1. Paul A. Skerry
www.LinkedIn.com/in/PaulAndrewSkerry
160 Liberty Street #4519 | Columbus, Ohio 43215 | 216-650-1866 | PaulSkerry@Gmail.com
Analyst – Business Intelligence | Merchandising | Project Management
Productivity Enhancement | Strategic Business Planning | Analytics Systems Expertise
Accomplished professional recognized for delivering strong earnings, profit, and productivity gains; generating
comprehensive and robust decision models to guide cross-functional strategic objectives; directing capital investment
initiatives to maximize inventory performance. Strong technical skills work in tandem with functionally diverse leadership
experiences to shape an influential, researched, and results focused point of view.
Competencies | Strengths | Knowledge
 Margin Enhancement
 Staff Development
 Systems Expert
 Project Planning & Risk Analysis
 Mentorship and Training
 Financial Planning & Modeling
 Presenting and Public Speaking
 International Market Research
 Business Intel. “Super User”
 Cross-Functional Leader  Inventory Deployment Strategist  MS Excel Master Certified
Professional Experience
LBrands – Victoria’s Secret PINK (www.victoriassecret.com/pink) – Columbus, Ohio October 2015 to February 2016
Retail organization that operates more than 2,900 company-owned stores in the US, Canada and the UK. L Brands recorded
sales of $11.5 billion in 2014 and employs more than 80,000 associates.
Market Intensification Analyst – Columbus, Ohio
Served as liaison between field and home office cross-functional partners (demand & deployment, space and assortment
planning, merchants, visual, finance); generated home office market specific analytics, gathered store feedback by visiting
critical markets, and presented findings to senior executives.
 Achieved diverse cross-functional team objectives by proactively positioning inventory to support market
opportunities; analyzed and determined shifts in customer traffic patterns, purchasing preferences, and associate
selling strategies; enhanced store sales forecast accuracy to maximize inventory productivity in key markets.
Express (www.express.com) – Columbus, Ohio December 2012 to October 2015
Leading American fashion brand for young women and men; operates over 600 stores in the United States and generates 1.8
billion in annual sales.
Store Analyst – Columbus, Ohio (February 2013 – September 2013)
Men’s Tailored Store Planner – Columbus, Ohio (September 2013 – December 2014)
Total Company Sizing and Systems Planner – Columbus, Ohio (December 2014 – October 2015)
Selected by management to assume newly created total company sizing and systems planner role in order to manage all
company sizing and systems related information. Directed first seasonal size selling hindsight and presented to all cross-
functional teams to identify size selling deficiencies and opportunities. Strategies effectively reduced unproductive
inventory and drove higher margin rates. Findings were subsequently published and distributed to upper management as
the global size selling reference manual. As acknowledged high performing individual, was chosen to mentor new hires.
 Reengineered size analysis tools to dramatically increase accuracy of results and built reporting mechanism to
automate adjustments to inventory allocation strategies. Successfully went live earlier than projected due to the
measure of accuracy improvement and leadership’s acknowledged business need.
 As recognized system’s expert, was elected to be a “Super User” testing company-wide systems upgrades. Designed
and executed testing procedures to ensure successful system integration, provided feedback to technical support
consultants, and disseminated communications to internal teams to promote the acceptance of operational changes.

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 Pinpointed ideal inventory levels for key item grossing $36 million annually based on situational analysis to maximize
inventory efficiencies. Presented findings to category head and recommendations were implemented to model future
target inventory levels. Was subsequently chosen to overhaul multiple core departments’ merchandise buying and
assorting tools. Selected to become trainer of all new team hires in Microsoft Excel.
 Overhauled the processing procedures of uniquely packaged suit jackets to expedite high ticket inventory flow to sales
floor. Presented business impact to leadership which led to company investment into new facilities and resources to
continue improving inventory flow through.
Abercrombie & Fitch (www.abercrombie.com) – New Albany, Ohio 2010 to 2012
Major US corporation selling upscale men's, women's, and children’s casual clothes/accessories and operating over 1,000
stores (including websites for each brand) domestically and internationally. Employs 9,000 FTEs and 76,000 PTEs worldwide
with $4.158B revenues and planned global expansion.
Associate Merchant– New Albany, Ohio
Facilitated cross functional teams’ collaboration, developed/reported valuable selling conclusions to key decision makers,
and leveraged vendor relationships to deliver measurable margin improvements. Promoted from Assistant to Associate
Merchant. Served as Intern mentor and interviewing coach to successfully assist in recruiting multiple new hires. Managed
and trained two direct reports to achieve promotions within the first year.
 Designed cost improvement initiatives on the polos and henleys team to beat Fall 2011 average unit cost target by
$0.05 (~1% of total), delivered all Spring 2012 merchandise at -7% to LY cost, and positioned department to beat Fall
2012 target by additional $0.04 (despite cotton cost pressures with prices spiking 246% to all-time highs from April
2010 to April 2011).
 Played key role in streamlining/standardizing reporting by utilizing business Intelligence data analytics software
(Abercrombie.B.I.) to automatically distribute weekly reports to all cross functional teams regarding upcoming week’s
critical business decisions (derived information from merchant software). Led training initiative to teach merchants
how to best leverage the ABI software in their own categories.
 Strategized, delivered, and executed product style tests to pinpoint emerging fashion trends backed by statistical
analysis and data driven findings that revealed volume opportunities. Leveraged strong vendor relationships to
creatively fund these programs while avoiding costly production interruptions.
Education
Cornell University – Ithaca, New York
Bachelor of Science in Hotel Administration, Concentration in Finance, Minor in Real Estate (2010)
Dean’s List (2009)
Professional & Community Memberships
160 Liberty Street #4519 | Columbus, Ohio 43215 | 216-650-1866 | PaulSkerry@Gmail.com
 Short North Muay Thai
 Cornell Club of NE Ohio
 MS Office Master Certified
 Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
 Columbus Young Professionals
 Cornell Real Estate Alumni
 Cornell Hotel Society
 Shaker Hockey Alumni
 Columbus Hockey League