Allison Rowan Email & Phone Number

Towson, Md, Us

Baltimore, Maryland

Towson, Maryland

Started my own business to work with clients and provide design solutions geared towards increasing home values. Consulted with clients to redesign rooms in their homes by creating mood boards and managing the projects from product selection to contractor management and installation.✔ Increased customer engagement and tripled the client base by leveraging Google Business Marketing tools and social media platforms.

Owings Mills, Maryland

Hired to lead the entire purchasing department. Manages end-to-end purchasing for the fabrics section of the business and have built processes and tools from the ground up to achieve consistency across the purchasing department.✔ Reduced client and showroom manager inquiries while achieving on-time deliveries by implementing new processes to track orders and shipments.✔ Managed relationships with suppliers and mills to negotiate costs, including discounts for bulk customer orders.✔ Identified gaps and implemented new processes that improved communication and increased transparency across the departments.✔ Compiled and presented supplier performance reporting for the President and VP of Merchandising and Operations.✔ Identified underperforming styles for discontinuation, leading to a $650K cost savings.

Sparks, Maryland

Promoted to oversee an associate buyer in executing the product lifecycle from conception through launch. Partnered with the Marketing and Creative Design teams on developing strategies for optimizing e-Commerce sales. Worked with the Planning team on forecasting sales and buy plans quarterly.✔ Delivered a 7%+ increase in catalog and e-Commerce sales and exceeded $24M in category P&L revenue in 2019.✔ Consistently met or exceeded KPIs by analyzing reports by SKU and providing actionable insights to effectively manage the customer experience.✔ Boosted product performance and conversion across channels by leveraging digital analytics to develop and improve the e-Commerce sales strategy.✔ Achieved sales, margin, and profitability goals by developing and directing product, assortment selection, pricing, and promotional strategies across 10 product categories.✔ Gained strong marketing and fashion trend knowledge by traveling quarterly to work with vendors in both NYC and across Europe.

Fleetwood, Pennsylvania

Fleetwood, Pennsylvania

Reading, Pennsylvania

Recruited to the family-owned, regional department chain to support buying of athletic footwear. Maintained tracking of all purchase orders and records of permanent MDs, APCs, and RTVs issues. Selected 200+ SKUs for seasonal style-out reviews. ✔ Demonstrated top performance and earned a position to cross-train in the Executive Program for Buying and Management.✔ Initiated training in JDA Arthur Merchandise Planning Software to create OTB budgets.