL
Supported the analytics team by creating Tableau reports for the Retail and Wholesale planning teams. Created work flows in Tableau Builder to connect data sources before pulling through to visualizations on Tableau online.
General Planning Consultant | Splash of Pink | Connecticut, US
General merchandise planning consultancy to drive the business forward and provide planning processes and procedures to ensure that the right stock is bought. Created In-Season Trading templates to mange re-orders and Returns, as well as an Open-to-Buy template for optimal stock management
Demand Forecasting | Nifty Gifts | Western Cape, ZA
Created forecasting template and sale dashboard to better inform buying process for the eCommerce site.
General Planning Consultant | DC ONE | Gauteng, ZA
Review planning process and procedures to advise on best way forward to drive better profits. Created OTB template for the business to populate so that the correct type and levels of product can be bought to maximize profits and reduce markdowns.
TEMPLATES
With a wealth of knowledge on Merchandise Planning and the tools needed for to support this, as well as a keen handle of Excel, I am able to create customized templates that will help to drive your business forward.​
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In-season trading templates
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Forecasting templates
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Open-to-Buy templates
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Performance dashboards
“Kelly ended up being part of our team for 10 months and has in that time revolutionized our sales and inventory forecasting, that has a lasting effect on how we do business and how our marketing team operates still today. "
Nikoletta Vecsei Harrold | Senior Marketing Manager Europe
"Kelly is a very experienced sales / retail planner. The value add to our team was noticeable from day one, she is diligent and reliable and very strong at driving process improvements. Her ways of working, communication style and relationship management is excellent."
Siobhan Kehoe | Senior Manger of Sales Planning
“Her technical skills are outstanding, and she also excels in her communication. She also has a good knowledge/hunger of product knowledge and a sense for retail development and needs."
Andre Benders | Director Demand Planning