
jennifer wellner
category manager - target team
About
I am known for being a strategic, collaborative, and detailed professional with over 10 years of experience in omni channel retail strategy and category management who thrives on challenges and fast paced environments. I am goal oriented and positioned to deliver results through fact-based insights and recommendations that ultimately drive action. I am also proficient in merchandising to maximize productivity while creating a great shopping experience for the Customer / Guest. Below are some of my key strengths... Accountable | Achiever | Analytical | Creative | Focused Areas of Expertise * Business Category Management * Competitive Market Analysis * Consumer Data Analysis * JDA Space Planning * MerchIQ, Partners Online and CKS * Microsoft Office Suite * Partnerships & Negotiations * Presentation Strategies & Execution * Project Management * Shopper Insights & Eye Tracking Study Please feel free to contact me for additional information at j8wellner@gmail.com
united states
minneapolis
retail
merchandising, visual merchandising, management, planograms, retail, store management, assortment, cpfr, forecasting, inventory control, inventory management, pricing, profit, p&l, p&l management, cross functional team leadership
Experience

merchandise presentation analyst
regis corporation
* Collaborated with Divisional Merchant, Inventory Analyst, and Product Managers bi-monthly on revision of plan-o-guides to accommodate new or deleted products within a vendor line by evaluating GMROI in Retail Ideas to support product placement using JDA Space Planning * Reviewed floor plans to ensure vendor lines were in the correct location based on visual merchandising principles * Designed monthly, promotional plan-o-guides featuring the focus vendor and additional promotions * Trained and lead co-workers on JDA Space Planning and Shop Talk (monthly publication) principles

buyer
bellacor

assistant category manager and buyer
advance auto parts

senior planogram analyst
advance auto parts
* Created and managed production of 600 planogram versions in support of 17 categories worth $1.6 billion in annual sales for over 3,400 stores * Analyzed and developed a space to sales strategy for a $429 million Motor Oil business to reduce inventory and align space to sales * Project managed a Puerto Rico initiative to reduce unproductive inventory, drive incremental sales and gross margin, and produce a higher return on space through expanded assortments in a $110 million market * Drove a 3 basis point improvement in overall ease of planogram execution year over year for a $1.6 billion business unit * Managed the Off Shelf Placement (OSP) program by managing timelines, analyzing financial data, facilitating meetings and creating planograms * Achieved Business Insights Bronze Certification through Delta Associates, Inc. and Level 2 JDA Certification on Space Planning

assistant manager
walgreens
* Managed and trained over 15 team members on store operations/procedures increasing productivity and levels of execution to meet sales goals * Developed and managed promotional projects in high traffic areas and visual merchandising within the store to increase store sales * Completed business management internship program

category manager - target team
mattel, inc.
Education
university of wisconsin - eau claire
leadership
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