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• Work closely with the merchant team on sales analysis of the business along with development of product lines to ensure product categories fit into the merchants’ floor pad seamlessly. • Identify business opportunities through weekly sales analytics and partner with merchant team to prioritize trends • Facilitate all pre-production and production communication with overseas and domestic vendors.• Work as a middleman between design, merchant partners, and vendors. Facilitate daily communication with overseas vendors detailing fabric changes and negotiating costing to meet merchant margin goals. • Collaborate with cross functional teams throughout the development process • Elected as a coach for Product Development Trainee• Facilitated onePLM new hire trainings

• Supported Associate Product Manager with assortment planning, product line presentation, Timing and action calendars and business analysis. Along with maintaining key production coordinator responsibilities. • Owned development and production for Kids Star Wars and SO sleep and outerwear. Tasks included assortment planning, costs negotiating, business/sales analysis, and facilitating buyer working sessions• Shopped competition and shared findings with product development manager and merchant team helping to aid in the development of future strategies• Elected as a coach for a summer intern on coordinator position and aided in early career development• Appointed to work with a group of product development and merchant partners to deep dive and analyze the Kohls shopping experience for the kids business. Research and findings were presented to high level VPs and managers