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Portland, Or, Us

San Clemente, Ca, Us

San Clemente, California, Us

Managing the sales, branding, and product development of a $70M+ business within socks and graphic apparel for Stance. Expertise in developing and executing product merchandising strategies to drive growth and profitability. Skilled in market research, seasonal line planning, and data analysis to optimize product assortments and align with consumer insights. Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Sales, E-commerce, and Marketing, to create compelling product narratives. Strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of retail math to inform strategic decisions. Committed to fostering a creative and entrepreneurial culture while delivering on financial objectives and enhancing brand value.- Created and managed seasonal line plans ensuring balanced style breakdowns and alignment with financial objectives.- Partnered with brands like Disney, MLB, NBA, Marvel, Paramount, etc. to form licensing agreements in addition to management, compliance, and execution of collaborative product, brand forward activations, and events.- Managed seasonal photoshoots, model selections, and outfitting to drive storytelling and promotion of key styles across the various channels we operate in. Additionally, modeled product for E-commerce.- Part of the innovation team driving new product features, garment properties, fabric evolutions, and styles within assortment.- Managed the chase program for socks and graphics utilizing local vendors for 90-day turnaround projects within in-line, licensed, and B2B focused goods.

Columbus, Oh, Us

Current Roles and Responsibilities include:- Managed the sales and product development of a $30M account for Hollister Menswear.- Worked with a range of international partners and buyers to develop an assortment that meets their individual region's needs. Partnered with ASOS, Zalando, About You, Majid al Futtaim, Grupo AXO, etc.- Created and execute a multi-year product strategy focused on optimizing the product assortment; with P&L ownership, resulting in 62% increase in new product sourcing and 24% increase in productivity.- Utilized solutions-based sales approach to generate accounts, open new pipelines, and secure a lasting customer base.- Managed and trained my coordinators who aid in the procurement and on time delivery of our product to our partners around the world.- Leveraged internal cross-functional relationships to ensure we are delivering the right product at the right time by teaming up with Product Merchants, Designers, Sourcing, and Planning teams.- Managed internal process improvements to update an aging product management infrastructure and improve the team's overall efficiency. - Experience working within the different intricacies of Wholesale, Franchise, and Licensing agreements within the Abercrombie & Fitch Brand Portfolio. - Expanded the Hollister brands into new regions and markets across Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East not currently catered to by our corporate operated stores.

Columbus, Oh, Us

Roles and Responsibilities Included:- Managed the product development, strategies, and sales of shorts and sweatpants assortment within the Hollister Men's portfolio. - Part of a team that delivered $75M+ in sales completing the best year ever in both shorts and sweatpants product categories. Improved margin YoY from 65% to 72% during the Holiday 2020 season amidst pandemic conditions.- Developed seasonal strategies, sales plans, and product architecture for each season to guide direction for planning, sourcing, and design counterparts, ensuring profitability in Store, DTC, and Wholesale channels in all regions.- Developed a margin improvement program that saw 7% cost savings and 41% increase on in-season profit by balancing assortment with manufacturing demand.- Managed weekly selling reports and actioned strategy/assortment pivots based on current business reads.- Trained new employees and interns in the basics of the merchandising position; Helping to bring them up to speed with the current business, how to use our reporting infrastructure, and the processes of day-to-day tasks in the role.- Supported portfolio growth by identifying cross-sell opportunities, increasing client acquisition, and enhancing customer satisfaction. Worked a part in product procurement and organization of Marketing Photoshoots each season, ensuring we had the best product possible as a part of our brand marketing campaigns both in-store and online.- Led cross-functional teams to migrate innovative product design concepts into finished, scalable, high quality commercialized goods that provide the Company with a competitive advantage in the marketplace.- Stayed up to date with the current trends from researching and patterning our direct competitors as well as aspirational brands to help aid in our product development process and trend-focused product categories.

Columbus, Oh, Us

Roles and Responsibilities Included:- Assisted in Weekly Selling reports each week. Aided in the preparation and presentation of the Hollister Men's Shorts assortment in selling and key milestone meetings ensuring the protection of margin without loss of brand integrity.- Researched competition, our own category performance, and other KPIs to ensure accurate planning of each season’s assortment architecture within the Men’s Shorts department.- Assisted with strategic planning and merchandising capabilities that influence buying and planning decision to ensure our customers are offered the best product assortment. (Merchandise Financial Planning, Assortment Planning, Omni Channel price/markdown/promotion optimization).- Worked with planning, sourcing and design in the procurement and development of or our seasonal line, samples, and test assortment. Managed these items for meeting and marketing usage on behalf of my supervisor.

Columbus, Oh, Us

- Assisted Station and clients with the setup, facilitation, and tear down of various events hosted throughout the Columbus area ranging from block parties, bowling leagues, concerts, etc.- Promoted and marketed station and sponsor events across various physical and digital mediums.- Compiled data of station listeners for station and client analysis to use in demographic data to be sold to our advertising partners.- Aided sales team in the showcasing of our signature events and conveying the value of being a station sponsor.- Worked alongside Talent to curate a fun and exciting environment with our listeners and advertising partners.

Staines, Surrey, Gb

- Conducted competitor analysis within the fire market segment, analyzed the quality of our own products as well as the competitors to determine if they met the standards of state legislature.- Collaborated with other Chubb employees across both Australia and the world. - Improved the search engine optimization of the Chubb brand through improvements of the website, google adwords, and various local listings. - Aided sales team by compiling a database of all possible clients in the state of Queensland in order to generate new leads and improve sales in the region.- Optimized our assortment offerings, catering to clients by industry to streamline sales process and provide more focused offerings to new and existing client

Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca, Us

Performed clerical office work varying from scanning, copying, and filling, to developing a network of employee records and bid sheet data for transitioning to a paperless network of information. In addition I assisted in the purchasing department generating quotes for job sites from various nurseries.

New York, Ny, Us

Facilitated practices, tournaments, and instructed weightlifting exercises in the gym. Used prior knowledge and leadership to teach fundamental skills, team unity, and sportsmanship to young adults.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

Assisted in market research of potential technologies developed at The Ohio State University through interviewing inventors, conducting database research, and forming market surveys to understand the marketability of potential new products.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Marketing

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