• Responsible for developing and implementing inventory-related processes needed to fully support Wholesale channel effectively, while rolling out and evolving the Adaptive Open to Buy process.

• Responsible for forecasting process oversight, project management & people leadership.-Interim Inventory Manager role for 6 months.

• Responsible for forecasting process oversight, project management & people leadership.• Interim Inventory Manager role for 4 months.

• Responsible for forecasting process oversight, project management & people leadership.

• Responsible for forecasting process oversight, project management & people leadership.

• Influenced & drove strategic and tactical alignment with cross-functional partners, to achieve omni-channel sales and profitability goals.

•Drove the buying process, to ensure alignment with buy strategies, to meet receipt targets and inventory levels for the team.

• Responsible for assortment planning of assigned product categories, through cross-functional collaboration, in order to maximize sales & minimize risks.

• Provided input to merchandising & selling the Men’s Apparel line, while managing the SKUs/Dollars for Men’s Sweaters & Blazers.• Contributed to the development of Division-level concepts, items & promotional strategies.• Reviewed & advised on in-season markdowns.• Identified opportunities & risks, through analyzing sales performance & gathering marketplace information.• Reviewed sales, receipt flow, inventory & margin projections, in order to maximize sales & minimize risks.• Communicated regularly with cross-functional partners.• Performed complex analysis of data, identified trends, made assortment decisions.• Maintained & ensured data integrity for a variety of systems.• Reviewed & reported out on customer ratings & reviews.• Successfully trained & on-boarded new Assistant Corporate Merchants.

• Quantitatively analyzed the business & identified trends.• In conjunction with the Design Team, developed products that offered superior function, value and aesthetics. • Primarily responsible for putting together line plans, managing the product assortment, pricing the product and ensuring that key aspects of products were clearly communicated, merchandising cycle time lines were met and relevant gross margin and price targets were achieved..

• Solely responsible for Frames/Décor department during Fall 2009-Spring 2010. Overachieved Fall 2009 sales plan by +46% & gross margin % plan by +7.24%.• Worked closely with sourcing partners & aided Buyer in product development of private label brand. Challenged our partners to create a cohesive statement through product development, visual merchandising & negotiating competitive pricing.• Created seasonal departmental & vendor plans while negotiating pricing, terms and markdown allowances. • Leveraged vendor relationships to negotiate best possible pricing & shipments to maximize business. • Executed monthly pricing and markdown processes & provided Buyer with liquidation strategies.

• Reported directly to the Senior Vice President of Decorative Housewares, Tabletop, Décor & Confections.• Managed schedule of all advertising related meetings to ensure timely preparedness & coordinated all samples for presentations.• Provided buyers with historical data to analyze productivity of advertised items & provided weekly, monthly & seasonal advertising recaps. Organized all layouts & volume history by box/page for future reference.• Acted as liaison between merchants (20 departments) & marketing creative team to create powerful presentations of advertised goods & met with DMMs/MMs to develop seasonal/event strategies & layouts.• Followed up with buyers & planners to ensure assortments, quantities & pricing supported marketing guidelines & projected volume for the ad. Prepared & finalized all ads for traffic turn-in to advertising & presented to GMM & marketing as needed.• Responsible for interviewing, hiring & managing my assistant.

• Recapped & analyzed sales to identify best sellers & interfaced with vendors to maximize business.• Managed all purchase orders for incoming merchandise & tracked shipments to ensure timely arrival of goods.• Projected markdowns & tracked aged inventory in order to maintain a profitable markdown cadence.• Collected vendor allowances for advertising support, monitored samples & reviewed ad proofs prior to production.

• Processed & submitted purchase orders to production associates, while overseeing internet order tracking system. • Communicated directly with customers & sales representatives. Priced all product catalogues prior to customer meetings using inventory house software. • Interacted daily with overseas vendors regarding product development, pricing & deadlines.• Customers’ and vendors’ only contact as office manager in the buyer’s absence & trusted to run margins with confidential sales figures daily.