Chelsea M. Email & Phone Number

United States

As a buyer at Lids Sports Group, my responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: • Responsible for entire product development timeline from identification of goods, sample approvals, purchasing, order tracking, price determination, as well as coordination with sourcing, visual merchandising, marketing, and store teams. • Utilize Excel to analyze product, category, department and store performance against forecasted monthly, seasonal, and annual goals. • Create action plans based on data analysis of sales trends, inventory value, markdowns, open-to-buy, and consumer buying patterns to increase gross margin.• Prepare product presentations and create clear resources that can be referenced by internal departments and external contacts.• Establish and maintain genuine and professional relationships that support profitability with vendors, requiring regular communication and organization.• Keep accurate records of buying decisions and work within budget, accounting for all investments and returns.• Communicate priorities to merchandising and sourcing teams, maximizing category performance through planning, delegation, teamwork and an understanding of shared goals.

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Create and manage website programs for clients’ promotional marketing needs, working closing with Web Development and Creative teams.• Prepare and present proposals to sales team, addressing clients’ needs with unique and profitable product suggestions.

Flagstaff, Az

Sage Brush Traders, LLC is comprised of four distinctly different life-styled boutiques in the heart of downtown Flagstaff: Basement Marketplace, PJ Chilcottage, Sage Brush Trading Co, and Black Hound Gallerie. Our foundation was built on creating genuine human interactions with our customers, building professional and profitable relationships with our suppliers, and nurturing a diverse working environment where each team member was encouraged to grow.• Travel out of state twice a month to meet with and negotiate with suppliers, build professional relationships with vendors and make decisions about a range of products based on trends, as well as past and current product performance. • Create, organize and reconcile purchase orders for suppliers and invoices for processing and accounting department in a timely manner.• Schedule and lead weekly meetings related to category and department performance, planning, and forecasting.• Utilize Excel to analyze and forecast sales, inventory value, markdowns as a percentage of sales and by dollar, gross margin by percent and dollar, open-to-buy and consumer buying patterns, predicting future trends and maximizing gross profit.• Create, participate in and delegate action plans to buying team, management team and visual merchandising team.• Manage and develop sales team, buying team, visual merchandising team and interns.• Responsible for accurately representing the company in all interactions with customers, suppliers, and team members, both in person and online through social media.• Book all travel and accommodations for buying team and keep detailed record of all business expenses.• Put together and manage floor, buying, and merchandising teams’ schedules while remaining within budget.• Improve upon existing practices and methods to develop a more efficient, organized and detailed practice.

Flagstaff, Arizona

• Directly oversee and manage 40+ residents on a daily basis. • Create a safe and comfortable living environment while promoting diversity and inclusiveness. • Create an informative and eye-catching hall bulletin board and newsletter monthly, focusing on upcoming events, tips and tricks, inspiration, and information on time management, educational success and organizational techniques. • Perform customer service duties while managing the front desk, such as answering questions, providing accurate information and direction, renting out equipment to residents, ensuring key security, handling money, and opening and closing the desk.• Supervise the building, housing approximately 600-700 students, during overnight “On Call” shifts to handle emergency and behavioral situations that would occur outside of regular business hours.