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• Established and maintained vendor relationships for all aspects of the division.• Collaborated with E commerce partners for all online marketing efforts related to increasing brand awareness.• Negotiated pricing to get the lowest possible cost and increase total profit margin• Identified and sourced new vendors while crafting merchandising plans based on customer demographics and analytics.• Delivered training to retail team members to ensure effective sales while preparing monthly sales recap reports with Senior Inventory Planner.• Managed the entire jewelry division including transactions, budgets, and staff while formulating jewelry collection and artwork coupled with identifying historical and antique pieces for reproduction.• Effectively oversaw divisional merchandising leading cross functional teams and one direct report.• Efficiently supervised purchase orders and invoicing procedures.• Sourced new vendors cultivated vendor relationships and internal stakeholder engagements, while managing financial budgets for a $14M jewelry division.• Established online collection and launched The Artisan jewelry line.• Launched 800 plus new products over 3 seasons• Worked closely with supply chain to address product quality issues.• Managed prep and presentation of products for web launch

Identified new areas for product development by successfully collaborating with the design team. Liaised with the GM of Inventory Planning and Allocation to reduce inventory liabilities in jewelry by $MM. Assisted with the setup of New Vendor Compliance Guidelines while managing the new forecasting model.

Supported the Product Manager in day-to-day department operations while maintaining the product development database and obtaining product reproduction approval from the curatorial department. Engaged in product development; and collaborating with the senior leadership team on vendor compliance guidelines.

• Worked with the product development team to continuously achieve sales targets while working with A/P on vendor payments and partnering with the Senior Assortment Planner regarding store merchandise assortment

• Responsible for allocation and replenishment; analyzed store trends and provided daily sales analysis; aligned inventory to support retail sales plans; and partnered with the Senior Planner to meet sales goals & objectives• Accountable for 20 stores, DTC, and wholesale operations while allocating merchandise to stores according to warehouse and store inventory levels along with assisting stores with merchandise transfers to fulfill stock needs

• Delivered effective supervision and coaching to a staff of 10 while assigning technical employees to achieve the required quality and service output goals along with maintaining appropriate shop records and inventories• Served as the process leader for shop activities, ensuring work standards were defined and systemically improved with input from service technicians and the entire service center team

Master'S Degree, Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities

Bachelor'S Degree/ Deans List, Business Administration And Management, General

Gce