John Jefferson III

Experience

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  CompUSA

  Nov 2001 - Jul 2003

  Inventory Analyst

  Responsibilities included: maintaining appropriate amount of merchandise in retail stores to support sales, balancing budgets, analyzing, compiling and imputing data, sales forecasting, vendor negotiations and item performance tracking, providing product.

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  JCPenney

  Jul 2003 - Jul 2007

  Allocation Analyst

  Responsibilities included: allocating and managing assortments based on a buyer's intent and objectives, ensuring presentation standards for advertised items, managing flow of replenishment merchandise to stores, partnering with buyer’s and planners to drive retail profitability and inventory productivity.

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  Westin Hotels & Resorts

  Jul 2007 - Aug 2011

  Line Cook / Banquet Chef

  Responsibilities included: managing time and physical resources, accurately maintaining food safety documentation, monitoring food inventory levels, forecasting daily sales by item for service prep.

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  Haggar Clothing Co.

  Aug 2011 - Mar 2013

  Merchandise Allocator

  Responsibilities included: cross-communicating with customer sales and planning teams on a daily basis, creating, modifying and adjusting purchase orders, partnering with sourcing to prioritize factory production flow and manage production capacity levels, creating ladder plans and ad hoc excel reports as needed.

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  RadioShack

  Mar 2013 - Apr 2015

  Merchandise Planner

  Responsibilities included: planning of inventory purchases, reviewing and analyzing demand history of stores and alternate channels, item forecasting, working closely with Product Manager in managing OTB and achieving sales goals, monitoring sales trends for demand planning

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  Dickies®, a Williamson-Dickie Mfg. Co. brand

  Apr 2015 - Nov 2023

  Supply Planner

  Responsibilities included: reviewing sales history and Logility DRP reports, submitting purchase order requests to sourcing, liaising with customer service regarding product availability inquiries, communicating urgent shipments to the transportation team to fast track inbound deliveries from port, maintaining a priority shipment unload file for the distribution center, de-expediting purchase orders when demand decreases to maintain quarterly financial goals, coordinating purchasing and timely delivery prior to launch dates for special projects (new product introductions and co-branding events). Show less