Dan Daugette

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About Dan Daugette

Degreed Retail Director with over 20 years experience using my knowledge of national and regional retail operations to create innovative sales and assortment strategies that consistently meet or exceed all sales, margin, and product turn goals. Expert business insights manager able to quickly analyze market trends, identify white space, and devise effective customer sales solutions to maximize specific localized sales opportunities. Assortment Planning l Category Management Dan.Daugette@gmail.com I am a strong cross functional team leader with extensive experience influencing the decisions of omni-channel merchant teams to maximize results. Extensive experience leading teams in all phases of the product life-cycle including product development, merchandise buying & planning, financial planning at the enterprise and location level, assortment architecture, customer data analytics, merchandise execution strategies, vendor/brand management, space planning, productivity analysis, strategic selling initiatives, inventory optimization, and visual merchandising. Core Competencies:* Assortment Planning * Category Management * Merchandise Buying & Planning * Omni-channel retail strategy * Inventory Optimization * Financial Planning * Market Share Analysis * Customer Data Analytics * Business Insights * Brand Management * Retail Operations * Leadership Accomplishments:* Spearheaded the efforts to revolutionize Macy's $1B Career business by leading the development of a new Assortment Architecture for the Tailored clothing business, and localizing assortments for 500+ stores resulting in +10% growth YOY for 3 years which transformed the zone into a destination business for the company.* Led the evolution of the Men's Shoe business from a traditional department store model into a new hybrid lifestyle driven zone. Converted 250 stores into an open sell shoe format which optimized inventory levels, improved presentation, and helped offset reductions of staff leading to a +15% LY improvement to the business in these stores. Contact me directly at Dan.Daugette@gmail.com or 770-315-7599 to discuss any opportunities in Assortment Planning, Category Management, or Inventory Optimization.