Lisa MacLean

Global Merchandise Planning Executive 

Lisa is a dynamic leader with 20 years’ experience in Merchandising, Planning, & Allocation across Luxury Travel and Department Store retailers. Lisa has international expertise driving financial performance through merchandise strategy and operational excellence across multi-category and multi-national portfolios. She is equipped with strong business acumen and consumer centric mindset to effectively build merchandise and allocation strategies supporting omni-channel customer experiences. Lisa builds Teams connecting staff on common business goals accountable for fueling success of strategic initiatives focused on revenue & profit growth and inventory optimization. Category experience includes Apparel, Accessories, Footwear, Beauty, Spirits, and Home.

Experience

• DFS Group Ltd. (LVMH) – Vice President, Global Merchandise Planning (Fashion)
  • Led team of 35 accountable for global sales, gross margin, inventory, and cash flow across Ready-to-Wear, Footwear, Accessories, & Sunglass product categories. Modernized inventory management to reduce unproductive inventory by -20% (-15K SKUs) in record sales year. Re-engineered procurement process and seasonal buy review of 80K SKUs aligned to development of robust merchandise financial plans. Restructured team improving department efficiencies with        -30% headcount reduction with development of standardized dashboards and reports. Drove post-Covid sales recovery by capitalizing on merchandising strategy while protecting company P&L. 
• DFS Group Ltd. (LVMH) – Vice President, Global Replenishment & Allocation
  • Led global replenishment and allocation strategy for 5 product pillars across 450 points-of-sale in 15 countries. Elevated performance and visibility of a global team of 26 dismantling silos. Leveraged store & warehouse operation relationships to achieve service level goals and inventory management of 125 SKUs to meet evolving market demands utilizing 8 warehouses world-wide. Led business requirements, logic definition, creation of SOPs and communication plan to deploy rolling implementation of new Replenishment & Allocation and Demand Planning system.
• DFS Group Ltd. (LVMH) – Director and Manager, Global Merchandise Planning (Fashion)
• Macy’s WEST – Buyer
  • Achieved consistent YOY growth by strategic brand & assortment planning focused on Action Sports & Private Label categories to serve evolving customer base across 190+ stores.