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Rogers, AR, US

Rogers, AR

• Managed data on corporate share-point site to facilitate data entry and compilation by sourcing managers. Reported cost savings and direct import (DI) volume to capture receipt data in Hardlines, Home & Seasonal and.
• Helped capture $5,800,000 in cost savings working with sourcing managers in toys to validate missing or incomplete information.
• Validated $3,200,000 in cost savings on store display project in lawn and garden

• Created fiscal budgets for financial metrics: sales, receipt flow, distribution center (DC) inventory levels, markdowns (MD), and initial markup (IMU). Adjusted forecasts to business trends weekly in relation to sales.
• Received 1st Quarter 2016 “Mr. Sam” Award for collaboration with store operations team.
• Established new store-specific process and communication to improve stock balance efficiency.
• Worked with key suppliers on item specific ladder plans in an attempt to maximize sales & profit.
• Controlled inventory levels in stores and Jewelry DC to mitigate risk in a tough sales environment.
• Dramatically reduced deleted inventory by following aggressive markdown cadence.

• Negotiated and secured sport bag license for NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt JR. Jeff Gordon, and Jimmie Johnson. Monitored weekly backpack sales performance by region district and store. Tracked sales for key back to school.
• Opened account with the following: o NASCAR Store.com and QVC.com for NASCAR product.o Wal-Mart Infants department for diaper bags.o Sam’s Club.com for luggage sets, pet bags, and Ironman and NASCAR.o Costco.com for.

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

Buyer for opthalmic eyeglass frames, sunglasses, safety eyewear & eyewear accessories

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

Purchased fashion apparel and fashion basics including: shirts, pants, shorts, outerwear denim and more.

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Achieved $19.6 M in new item sales for FYE 2003.
• Achieved $3.4 M in cost savings.
• Introduced opening price point umbrella from Essex Mfg. as global VPI item for FYE 2003. Sales of $8.5 M globally, 16.7% margin, $697,500 in cost savings. Umbrella was sold in all 11 countries including 5 store formats.
• Introduced Bijoux International (U.S. backpack supplier), globally $1.5 M in new item sales internationally. Backpack category had $2.2 M in cost savings. Bijoux was 10% of the dept. 31 sales for FYE 2003 for Wal-Mart.
• Accomplished 35 supplier expansions into countries where they had not previously done business.

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• FYE 1998 Sales increase was +2.1% to budget, + 35.9% overall sales increase.

• DMM for ladies RTW division, which included dresses, outerwear, designer sportswear bridal and formalwear fashions.
• Averaged 6.0% sales increase and $1.9 M profit increase in 1994 & 1995.

• Buying responsibilities included: junior dresses, misses dresses, plus size dresses, social occasion dresses, bridal fashions, and ladies outerwear.
• I received 3 promotions over this period as a result of consistent sales and profit growth