Rachel Dye

About Rachel Dye

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:A high-performing and innovative professional with expertise in developing and implementing creative solutions and optimized processes to drive sales and financial profitability across a multibillion-dollar organization. Quickly builds strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to execute operational excellence. A collaborative advisor, thrives in ambiguity while consistently delivering top-quality results. SELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:• Operational Excellence: Created streamlined processes for backorder inventory and implemented new KPIs across the team; increased revenue by multimillions monthly• Project Leadership: Spearheaded a new system implementation for the U.S. and international teams; led strategic planning meetings, translated the business needs, developed and integrated KPIs, facilitated training, and provided feedback and recommendations to senior leadership• Business Process Optimization: Analyzed results and created a new product category and strategy; exceeded the goal of 10 stores by launching it successfully across 160 stores, achieving the sales goal by 149% CORE SKILLS + COMPETENCIES:Market Trends + Data Analysis | Cross-Functional Leadership | KPI Development | Pricing Strategies | Product Lifecycle | Process Optimization | Training + Development | Risk Assessment + Mitigation | Onboarding + Engagement | Data Analytics | Sales Forecasting | Project Management | BI-Webi | Tableau | SAP | SAS | Adobe Cloud

Experience

1. Channel Inventory Manager, U s Dtc

   Levi Strauss & Co.

   Jan 2020 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Collaborate with the buying and planning leads to create and execute inventory planning strategies that maximize profit, streamline procedures, align with market trends, and support the multimillion-dollar financial goals • Endorse digital marketing initiatives and promotional sales events with effective data analysis and integrating inventory strategies, resulting in a 12% increase from LY• Build reports and workflow strategies with the data science team, creating adjustments as needed based on trends and providing inventory recommendations to maximize sales within each store• Identify process gaps and implement optimized ways of working to support long-term and short-term targets• Coach and develop a team of three, empowering inventory analysts to grow their skills, find their voice in the company, and maximize their career growth opportunities• Develop and communicate comprehensive channel inventory strategies and processes to meet preseason assortment launch plans, key inventory targets, and financial goals• Collaborate with 3PL partners to create and execute inventory and replenishment strategies, driving financial goals while proactively identifying improvements• Partner with HR on hiring, onboarding, engaging, and retaining top talent for the organization• Collaborate with the marketing team and site merchants to develop strategies for product launches and holidays, handle inventory delays and issues, and create accurate communication for customers• Revamped the inventory management tools and resources to enhance data insights and reporting capabilities; developed a new KPI to drive efficiency, saving up to three hours in operations and improving performance• Member of the company’s Onyx Employee Resource Group (ERG)

Education

• Academy of Art University

  Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Advertising

• San Francisco State University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Animation and Special Effects

Skills

• Start-Ups
• Creative Direction
• Process Scheduler
• Flash
• Omnigraffle
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Photography
• Customer Service
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Illustrator
• Adobe Illustrator
• Art Direction
• Social Networking
• Social Media Marketing
• Business Development
• Time Management
• Event Planning
• Aims
• Management
• Photoshop
• Microsoft Excel
• Final Cut Pro
• Inventory Management
• Data Analysis
• Event Management
• Quickbooks
• Marketing
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Microsoft Word
• Retail
• Packaging
• Microsoft Outlook
• Leadership
• Market Research
• Advertising
• Public Relations
• Social Media
• Project Management
• Sales Management