Kimberly Meier-Dehr
Global Planning & Allocation Sr. Manager – Retail at Mars
- Role
- Global Planning & Allocation Sr Manager Retail at Mars
- Location
- Buffalo, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kimberly Meier-Dehr
Specialties: business plans, communication skills, competitive analysis, customer/vendor relations, market research, marketing, microsoft access, microsoft excel, microsoft outlook, microsoft powerpoint, microsoft word, packaging, relationship management, research, sales, sap, scheduling, spss
Experience
Global Planning & Allocation Sr Manager Retail
Jul 2022 — Present
Lead a Global team of 10 Category Planning, Allocation & Master Data associates across the M & Ms global branded retail stores and mms.com digital channel.• Guide top line, margin, and inventory forecasting efforts for the M & Ms Retail Group (Stores and Digital Channel). Oversee monthly OTB process and ensure internal alignment with our merchant counterparts.• Own, coordinate, and facilitate monthly S & OP Step 2 meeting forum (Demand Management Review) in order to form consensus between Planning, Merchandising, Supply and Finance in reference to our NSV$, margin & inventory plans. • Engage, mentor and provide development feedback to Planning, Allocation, & Master Data associates in order to become more successful and fulfilled members of the M & Ms Retail Group. • Manage $25M annual inventory across SKUs within the product categories of Chocolate, Apparel, and Hardlines. • Lead the development and continuous evolution of retail processes and key insights reporting related to assortment planning, pricing, promotions, and category planning.
Education
University at Buffalo School of Management, The State University of New York
Master, Business Administration; Marketing and Consulting Concentrations
2008 — 2010
University at Buffalo School of Management, The State University of New York
Bachelor of Science; Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration; Marketing; Dance, 2007
2003 — 2007
Skills
- Marketing
- Customer Service
- Forecasting
- Competitive Analysis
- Market Research
- Microsoft Word
- Training
- Product Development
- Analysis
- Time Management
- Access
- Word
- Teamwork
- Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Sales
- Process Improvement
- Allocation
- Retail
- Planning
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Merchandising
- Excel
- Business Planning
- Management
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