Andrea Griffin Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Oversee all buying, vendor negotiations & partnerships and planning & analytics functions for jewelry, accessories, footwear and intimates categories.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Lead buyer for all categories within a $350M+ Junior/Young Contemporary fast fashion business. Consistently exceeded sales and profit expectations YOY in a complex, read and react fashion business by carefully balancing vendor and trend intel with extensive sales history to quickly grow incoming trends, exit declining trends and curate a profitable, inspiring, customer-focused assortment. • Aggressively grew Xhilaration sales by +22% in a declining junior market, exceeding previous annual sales for first time in brand’s history• Decreased clearance rate and increased unit sell-throughs by identifying and implementing multiple new segmentation strategies to build a more relevant and profitable assortment in all doors (Climate, Volume, Hispanic, Resort, College, Festival) • Lead monthly market meetings with several key vendors to curate a fully domestic assortment on a 5 month lead-time, with 65+ styles booked each month• Built unparalleled vendor partnerships through open communication and feedback, introducing new recapping tools to share transparent performance metrics and hold vendors accountable• Lead a cross-functional team of 7 including inventory planners, associate buyers, sourcing and technical product development associates• Identified Young Contemporary white space and developed a first-in-market collection and capsule strategy to deliver a declarative, fashion-focused YC assortment of newest trends which increased rack productivity by 50%

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Full management and responsibility for forecasting, planning and markdown process for all inventory and sales functions of domestic vendor business. Approved fabric, fit and styling of all product to ensure product consistency, quality and integrity. • Partnered with pricing team to implement a weekly markdown process to react to sales fluctuations, which has since decreased clearance MD rate by 385 bps • Created a market assortment process to deliver a unique and declarative investment in all stores, driving 20 bps in margin growth • Partnered with vendors to manage OTB and maintain inventory on-hands within 3% of plan despite avg. monthly sales variances of 20% to plan

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Managed purchasing and allocation of inventory for $300M+ sales across 1,800 stores. Worked with vendors to implement, refine and optimize inventory strategies in key regions across the US for hyper-segmented categories, while ensuring proper inventory levels for new-release driven market. • Led team of peers on supply chain optimization project resulting in $5M+ in cost savings for division• Mentored 4 summer interns, leading project resulting in $4M inventory savings• Increased awareness and execution of segmentation strategies across Entertainment as division segmentation captain, using key cultural segmentation research and understanding to capitalize on unique target markets

Delivered operations, marketing and financial support for small, independently owned business. Assisted in pre-planning, décor preparation, execution on day –of event and follow up for performance metrics to determine next target market and marketing strategy. • Maintained company financial accounts using Quickbooks• Coordinated and led the event internship and volunteer program including recruiting, interviewing and overseeing interns and volunteers at events