I am responsible for independently sourcing compelling product assortments, negotiating and developing strategic vendor partnerships, building category and brand strategy and delivering great brands and products at an amazing value proposition. I am also responsible for developing direct reports and building effective and collaborative teams. I am ambitious in nature, detail oriented and experienced working in cross-functional teams. In this role, I organize and track trends in the marketplace and bring findings to life when executing daily events. I work with the vendors to align vendor and event timelines that align with demand forecasts and inventory needs with effective replenishment allocation strategies to meet company objectives. I am responsible for running multiple events at a time while communicating and highlighting issues and risks to management. • Work directly with several multi-functional teams to create and maintain project and event plans that accomplish our demand goals, timelines and resourcing. • Plan, organize and communicate unique and innovative selections to drive interest and traffic along with selections of product that drive meaningful increases in revenue. • Develop, coach and mention my team. Drive their performance and ensure they are meeting their goals.

As an Assistant Buyer I am responsible for actively maintaining relationships with vendors and collaborate with key stakeholders to surface new products and enticing deals. In this role I analyze trends in the toy marketplace and bring findings to life when executing daily events. I work with the buying team and vendors to align demand forecast and inventory needs with effective replenishment allocation strategies to align with company objectives. am responsible for the successful execution of all events in my category as well as driving additional demand-generation by partnering with our internal marketing, studio and tech teams to ensure maximum impact is achieved.

I assisted with web research and web content creation. In this role, I supported various marketing projects that involved writing, utilizing social media marketing and special project coordination such as video production. I also, provided marketing tracking and research information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.