Experience

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  Kinney shoes

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1995

  Department head - store planning and allocation

  Managed planning and allocation for over 1,400 stores internationally in several different departments. This also included leading a team in distribution in each department.

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  Kmart corporation

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1998

  Senior assortment planner and allocation

  Planned sales (over $1B annually) and merchandise needs for over 1,500 Kmart stores for over 10,000 SKUs. Led team that purchased and distributed the merchandise.

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  Selfcare

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Senior assortment planner

  Managed planning and distribution for all personal and baby care business for both catalog and website. Also planned and purchased for television shopping events.

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  Gaiam

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

  Project manager

  Successfully completed the implementation of market leading planning and inventory management software. Managed product.

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  Direct tech, inc.

  Mar 2002 - Jun 2012

  Director of client services

  Oversee clients services including all client contact, training, documentation and sales to existing clients. Also manage user conference.

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  Cognizant

  Mar 2003 - now

  Director sales, customer success and marketing

  Lead the team managing 81 retail brands using our planning and inventory solution. Also lead new customer acquisition and marketing for the solution.

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  Cognizant softvision

  Jun 2012 - Jul 2020

  Vice-president, customer success

  Manage customer relationships, training, sales, support, and implementations. Responsible for over $4M in annual revenue via SaaS, on-premises, and additional products and services for over 60 customers world wide.