Manage Core Accessories, Jewelry and Kids Non-Apparel categories to drive over $61M in revenue annually.• Responsible for leading Buyers and Assistant Buyers.• Lead continued assessment of the each category's product mix; identifying key opportunities, as well as downward trends.• Oversee the consignment model in Jewelry. Working with cross-functional partners, internally and at Store level, to optimize results.• Develop category strategies- including seasonal promotions and in-store merchandising.• Oversee overall category assortment, capitalizing on key trends and sub-categories.• Analyze sales to achieve gross margin & sales targets, as well as monitoring inventory management needs.• Manage over 350+ US retail doors, as well as ECOM.• Support our Ecom business by ensuring exclusive skus.• Create product hindsights each season that are essential in identifying key successes and growth opportunities for the next year.• Collaborate with multiple departments to maximize profitability.• Experience working with licensed product and curating cohesive collections across multiple categories.• Work cross functionally with the Collections team on company wide initiatives, design callouts and product development needs to support licensed assortments on a monthly basis. • Travel domestically to trade shows and market appointments to identify upcoming trends and opportunities, as well as initiating product development with key vendors.

• Manage Home & Gifts, Jewelry and Kids Non-Apparel categories.• Created growth sub-categories such as "With Purpose" recycled Jewelry; driving $3M.• Negotiate with vendors to obtain best cost, maintaining optimal margin.• Daily communication and collaboration with both Domestic and Import vendors.• Monthly comp shopping and store visits to analyze key competitors and identify any chase trend opportunities.• Creating mood boards, by category, for our vendors to help identify key trends, designs and motifs.

Owner of an online boutique selling jewelry and home accessories. www.worship-worthy.com

• Responsible for entire Jewelry and Accessories product assortment (including hats, scarves, belts, cold weather, sunglasses, fragrance, gifting, GWP’s and logo accessories) for all bebe retail stores (+170), bebe Outlet stores (+40) and E-Commerce.• Develop category strategies including seasonal promotions and in-store merchandising • Curate the product assortment and drive the overall pricing strategy• Analyze sales and inventory levels to achieve gross margin & sales targets• Monitor OTB reports on a regular basis, strategizing key markdowns, opportunities and potential business risk• Travel to New York 4 times (or more) per year to attend trade shows and product development meetings with private label vendors• Responsible for managing +150 skus per month• Conceptualized and rolled out a new jewelry fixture for all stores• Negotiate all costs for new orders and reorders. Additionally, manage all P.P and T.O.P approvals, quality control and product development.• Created a $10.00 bracelet program that drove almost $1M per year• Support DMM, and manage two Assistant Merchants• Identify missing categories, chase into key trends as well as navigate shifts in the market• In communication with +50 vendors per month

*Coordinated with buyers, planners, logistics, accounting, quality control, receiving department and vendors to ensure all production requirements are followed.*Worked to consistently obtain P.P and T.O.P samples on time.*Created ITO sheets for buyers to negotiate cost and delivery dates.*Ensured production flow is accurate.*Submitted tear sheets with potential development ideas weekly.*Maintained data and files for production matters.*Met with vendors and review new samples.

*Liaison between sales rep, buyers, production, and shipping.*Manage and maintain major and specialty accounts, book orders and process EDI documents.*Ran sales reports on a daily basis and monitoring orders and accounts. *Worked daily with Oracle and Microsoft Excel *Advised buyers, store owners, and sales reps of style cancellations, changes, and order discrepancies*Maintained an organized workspace and make sure all orders are shipped within given time frames.

Miscellaneous clerical work, answering multiple phone lines, and data entry.