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New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

Organize, plan and follow through on ad-hoc projects within the organization to help streamline and improve processes and increase productivity.Lead meetings in the step by step process to achieve synergy and clear communication to ensure projects are on track and aligned within schedule.Primary contact for providing support, developing, and training new hires in utilizing the company systems.Manage seasonal commercial calendar creation and subsequent deadlines.Partner with IT teams on new system implementations and integrations.Lead supply and demand meetings during procurement process to review purchases and inventory levels.Analyze and utilize key metrics to help liquidate aged inventory.Identify ways to support global teams in moving best selling product into their respective regions.Forecast monthly receipts and communicate results to finance team.Provide open purchase orders, in transits, and receipt flow to finance team for obsolescence forecast.Manage and track receipt flow of inventory on a monthly basis.

Collect and compile procurement data to roll up individual inputs for all global business units during seasonalmainline and outlet markets.Coordinate seasonal supply and demand meetings to review compiled data.Communicate purchasing issues, discrepancies, and findings to teams for feedback.Analyze and monitor purchases against OTB budgets for all regions.Support global inventory manager in procurement process for all business channels.Partner with business units and PO management teams on rerouting stale inventory between warehouses.Assist in additional support for brand operations team.Build key relationships with all teams and partners globally.

Monitor inventory levels across all stores.Manage replenishments and new collections planned for stores.Partner with planner in developing OTB budgets.Forecast sales, gross margins, and budgets by class/store/vendor on a seasonal basis. Prepare and present sales performance reports to merchandising team.Analyze and evaluate sales, turn, and trends to drive business.Partner with buyer to ensure buys are within budgets.

Build daily reports through the use of business intelligence report tools (i.e.: Tableau, BIA, Cognos) to better analyze and compare LY vs TY sales volume to ensure that our $31 million business is aligned with forecasted plan.Identify styles/vendors for projected markdowns based on best/slow sellers.Create weekly sales report to analyze business for over 250 vendors.Monitor inventory levels, receipts, and OTB budgets on a weekly basis to ensure they are all aligned with the monthly plan.Forecast plans through analysis of sales, gross margins, budgets, vendor/class/store, and product assortment. Research demographics and customer shopping habits in stores to acquire a better understanding of productassortment by location.Analyze and plot allocations of seasonal merchandise across all stores to ensure proper assortment.Attend market appointments with buyers to observe new trends, products, and build vendor relations.Communicate with vendors in regards to purchase order receipt, shipment tracking, and discrepancies.Act as liaison for buying office and distribution centers in all areas from PO creation to store allocations.Layout floor plans for all stores to ensure the floor reflects the buyer’s vision and perform weekly follow-up through in-store visits.Successfully completed executive development program offered to employees that exhibit potential.Organize in-store events (i.e.: trunk shows, designer events) to create awareness and drive store traffic through marketing and social media platforms.

Worked on PO’s and communicated with vendors.Entered and updated data into merchandising systems.Troubleshoot all PO, DC, and shipment tracking discrepancies.

Worked on the analysis of weekly sales reports for weekly review meetings.Researched and worked on the analysis of current and potential competitors.Entered and updated data into STS system.Coordinated merchandise displays; worked on special visual merchandising assignments and layout.Facilitated inventory checks for different types of merchandise.Assisted buyers with numerous clerical duties including copying, scanning, and filing.

Bs, Retail Management

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Retail Management