Beth Montford Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

Connecticut, United States

Responsible for building and driving the footwear sales and profitable growth for all Spring Footwear brands in New England utilizing strategies that leverage all data points, market and research insights.

Wilton, Ct

An integral part of this 2-person team, partnering with the owner to manage sales, business development, online sales strategy development, social media campaigns, and client services for this women's fashion comfort footwear brand. Accountable for all retail and wholesale sales as well as maintaining customer relationships. Highlights & Achievements:⏩Drove and strengthened relationships with Nordstrom, QVC, Hautelook, Amazon and Zulily.⏩Obtained "Top Shop" status on FAIRE with a conversion rate of almost 5% and sell through rate over 98%.⏩Drove sales for women's footwear brand, gaining and retaining clients with reorders at 90%.⏩Grew Sheridan Mia wholesale accounts utilizing online platforms and in person at trade shows.Leadership & Sales Accomplishments & Benchmarks:⏩QVC on-air brand expert for Sheridan Mia with a sales achievement rate of 238%.⏩Lead and executed QVC on-boarding process including quality assurance, technical design, pricing and distribution.⏩Support all retail and wholesale customer interaction while continuously developing and maintaining relationships with new and existing customers. ⏩Handle complex business relationships and influence executive level business partners.⏩Strategize on business plans and forecasting quarterly.⏩Traveled to Italy bi-annually to build each season's footwear collection. Negotiated pricing, production time and delivery logistics with each factory for samples and customer orders.⏩Attend wholesale trade shows to promote shoe line, prospect and write orders for upcoming season while working with buyers to develop appropriate collections for their clients.⏩Developed online wholesale catalog and marketing plan via online platform Faire and increased customer base.⏩Interface with Zulily, Nordstrom Rack and HauteLook to drive sales through markdown strategies and liquidate excess inventory.⏩ Knowledge of retail math, A2000, EDI, DSCO, Intertrade, Amazon, Nordstrom and QVC Requirements.

New York City, Ny

- Consultant & Director, Investment Banking Services / IPOs (2006)- Account Manager, Investment Banking Service / IPOs (2000-2006)- Market Analyst, Market Surveillance (1999-2000) Built and maintained strategic relationships and provided excellent customer service to generate and execute domestic equity initial public offerings (IPOs) through sales and marketing initiatives targeting private companies, investment banks, venture capital firms, and law firms.⏩Secured $22M+ in original listing fees and $9.6M+ in continued listing fees during tenure with the organization.Achieved early career success as a Sales Representative at Morgan Stanley.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Marketing

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, International Studies | Minor: Economics