Allison Wright Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

Fluent in business process and system operations. Utilize ability to integrate both to deliver results.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS• Set duty and costing on a seasonal basis.• Built a diverse globally minded team. Created a learning environment and utilized learning and development tools. • Systems Implementation and Operational Efficiencies.o Map/define processes to improve level of efficiency.o Utilize appropriate team members to remediate gaps.o Support corporate and divisional initiatives to improve operational and buying efficiencies.• Consistently refined business processes in supply/demand to improve efficiency of execution. Managed and maintained divisional metric reporting to provide clarity and identify future opportunities. • Closely collaborated with Product Development team to challenge lead times in order to minimize risk.• Supported gross margin reporting activities to Divisional President and VP of Finance. o Provided full visibility to Finance, Sales and Planning the impact of upfront buys and well as secondary buys would have to gross margin as well as the impact of air to gross profit.• Supply/Demand validation resulting in 99.7% match.• Manage inventory from beginning of process at market to sell off to the discount channel.• Partner and advisor to IT on all front end enhancements and deployments

Greater New York City Area

Defined process to procure product that meets the needs of the business while maximizing efficiencies. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:• Developed creative solutions surrounding early commits to allow more time for planning while providing accurate on time information to Product Development and Production partners. • Deliver to production the OK to buy aggregated across all global business in childrenswear.• Managed reporting of Wholesale excess to Finance and Sales team on a monthly basis. • Streamlined Specialty cut up business by creating a series of templates for negotiations and material library providing style/pricing/sourcing information to operate most efficiently with visibility to history. • Provided support to global partners within the division aiding in the execution of their daily responsibilities while providing creative ideas and solutions. • Aided in the enhancements of Global systems to better support the needs of the division. • Owner of Item Master. Management of item status codes, UPC codes. • Processed in season chase, read and react, re orders for all global buyers.• Maintained account level size rules on a seasonal basis.

Greater New York City Area

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:• Financial responsibilities included-adherence to company budget, Seasonal Market buys, available to sell inventory. • Created Seasonal style plan for Merchandisers based on historical data. • Negotiated deliveries/minimum issues with Off Shore offices.• Analyzed post market bookings in order to accurately project future forecasts

Greater New York City Area

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:• Responsible for annual volume of $32.0, 32 direct reports. • Traveled Coordinator’s territories on a quarterly basis to reinforce Co standards as well as monitor Coordinator’s performance.• Conducted semi-Annual training seminars and created Coordinator training manuals

Greater New York City Area

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:• Primary liaison between Nautica management and Retail management. • Worked with Retailers to maintain and update existing stores by providing merchandising tips to increase sales, distribute product information and identify trends.• Conducted formal seminars for stores to review product knowledge, merchandising standards and future deliveries.• Actively participated in planning store assortments during quarterly market appointments

Greater New York City Area

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:• Maintained stock levels by door according to sales plan and trend • Responsible for creating seasonal sales plans by door.• Monitored and maintained EDI Replenishment on a weekly basis

Greater New York City Area

• Responsible for training and development of area managers.• Planned and facilitated movement of key businesses in order to maximize profit. • Worked closely with Store/Operations Managers to ensure sales and budget objectives were met

Brooklyn, Ny

• Participated as a Store Executive in evening/weekend supervision.• Utilized SABRE Network to analyze sales trends and area businesses. • Communicated buyer’s direction for merchandise presentation through weekly store visits