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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Created and implemented global strategic plans that drove a successful business of over $1 billion dollars with multiple material and construction types for the entire Decorative Home division.- Drove vendor engagement and improvement by developing great relationships and partnerships.- Leveraged strong communication skills to work cross functionally in driving profitable business across three different Sr. Buyerships.- Managed the team's integration of .com flawlessly.- Traveled internationally and domestically as a production and sourcing expert covering all Home businesses.- Successfully managed a team of 15-20 team members with varying levels of knowledge and experience. Consistently led the pyramid with top team survey scores year after year.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Managed a $500M business of Domestics product including Kitchen Textiles, window, pillows, throws, hard bathroom, and Kids bedroom.- Improved owned brand profitability with effective negotiations and optimal receipt flexibility. - Excellent reputation and relationships with suppliers.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Strategically sourced intimate apparel product through tough negotiations while building contingency plans and collaborating with vendors.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Successfully managed a $300M dollar business by hitting all sales, GM, contribution and turnover for three years. - Completed all product reviews, trend analysis and selections while working closely with National Brand vendors to drive Market Share.- Initiated and completed a comprehensive men’s boxer and underwear reinvention that resulted in a sales comp increase of over 30% to the prior year. - Captained the Softlines Basics committee and created a Strategic vision that drove sales and incremental market share without the use of company space.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Created category strategy that drove sales and gross margin of large assortment of infant, toddler, and children's shoes of over $200M each year.- Hit all financial goals and drove a 25-40% YOY mature sales increase by quickly identifying trends and chasing into additional merchandise.- Achieved two Golden Contribution awards and Best Team award.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Biggest success was the financial and inventory management of the Stationery team. - Initiated and drove financial forecasts and plans that were reviewed on a monthly basis.- Achieved three Golden Contribution awards, Best Contribution award, Outstanding Inventory Management award and Turnover award.