Claudia Andrade

Principal Consultant

candrade@columbusconsulting.com

About

Claudia is a Principal of Columbus Consulting with extensive experience in business process definition, functional design, testing, and change management. She is highly skilled at defining processes and designing solutions that deliver accuracy and efficiency.  Her domain expertise covers merchandise planning, store planning, assortment planning, inventory management, and reporting. 

Before joining Columbus in 2012, Claudia had a diverse career in both Planning and Planning Technology, spanning start-up software at Predictix, luxury goods at David Yurman, apparel at Ann Inc, gaming distribution at Atari, and Museum Retail.

Signature Skill

”I have a unique ability to understand challenges through the lens of the needs of the business users, while also coming up with clever solution design to meet those needs.”

  • Leading Design Sessions
  • Solution Design
  • Leading User Acceptance Testing
  • Strategy Initiatives
  • Business Process, Requirements and Functional Design Documentation

Expertise

  • Assortment Planning
  • Store Clustering
  • Location, New Store and Total Store Planning
  • Merchandise Financial Planning
  • Supply & Demand Planning
    Reporting
  • Hierarchy & Attribute Definition
  • Size & Pack Optimization

Companies Served

  • Nike
  • Cato Fashions
  • Eileen Fisher
  • Kiabi
  • Ross Stores
  • M. Video
  • Sportmaster
  • Ann Inc
  • David Yurman
  • Atari
  • Walmart
  • American Folk Art Museum

Industry, Category

  • Specialty Retail: Fashion, Shoes, Jewelry, Athleticwear & Sporting Goods
  • Distribution: Entertainment & Gaming
  • Mass Channel Retail & Wholesale
  • Luxury Goods
  • Off-Price Retail
  • Museum Retail & Buying
  • International, Global

Solution Proficiencies

  • Oracle RPAS
  • Oracle Assortment Planning for Fashion
  • Blue Yonder
  • o9
  • 7thonline
  • Infor (Predictix)
  • Micros (Torex)
  • Cognos (Adaytum)
  • MicroStrategy
  • Business Objects
  • Hyperion

Consulting Service

  • Business Process Design
  • Functional Application Design & Requirements
  • Report Design
  • Test Planning & Execution Management
  • System, User Acceptance & Performance Testing
  • User Stories, Test Scenarios & Test Scripts
  • Gap & Impact Analysis

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