Drive financial results by developing, executing and communicating merchandise financial plans and strategies that support the merchandise and financial objectives of the footwear department, as well as company-wide objectives. - Monitor store capacity and overall business health. - Analyze historical data and current trends to identify risks and opportunities by department, class and supplier, thereby developing an improvement plan for each department and supplier. - Collaborate with buyers to develop and communicate a comprehensive strategy that aligns future financial and product opportunities by department. - Develop and communicate department level markdown recommendations and strategies to maintain a profitable business and lean inventory. - Recap and analyze actual sales results to plan, and forecast in season sales and inventory opportunities on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis. - Initiate action and sales for 51 outlet stores by working with district managers to utilize space and marketing to increase overall profitability by moving correct closeout product to stores. - Develop strategies with each buyer to increase profitability and turn with each supplier by managing the percent share of each vendor to the total company base.

Managed all aspects of the skate business as well as assisted the men's buyer in category businesses to drive results, within sales and financial goals established by upper management. - Grew the skate category by monitoring receipts and inventory, as well as using all promotional outlets to drive sales. - Created, executed and analyzed promotions for the men's and skate categories by working with finance to choose items to promote profitably, organizing keywords on products, and analyze the lift and overall net gain for the group. - Established and tracked all purchase orders for the men's (150 brands) and skate (12 brands) categories by creating a new tracking system to ensure timely delivery of Purchase Order's and first delivery of merchandise. - Worked closely with Fulfillment Center personnel to ensure that items were received accurately, thereby reducing the time an item took to become website buyable, and the amount of returns for inaccurate items. Also, worked closely with management and outside vendors to determine root causes of issues, reducing the amount of items that moved to problem receive- Reduced amount of hours need to issue a Purchase Order by helping to create and test a new process for order submitting and a forecasting tool for the team- Selected marketing, featured and promotional items for the site as well as negotiating and collecting co-op from vendors to increase sales as well as PPM%- Analyzed the effect of online marketing for each category by utilizing Amazon internal tools to determine lift and overall profitability- Worked with over 160 vendors on items such as cost changes, incorrect website data, and every day busienss needs- Participated in several Six Sigma Kaizen projects to reduce waste and increase productivity of processes in the department

Owned sandal and slip-on business, including financials, brand management, new vendors, receipt planning and Open To Buy. Researched emerging concepts in the marketplace, introducing successful new ideas. Assist buyer in assortment planning and presentation in open forums; executed courses of action to be taken to meet a plan. Maintained regular communication with vendors regarding Purchase Order maintenance and adjustments, shipping issues, and IMU across brands. Attention to detail resulted in on-time deliveries and first delivery to customers and stores.

Merchandise Training Program Trained in retail math, Open To Buy, vendor communications, and the correct uses and importance of these skills. Worked closely with assistant buyer and buyer while transitioning from trainee to assistant buyer.

Assist customers on the sales floor in both the At Home and Kidswear departments. Provide a personalized shopping experience based on needs and wants of customer while aiding in the achievement of total sales within the company.