Monika Chwalek

Experience

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  Adecco Poland

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2009

  Recruitment Coordinator

  • enrolling candidates and providing information on the application process,• screening application forms and making preliminary selection of candidates,• leading recruitment and running selection processes,• preparing reports based on interviews,• working in accordance with Labor Code and Act on Temporary work.

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  Foot Locker Europe

  Jan 2010 - Oct 2017

  Retail professional with advanced communication skills, providing the “story” (explanations) behind the numbers. Accountable for the business performance, analysis and reporting. Inventory managment with the objective to improve turnover and increase gross margin.Development, coordination and review of location (regions) planning proces (forecast and budget), assortment, space and Ecommerce planning. • Leading and developing a team of 3 associates,• Link between Finance, Sales, Product and Logistics departments with goal to maximize sales, cross border projects,• Reviewing performance against plan & forecast, and creating reports. Presenting conclusions, advises to High Management,• Creating 12 month rolling forecast linked to financial plans and review with divisional management,• Working on “Out of the box” solutions, innovations and new business opportunities,• Making recommendations for processes and procedures,• Sales forecasting, planning and reporting on different levels (top-down and bottom-up): country/regions/markets/stores and in multiple timeframes: year/month/week/day,• Creating department and country financial plans that support the departmental merchandise strategy,• Reconciling bottom-up & top-down plans which support established financial targets. Assisting and analyze projection for long term business planning, • Developing space planning process, Show less Accountable for the development, coordination, and review of planning and inventory management for the group’s online shops across countries, the objective being to improve turnover and increase gross margin. • With the eCommerce Merchandising Team, identifying missed opportunities by region/store (profitability, turn, sales)• Creating department and country financial plans that support the departmental merchandise strategy. Roll up category plans into department plans• Reconciling bottom-up & top-down plans which support established financial targets• Managing, analyzing and further developing all financial and product reporting• Building location plans (Sales volumes by week, by day, by country) and support the plan submission• Ensuring assortment guidelines correspond with financial plans and merchandise strategy• Reviewing weekly performance against plan & forecast• With Product Line Manager eCommerce and Digital Merchandising, reviewing SKU performance, monitoring out-of-stock position, adjust inventory levels based on sales, market trends, replenishment guidelines, capacity and communication with ESC Team • Creating 12 month rolling forecast linked to financial plans and review with divisional management• Identifying department statistical trends based on past & current performance Show less • Compiling & analyzing historical sales data – running and analyzing daily/weekly/monthly reports and metrics to support business decisions,• Creating and updating reports to track special projects,• Making recommendations for current and future projects in maximizing ROI,• Identyfying opportunities and threats to optimize business processes,• Identifying statistical trends based on past and current performance,• Establishing and analyzing vendor performance targets with vendors and team,• Coordinating Returns to Vendors with various parties,• Organizing special shipments and pricing for braderies,• Coordinating procedures for stores selected to be closed for business. Show less • Allocating product to stores, ensuring availability and helping to drive sales by placing the most suitable products in the most suitable stores based on the latest trends,• Reviewing and adjusting merchandise distribution plans based on current trends, store performance and feedback from the field,• Monitoring products/stores performance (daily/weekly) to optimize distribution & sales, creating trackers for sales and inventory,• Monitoring out of stock positions by store and adjusting inventory levels based on sales levels and replenishment guidelines,• Maintaining SKUs (products): types, information; loading history and activating records, transferring to the best selling stores from the slow selling. Show less • Approving and creating SKUs and Purchase Orders for Apparel and Accessories, mainly Nike, Adidas, Alshaya, House of Hoops, Private Label• Data entry, regular system updates, maintaining any changes indicated by vendors or buyers like cost price, category, styles etc• Maintaining vendor’s documentation • Facilitation of mail: incoming and outgoing – registered, UPS, etc• Conduct collection of samples for E-commerce, Visual Merchandising, marketing and presentations, maintaining tags and files• Assisting with regular presentations and projects – products displays, preparing the materials, photos, information• Assisting whole buying team Show less

  • Planner

    Jan 2017 - Oct 2017

  • Planner, eCommerce

    Jun 2015 - Dec 2016

  • Associate Planner – Regional Planning

    Jan 2012 - May 2015

  • Merchandiser

    Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

  • Buyer Assistant

    Jan 2010 - Jan 2011
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  Suitsupply

  Nov 2017 - May 2018

  Senior Merchandise Planner

  Accountable for the biggest product group – Suits:• Analyzing past sales figures/trends to anticipate future product needs,• Inventory management, PO flow, controlling the deliveries,• Cooperation with other departments: Finance, DC, Marketing, Ecommerce etc., • Devising a merchandise plan,• Reporting,• Allocating stock,• Monitoring stock movement, considering markdowns, inter-branch transfers, promotions or clear outs,• Working with big datasets translating them into reports with conclusions and recommendations Show less

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  Foot Locker EMEA

  Jan 2019 - now

  Develops strategies for pricing to improve omni sales. Working closely with other teams on promotional roadmap, strategies, implementation and execution. Managing Markdown budget and forecasting spend. Monitoring and reporting on pricing performance. Connecting the product merchandise vision with the divisional financial strategies to deliver the on-going management of a profitable and productive product assortment across our omni channel European business.Forecasting, coordination, and scenario building of planning and inventory management from total company level down, with the objective of maximizing turn and gross margin through Product Lifecycle Management. Turning RFID data into actionable insights and models for the functional areas across the business in order to continuously drive process optimization and better decision making. From a product perspective, developing and managing the preparation, the use and the storage of data, in order to turn data gathered into actionable insights. These insights led to productivity increase of Foot Lockers product assortments, better liquidation of aged inventory, reduction of markdown spend.

  • Senior Pricing Manager

    Apr 2022 - now

  • Financial Planner

    Feb 2021 - Mar 2022

  • Senior Manager, Business Analysis RFID

    Jan 2019 - Jan 2021