Paul Skerry is a business intelligence specialist and merchandising professional based in Columbus, Ohio. He has over 6 years of experience in retail analytics, inventory planning, and business strategy roles at Express and Abercrombie & Fitch. His expertise includes margin enhancement, systems implementation, data analytics, inventory deployment, and strategic business planning. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Hotel Administration from Cornell University with concentrations in Finance and a minor in Real Estate.

1. Paul A. Skerry
160 LibertySt.#4519
Columbus,OH43215
www.LinkedIn.com/in/PaulAndrewSkerry Cell:216-650-1866
PaulSkerry@Gmail.com
BUS I N ES S IN TEL . SP EC I A L I S T / MER C H A N D I S I N G PR O F ES S I ONAL
Project Management  Strategic Business Planning  Analytics Systems Expertise
Accomplished professional recognized for helping deliver strong earnings, profit, and productivity gains; generating
comprehensive and robust decision models to guide cross-functional strategic objectives; and leveraging both
historical and forecasted sales data to enhance decision making precision. Strong technical skills work in tandem with
functionally diverse business experiences to shape an influential, researched, and results focused point ofview.
COMPETENCIES
 Margin Enhancement
 Staff Development
 Systems Expert
 Project Planning & Risk Analysis
 Policies & Procedures Development
 Financial Planning & Modeling
 Strategic Business Planning
 Productivity Enhancement
 Business Intel. “Super User”
 Cross-Functional Leader  Inventory Deployment Strategist  Excel & Powerpoint Specialist
EMPLOYMENT
EXPRESS (www.express.com) – Columbus, OH
Express, Inc. is a leading American fashion brand for young women and men. Express operates over 600 stores in the United
States and generates 1.8 billion in annual sales.
Store Analyst – Columbus, Ohio (Feb 2013 – Sep 2013)
Men’s Tailored Store Planner – Columbus, Ohio (Sep 2013 – December 2014)
Total Company Sizing and Systems Planner – Columbus, Ohio (December 2014 – Present)
 Total Company Sizing and Systems Planner position was newly created to own all company sizing information and
to lead business intelligence implementation as well as training. Led company’s first seasonal size selling hindsight
to all cross-functional leads that identified size selling deficiencies and opportunities. Findings were published and
distributed globally as the company’s size selling reference manual.
 As a recognized and accredited systems’ expert, was elected to be on the project management team as a “Super
User” organizing company-wide business intelligence upgrades. Designed and executed system tests procedures
to ensure successful system integration. Selected to conduct peer training with program implementation as a
member of the “Operational Change Management” team.
 Reengineered size analysis system to dramatically increase accuracy of results and built reporting mechanism to
automate adjustments to inventory allocation strategies. Went live globally earlier than projected due to the
measure of accuracy improvement and the acknowledged business need.
 Pinpointed ideal inventory levels for key item grossing $36M annually based on situational analysis to maximize
inventory efficiencies. Presented findings to VP of P&A and recommendations were implemented to model future
target inventory levels. Was subsequently chosen to overhaul multiple core departments’ merchandise buying
and assorting tools. Selected to become trainer of all new team hires in Microsoft Excel.
 Overhauled the processing procedures of uniquely packaged suit jackets to expedite high ticket inventory flow to
sales floor. Process improvements helped to justify company investment into new facilities and resources to
continue improving inventory flow through.

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ABERCROMBIE & FITCH (www.abercrombie.com) – New Albany, OH
Major US corporation selling upscale men's, women's, and children’s casual clothes/accessories and operating 1.045K stores
(including websites for each brand) domestically and internationally. Employs 9K FTEs and 76K PTEs worldwide with $4.158B
revenues and planned global expansion.
Associate Merchant – New Albany, OH (2010 – 2012)
Facilitating cross functional teams’ collaboration, developing/reporting valuable selling conclusions to key decision
makers, and leveraging vendor relationships to deliver measurable margin improvements. Promoted from Assistant
to Associate Merchant. Served as Intern mentor and interviewing coach to successfully assist in recruiting multiple
new hires. Developed and trained two direct reports to achieve promotions within the first year.
Noteworthy Contributions:
 Designed cost improvement initiatives on the Hollister Polos and Henleys team to beat Fall’11 avg. unit cost
target by $0.05 (~1% of total), delivered all Spring ’12 merchandise at -7% to LY cost, and positioned department
to beat Fall’12 target by additional $0.04 (despite cotton cost pressures with prices spiking 246% to all-time highs
from Apr’10 to Apr’11).
 Played key role in streamlining/standardizing reporting by utilizing business Intelligence data analytics software
(Abercrombie.B.I.) to automatically distribute weekly reports to all cross functional teams regarding upcoming
week’s critical business decisions (derived information from merchant software). Led training initiative to teach
merchants how to best leverage the ABI software in their own categories.
 Strategized, delivered, and executed product style tests to pinpoint emerging fashion trends backed by statistical
analysis and data driven findings that captured volume opportunities. Leveraged strong vendor relationships to
creatively fund these programs while avoiding costly production interruptions.
EDUCATION
CORNELL UNIVERSITY – Ithaca, NY
Bachelor of Science inHotel Administration(Graduated2010)
Concentration Degree Achieved inFinance
Minor Degree Achieved inReal Estate
Dean’sList(2009)
MEMBERSHIPS
ColumbusYoung Professionals
Short North Muay Thai
Cornell Clubof NE Ohio
Cornell Real Estate Alumni
Shaker Hockey Alumni
Cornell Hotel Society
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity