Devon Foster Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

•Managed and maintained seasonal OTB file for total DIV.•Helped develop seasonal/monthly pricing strategies based on vendor agreements and business strategies.•Worked with financial planning team to align on seasonal/monthly sales/ROF plans.•Took ownership of private label brands and worked with vendor to develop and design products and business strategies that maintained brand DNA and aligned across other divisions.•Assisted buyer with cold weather accessories execution from pre-season market prep, writing buys, and flowing buy based on monthly flow and financial plans.•Member of PDIV Town Hall committee. Created engaging town halls within total PDIV by organizing speakers/Q&As for town halls, creating PowerPoints celebrating birthdays/anniversary’s, hosting town halls, and working with VP/DMM to ensure town hall success.•Member of Macy’s Style Crew Elite Influencer program. Posted 5 times a month on social media and participated in campaigns highlighting certain brands/products.•Handbags & Dress Accessories Macy’s Style Crew Captain. Helped organize Style Crew campaigns for the handbags and dress accessories team. Worked with business office/buying teams to ensure campaigns focused on trendy/important brands and/or products.•Managed Purchase Order log to ensure POs are shipped in a timely manner and are held to monthly/seasonal receipt constraints/plans.•Created strong relationships with vendor partners as well as fellow POD members while maintaining a positive attitude that contributed to a healthy work environment and success of total team.•Completed buys from start to finish including prepping for market by completing market prep for each vendor, understanding global trends/Macy’s specific trends, strategizing pre/post market, and writing buys in line with seasonal/monthly financial plans.•Took ownership of pricing execution as pricing captain for DIV: entered all pricing into Periscope system and updated based on reaction to business trends.

• Created and maintained PDP pages to Macy's standard and optimized the customer's virtual shopping experience.• Created/Updated purchase orders in FedBuy system as well as maintained accuracy between Affinity/FedBuy/buying team records.• Attended seasonal markets with buying team and was able to partake in creating product assortments. • Pulled weekly/daily reporting for buying team. • Created advertising content for dress accessories team in MASCM system and was responsible for managing sample requests from vendors.• Processed RTVs/MDAs for buying team at the end of the month/season.• Approved advertisements in Aprimo for dress accessories team, made any necessary changes/callouts, and communicated them to business office team.• Collected necessary paperwork/information to get new vendors set up, as well as helped existing vendors become set up through VDF/dropship. • Submitted VLLs/images through JIRA for VDF in an efficient and timely manner to have products live on Macy's.com as quickly and smoothly as possible.

Full responsibility for all aspects of running the business including hiring, interviewing,sales floor standards, training, sales profitability. Created and implemented a development program for management that included weekly topics such as KPIs, AP procedures, and hours management. Analyzed KPIs daily and made strategic business decisions based on opportunities seen. Experienced in PeopleSoft, used system to develop schedules for staff based off of peak traffic times and optimized staffing to deliver results. Used data analysis to re-merchandise sales floor based off of customer trends, inventory levels, and business results.

Executed and lead floor-sets to company visual standards that best fit the needs of the business. Organized and executed successful orientations with part-time staff consisting of loyalty program, customer experience, and product knowledge training. Interviewed and hired extraordinary and diverse team of associates, and trained lower management on how to conduct a successful interview. Exceeded store manager's expectations by having successful nightly closes, openings, and setting the team up for success every day.

Provided outstanding customer service and adhered to company policies and procedures. Selected to fill newly created position of temporary key holder from November-January 2016. Chosen to be store's MVP twice, due to always staying curious and seeking new learning opportunities, and by having a strong sense of teamwork with other associates.