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Cleveland, Oh, Us

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

- Leverages external data in order to pinpoint exactly how increases/decreases in demand/market share are happening and help identify the causes. - Runs data reports to identify historical trends and insight into expected future changes such as the number of stores, calendar shifts, business shifts, and promotional events.Assigns individual item quantities to specific stores based on analytical approaches that recognize the performance of those items and their history or potential at different stores.- Minimizes time required to allocate product and maximize profit by reducing costs and aligning product placement with store opportunity to sell.- Acquiries products on a recurring basis to support anticipated needs.

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

- Support the buying & merchandising teams in maximizing sales and profit by assisting with inventory, shrink, shipping, and logistics- Assisted in tracking merchandise from initial allocation through EOL cycle, including replenishment, markdowns, and consolidation of goods to all stores and channels- Assisted with coordinating order fulfillment, and tracking shipping times for thousands of product orders

- Maintain capacity planning documentation that tracks capacity levels with select cut and sew vendors while maintaining timelines and capacity for full-package vendors.- Manage fitting schedules, production fittings, sample inventory and pattern archives.- Developed and managed over 300 styles, which equates to 5,000 SKUs. - Substantial familiarity with fabric characteristics and qualities and basic garment knowledge. - Build department’s WIP report from pre-production through production while driving weekly cross functional meetings covering all production deliverables.- Perform comparative cost analysis reports monthly by each client to identify potential areas of opportunity and growth for current and future business. - Maintain purchasing, scheduling and inventory control for Raw Materials with all vendors and review seasonal RM and trim selections with Design and Merchandising.

- Acted as a liaison between sales, merchandising and global operations in order to proactively identify delivery timing needs and ensure global operations is meeting those required ex-factory dates.- Daily maintenance on all purchase orders: adjusting delivery dates based on ex-fty dates, updating faulty units, indicated mode of transport when necessary.- Entered and maintained all product information (SKU#, name, material information, trims, origin, HTS code, etc.) in internal database.- Collaborated with clients and cross functional teams to build optimal objectives and to better support our clients brands and our company. - Reviewed incoming samples = thoroughly checked samples against tech-packs (specs, construction, artwork, colors, trims, packaging, etc.), payed special attention to quality and making sure products match approved samples and production decks.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

- Handled all communications with vendors and assisted with the drafting of contracts.- Maintained an updated database of production levels and deliveries.- Prepared all documents required for production activities.

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

- Developed and maintained relationships with vendors and negotiated various aspects to ensure beneficial outcomes for both parties and drove the commercial potential of the market.- Built open relationships with other buyers, buying managers, market managers, buying directors, market directors across all countries, categories, and divisions, as well as our merchandising organization.- Provided an open mind and the ability to consider multiple perspectives while dealing with ambiguity, and the ability to make on-the-spot decisions based on both gut instincts and data.- Efficiently adapted my approach by leveraging insights from all key markets, the latest trends and consumer habits, while consistently shopping and analyzing stores and competition.- Consistently displayed a commercial and entrepreneurial mindset and developed a demonstrated track record of driving business success, handling complexity, and taking calculated risks.

Fashion Design Certificate, Fashion/Apparel Design, Graduate Certificate

Bachelors, Human Communications, Communication, General

Activities and Societies: - NCAA All American - Deans List Bachelors of Science in Communication with two minors in Business and Human.

Education record

I have been enrolled in the pac rim business academy for two years. Im involved in Reading to Tots which is an organization that reads.