Emily Lichtenberg

Intro

Hi, I'm Emily Lichtenberg and I'm a software engineer.

I studied Economics and Transportation Logistics at Northwestern University. After graduation I began a career in Inventory Planning and Operations. I then moved into a strategy-focused role and quickly realized I missed seeing the execution of a project through to the end and wanted to stay involved with the Software Engineers I worked with. From there I decided to switch careers and joined App Academy, an intensive four month coding bootcamp.

When I'm not coding, I like trying new restaurants in NYC, cheering for the Rangers, and watching all reality TV.

Continue through the site to see the projects I've been working on.

mySlack

A full stack single-page Slack clone that allows users to chat in real time.

• Backend - Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Action Cable
• Frontend - React, Redux
• GitHub | Live

Music Player

An online musical keyboard for users to create their own masterpiece.

• Javascript, Howler.js, HTML, CSS
• GitHub | Live

Unshelvd

A web app where users can save board games to a library, view friends' libraries, and receive tailored suggestions on what to play next.

• Backend - MongoDB, Express, Node
• Frontend - React, Redux
• GitHub | Live

Full Resume

Maisonette

Manager - Planning and Merchandise Operations

• Built team from zero to three associates with the goal of automating tasks and improving efficiency in Merch division
• Responsible for training 12 person buying team on data tools and reporting, empowering them to make data driven decisions
• Ran monthly business review with COO on proactive growth initiatives, allowing company to achieve sales within 10% of goal
• Partnered with Tech division to overhaul product information system reducing time for merchants to upload new product in half while maintaining strong data quality
• Led merchant efforts to redesign company website by restructuring product taxonomy and merging PDP variants

Walmart eCommerce

Category Lead - Kids' Furniture

• Managed team of five Category Specialists; responsible for P&L management of $200M annual business
• Optimized channel distribution across Owned, DSV and Marketplace assortment which resulted in 900 bps improvement in margin in seven months
• Created new vertical site experience within Kids’ Room to ensure proper exposure of and navigation to our browse pages; increased cross category shopping resulting in 11% lift in average order value

Category Specialist - Dining Furniture

• Led cross-functional partnership with Supply Chain; developed best practices for forecasting and ordering of import inventory resulting in increased in-stock rates and over $20M in recaptured revenue
• Established the White Label project through market research and successfully launched 9 new brands with over 2,000 items while co-leading a bi-coastal team of 17 Category Specialists
• Guided team through planning and execution of Holiday and Tax Time by negotiating vendor promotions, securing marketing support and collaborating with Walmart Stores to ensure a seamless omnichannel experience

Macy's

Omni Merchandise Planner - Women's Coats

• Created store specific financial plans for 541 Macy’s retail locations
• Built merchandise assortment based on local climates and demographic trends
• Developed strategy to grow luxury brand presence throughout Macy’s stores and online
• Adjusted merchandise flow to ensure product arrival to store locations at the optimal point in every season

Omni Inventory Planner - Women's Career Clothing

• Analyzed forecasted demand, inventory levels, and sell-throughs to manage weekly replenishment orders
• Added core fashion to replenishment through productivity analysis resulting in higher sales, in-stock, and turn
• Collaborated with vendors by providing preseason order projections to improve shipping and fill rates

Skills

• JavaScript

• React

• Redux

• Ruby

• Rails

• Express

• Node

• jQuery

• CSS

• HTML

• Git

• Heroku

• PostgreSQL

• Mongo

• Webpack

Elements

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