• Led a cross-functional team of six• Drove sales and profit in multi-million dollar seasonal business• Created assortments consisting of key national and private brand merchandise• Cultivated partnerships with key vendors by negotiating strategies relative to costing, shipping, returns, and margin opportunities• Developed marketing strategies for stores and ecommerce designed to meet or exceed customer expectations• Communicated merchandise vision to stores through planograms, set guides, and online tools to ensure proper execution at store level

• Drove sales and profit in multi-million dollar multi-channel business.• Grew children’s’ fad ‘Webkinz’ business.• Integrated brick-and-mortar and catalog/ecommerce teams into one cohesive business group.• Managed exclusive Celebrity-endorsed baby bedding & gift business.• Led a cross-functional team of nine.

• Managed multi-million dollar business, with limited supervision, to achieve sales and profit goals• Created assortments across multiple brands tailored to various target customers• Planned and executed the largest rollout of a brand in the Boys Department in the history of the company.• Analyzed business to grow, maintain, or decline brands/programs and exploit opportunities• Collaborated with marketing, allocation, store environment, and ecommerce to execute vision

• Developed life cycle merchandise plans to meet the sales, profit, and inventory productivity targets within multi-million dollar businesses• Forecasted sales trends and promotional markdown or exit strategies for pre-season planning, in season adjustments and post season analysis to quantify risks and opportunities• Collaborated with key team members including merchandising, allocation, and marketing, to ensure execution of all performance objectives

• Responsible for implementing buying strategies with buyer• Analyzed business and made recommendations to capitalize on opportunities and mitigate risks• Built bottoms-up assortment plans that fit within both financial goals and store space limitations• Created purchase orders and tracked deliveries to ensure that inventory landed in stores on time• Collaborated with marketing team to feature trend right product in advertising and store visuals• Partnered with allocation team to ensure the correct quantities were sent to the correct stores