Extensive Experience in Project Delivery / Business Analysis
Bob Affinito is a Principal with Columbus Consulting. An accomplished consultant focused on the Retail & Customer sector with a successful track record delivering results in strategy development, operations improvement and systems integration. Strong core retail functional competencies in retail planning and forecasting processes including merchandise financial planning, assortment planning, allocation & replenishment and forecasting. Extensive project management experience managing complex engagements and partnering with retail clients to define and deliver transformational multi-channel programs.
Experience
Soft Surroundings – ERP Selection Analyst
Analyzed As-Is business processes and systems
Engaged with vendors and hosted vendor demonstrations including cross-functional and integrated solutions
Developed functional and vendor scorecards
Tory Burch – System Configuration Analyst
Lead configuration resource for JDA Enterprise Planning implementation. Responsible for designing business rules to support integration of Corporate Merchandise Planning, Financial Planning and Forecasting, Merchandise Planning, Store Planning and Wholesale Account Planning. Required to work closely with project managers to ensure successful delivery of all project phases
Carhartt – Order Management
Designed and implemented a multi-channel order management solution aligning planning with production and inventory reservation / prioritization. Solution integrated Predictix Planning with SAP AFS as a near real-time planning / forecasting tool with persistent updating of Available to Sell
Smart & Final – Digital Commerce Planning Analyst
Designed and tested Digital Commerce Planning tool that generated Profit and Loss reporting
