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A performance-driven, accomplished executive with extensive, diverse experience creating and executing successful strategies for big box and specialty retail companies. A business builder and consensus builder focused on results with exceptional analytical and problem solving skills. A proven leader consistently develops and builds cohesive and high performing teams. Demonstrates integrity, fairness, open-mindedness, clear and effective communication, and collaborative aptitude.25+ years experience in multiple categories including Apparel, Home, Gifts, Jewelry, Accessories and Handbags. What I do best:• Provide a visionary leadership to create merchandise business strategies, leveraging my instincts and experiences, to discover and maximize trends, to build compelling assortments, and to introduce new categories that align with sales and margin goals• Build, mentor, and empower high performing teams by encouraging entrepreneurship, constructive feedback and inspiring mutually collaborative and cross-functional cultures• Strengthen vendor partnerships with fairness, professionalism, and honest communication for advantageous negotiation, ensuring best value for our customers• Create assortment differentiation through product development and collaboration with all cross functional teams• Improve structure, organization, process and procedure that supports business growth and accelerate speed to market• Forecast plans and optimize supply chain through detail analytics in partnership with Planners and Allocators • Direct and support international buying combined with strategic sourcing to generate margin growth as well as ensuring alternative solutions to off set macro-economic impacts• Surprise and delight customers through powerful and irresistible merchandise presentation

Listed skills include Merchandising, Sales, Inventory Management, Pricing, and 46 others.