Christen Babcock

Experience

1. Regional Portfolio Development Project Manager

   H&M

   Oct 2021 — Present · New York, NY, US

   9 years of experience leading the project management development for assortment strategies, creating the vision of the Project Merchandising function, and implementing sales driving initiatives for the Region’s expansion projects and new store formatsI have utilized my vast H&M background to develop the methods and processes used today across many functions for new store/rebuild assortment planning, project execution, along with guiding merchandising space requirements and customer assortment priorities. My analytical mindset has allowed me to develop many strategic initiatives with strong execution plans impacting hundreds of stores throughout CA, US, PR, MX, CO and EC.

Education

• Indiana University Bloomington

  Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Business Administration and Management, General

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• Budgets
• Financial Reporting
• Strategic Planning
• New Store Openings
• People Development
• Allocations
• Increasing Operational Efficiency
• Retail
• Store Management
• Accounts Payable
• Statistics
• Invoicing
• Microsoft Excel
• Forecasting
• Cash Flow
• Visual Merchandising
• Accounting
• Driving Results
• Income Statement
• P&L
• Payroll