Anthony Smorra
Director of Business Processes
- Role
- Director Business Process at Christmas Tree Shops
- Location
- Randolph, NJ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Anthony Smorra
Retail inventory and planning leader with a focus on process improvements that increase…
Experience
Director Business Process
Jul 2021 — Present · Union, NJ, US
Experienced process leader specializing in evaluation, design, execution, measuring, monitoring and control business processes. Work to ensure that business process outcomes are in harmony with the organization’s strategic goals. Highly cross functional role as a liaison between IT, finance, merchandising, marketing, planning and allocation to help improve the management of a business process, focusing on the entire process from beginning to end, introducing innovation into the process that can impact results, enhance profitability and assist the organization strategic and tactical initiatives.· Rehired to create data-based reporting tools and inventory process improvements to drive insightful and strategic decision making across corporate and retail teams.· Evaluated current systems; identified and administered new processes, tools, reports, efficiencies and SQL optimization for merchandise Planning and Allocation.· Owned data aggregation; improved inventory visibility by transitioning MS Access data in to new Excel Aged Obsolescence reports which decreased obsolescence by $900K YTD.· Data manipulation; created customized reporting with query changes to better identify risks and opportunities.· Streamlined workload; created process efficiencies that decreased 400 hours per month of labor, allowing for team to focus on sku priorities and the launch of system JustEnough.· Launched first formal allocation/ planning system; involved in all phases of roll out including data construction, system implementation, documentation, daily scrums, training support and maintenance.· Leveraged partnerships and served as the team liaise for Merchandising, IT, Finance and Marketing to ensure inventory fulfillment, product performance and align practices with win-win collaboration.
Skills
- Cpfr
- Merchandising
- Retail
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Control
- Planograms
- Jda
- Visual Merchandising
- Customer Service
- Store Management
- Microsoft Excel
- Forecasting
- Store Operations
- Loss Prevention
- Assortment
- Product Development
- Merchandise Planning
- Trend Analysis
- Time Management
- Apparel
- Project Planning
- Big Box
- Profit
- Retail Sales
- Shrinkage
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