1. Virginia Ray, Inventory Planner
195 Jackson Street #22 | Denver, CO 80206 | va_l_ray@yahoo.com | 805-448-9825
Keywords
Inventory Planning, Purchasing & Analysis | Customer Analysis | Inventory Allocation | Merchandising
Merchandise Planning | Hard Goods & Soft Goods | Collaboration & Team Building | Forecasting by Line & SKU
Margin Analysis | Leadership | Training | Presentations | Private Label Planning | Lead-Time Management
Experience
Inventory Management
 Managed $3.5 Million in annual inventory across 10 private labels, including all phases of planning and design
through allocation
 Managed $3.5 Million in annual inventory from dozens of outside vendors
 Analyzed customer needs, based on in-person contact and sales reports
 Analyzed sales by channel, including web, retail, and catalog to the SKU level
 Reported sales according to sales, margins, markdowns, and cost of goods by category and SKU
 Developed action plans at the management and sales levels
 Analyzed trends and trajectories for ongoing inventory and markdown planning
Problem-Solving
 Collaborated with vendors to ensure timely and accurate product delivery
 Addressed changes in vendor product to maintain availability to customers and simultaneously eliminate
excess inventory
 Adjusted orders and inventory based on turn and sales trends
 Identified inventory issues that affected customers, including backorders, defective merchandise, and returns
Communication & Analysis
 Informed stakeholders of issues and communicated needed adjustments
 Influenced marketing and merchandising on inventory selection
 Communicated to warehouses about upcoming space needs
 Communicated solutions to call centers on issues that affected customers
 Analyzed large amounts of data from multiple channels, culled key data, and presented it so that stakeholders
could act on it
 Analyzed qualitative data as part of recommendations and planning
 Determined what information stakeholders needed, developed queries, and generated reports
Computing
 Excel (including Pivot Tables and V-lookups) | MS Word | Internal Sales & Inventory Programs
Employment
Merchandise Planning Analyst | CBNB / Magellan LLC January 2013 – June 2014
Inventory Purchasing Analyst | Magellan’s Travel Supplies January 2011 – December 2012
Retail Analyst / Merchandising Liaison | Magellan’s Travel Supplies January 2009 – December 2010
Retail Store Manager | Magellan’s Travel Supplies April 1999 – January 2009
Education
Master of Arts | Cultural Anthropology Bachelor of Arts | Anthropology
University of California, Santa Barbara University of Arkansas, Fayetteville