Tim Phelan is a Principal with Columbus Consulting. Tim has over 25 years of experience in the Retail Enterprise Software industry working for retailers, software vendors, and as a consultant. Tim’s project experience includes design and implementation of Merchandise Planning, Item Planning, Assortment Planning, Location Planning, and Allocation systems. Tim has worked with European clients, as well as clients in the US and has experience with Oracle Retail, Infor Retail, Predictix, Blue Yonder Planning, Blue Yonder Allocation, Just Enough Allocation, and Anaplan systems. Prior to joining Columbus, Tim worked for Predictix and Macy’s Department Stores.
Experience
Cato Stores – Integration Lead
Integration Lead for an implementation of Oracle Retail Assortment Planning
Everlane – Anaplan Model Builder
Model Builder for an implementation of Anaplan for Item Planning and Buy Quantity Planning
CitiTrends – Anaplan Model Builder
Model Builder for an implementation of Anaplan for Merchandise Planning
Whole Foods Market – Business Lead / Technical Lead
Lead Consultant for an implementation of Infor Retail (formerly Predictix) Assortment Planning. At various points during the project have filled the following roles: Technical Lead responsible for technical design and leading a team of developers and Business Lead responsible for requirements definition and supporting testing and training efforts
Michael Kors – Testing QA Lead
Testing lead for an implementation of JDA Allocation and JDA Merchandise Planning
Dollar Tree – Technical Lead
Responsible for design and configuration of Oracle Retail Merchandise Planning and Assortment Planning
Under Armour – Testing / QA Lead
Testing lead for an implementation of Just Enough Allocation
