Sofia Montanarelli

-Facilitate collaboration across functions: Demand Planning/Finite Scheduling/Transportation/Warehouse Operations/Customer Service. -Create/edit transfer orders in WMS system and EDI same to Transportation/3PL -Maintain service levels in DC markets at or above established targets by SKU class. -Evaluate inventory coverage at DC's and initiate re-deployment as necessary to minimize waste risk. -Manage the inventory transitions of seasonal limited editions as well as new and discontinued items. -Manage warehouse utilization at the plants within targeted range to leverage assets and minimize storage. -Plan pallet direct loading for the plants and execute within metric targets. -Develop training guides, process changes, and SOP's as needed. -KPI reporting

-Manages relationships with global sales team and ensures forecast accuracy and global inventory is managed. -Conduct category sales and operations planning sessions with cross-functional members including Product Line Managers, Sales, Finance and Marketing teams to provide current status of business through detailed reporting on a daily basis, in a summarized manner for senior leaders. -Provide analytical data on global inventory and sell-through to cross-functional teams for line planning. -Synthesize data from Global LTS and Sales budgets to generate global buy-plan for the year. -Analyze forecasts to plan capacity based on historical order dates and subsidiary capacity requests. -Review production delays with Supply Chain Management team to ensure that customer and sales needs are met. -Lead cross functional meetings between Sales and CS to manage Supply review after peak-PO placement period.

-Invoicing, processing shipments from international accounts. -Manage K2 Germany account -Customs documentation creation -Sales order entry for shipments exporting from warehouse as well as shipments shipping direct from the vendor to our accounts -Work with the warehouse and freight forwarders to arrange Seattle Export shipments -Acts as the main contact for all information pertaining to the accounts that are being managed -Work with the Credit Manager regarding account payment status -Organizes and maintains order and shipment files in accordance with accounting standards, US customs export and corporate retention policies -Issues return material authorizations in compliance with K2 return and warranty policies

• Assist Brooks merchandising team in web redesign, rebuilding product detail pages in Business Manager. • Cross-referencing product info to new product detail page templates with back-end and consumer-facing attributes. • Data entry using Sales Force, Infor software, and Business Manager in order to create new collections. Researching a/b testing and using past sales to determine top selling products for future sales.

• Sales lead for team of employees, organizing, training, merchandising and distributing daily work duties. • Selling jewelry and ensuring that daily sales goals are made. • Informing customers on product knowledge with everything between designers, types of metals, and specifications for the silver/gold make of product.

• Analyzing pricing reports for daily flash sales events. • Pricing products, comparative shopping, analyzing catalog creations through pivots and changes in data. Created home catalog, audited men’s wear catalog and worked on pricing woman’s clothing.

Assist with the collection of Event IDs and demand for monthly calendar. Work with site merchandisers to coordinate cross-divisional themes. Audit notes and the image tab to ensure they are set up correctly. Coordinate and execute sample collection for divisional events. May assist in creative needs for Merch. Keep abreast of industry trends, new products, and competition. Ability to remain flexible and willing to change strategies as business needs dictate. Deliver creative assets to the Creative team in a timely manner (images, press kits, reel assets, samples for photo shoots). Responsible for data entry pertaining to the needs of the business. Worked on data entry, and the analyzation of reports to come to conclusions of final product. Other project management as needed.

Gained retail experience by organizing, pricing, and setting up clothes throughout the store. Worked at the register checking out customers, and helping customers with any final requests such as alterations, transferring items from another store, and putting items on hold. Learned a lot about the needs and wants of many customers in relationship to the type of fit and look that shoppers were looking for from the products in the store.

Study apparel merchandising through textiles, accounting, economics, team building, visual appeals, fashion forecasting, photoshop, indesign, illustrator programs. Learn merchandising mathematics and use of microsoft word, powerpoint, and excel. Gained experience in classes through leadership and management skills.