Sourcing associate for men’s & women’s wovens.

•Manage multiple global brands; launch product, merchandise global sites, analyze product performance, sell-through velocity•Coordinating with cross-functional teams to deliver monthly campaigns

•Review and execute eCommerce merchandising goals and strategies to achieve sales and gross margin goals.•Analyze eCommerce sales identify opportunities for the channel. Communicate opportunities and findings to cross-channel partners.•Launched facets for textiles Pottery Barn Kids October 2019, continued to optimize thru BloomReach and Adobe.•Work with Inventory management to determine product availability needs and execute sale and clearance strategies.

•Manage execution of regional product strategy for Women's US ecommerce. •Collaborate with global merchandising to influence product development and to meet the needs of levi.com. •Build and model collaborative, effective cross functional relationships. •Manage and create line plans and assortments. Accountable for financial metrics to deliver business results.

•Manage all buying, financial and inventory responsibilities for men’s dress wear; suit separates, dress shirts, pants and neck wear $62 Million in sales volume.•Evaluate the marketplace, scrutinize Sears selling trends, and collaborate with designer, sourcing manager and strategic vendors to develop a private label of Structure and Covington dress wear. •Isolate non-productive inventory, effectively work with vendors, negotiated markdown support, and improve turn.

•Proficiently managed Market (Miss Elaine) and Junior Sleepwear (License and private label Joe Boxer); to achieve sales, margin and inventory turnover goals $25 Million in volume.•Developed Joe Boxer line, while working alongside cross function partners to manage cost, quality and responsibilities of assortment planning, product selection, vendor negotiation, and marketing.•Routine responsibilities included assortment planning, product selection, vendor negotiation, and marketing.

•Responsible for Halloween department; adult and children costumes, accessories and home décor for the site, including inspirational merchandise presentation, simple and intuitive category navigation and clear and accurate product details.•Collaborated with corporate office and marketing team to create a cohesive shopping experience between the stores and web.•Cultivated relationships with cross functional teams; creative, SEO, content and IT teams to meet eCommerce goals•Calculated… Show more •Responsible for Halloween department; adult and children costumes, accessories and home décor for the site, including inspirational merchandise presentation, simple and intuitive category navigation and clear and accurate product details.•Collaborated with corporate office and marketing team to create a cohesive shopping experience between the stores and web.•Cultivated relationships with cross functional teams; creative, SEO, content and IT teams to meet eCommerce goals•Calculated business opportunities and risks through analyzing sales and web performance metrics and adjusted based on trend.•Analyzed competition for customer experience, site navigation, assortment and marketing trends to improve the partycity.com experience Show less

•Drove top line financial results for Adult Halloween Costumes($12 million in sales volume) by focusing on competitive product offering and pricing for eCommerce•Collaborated with suppliers to deliver compelling assortment for on-line only assortment as well as core assortment from stores•Partnered with cross functional teams; created marketing photo shoots: for on-line only promotions, gateways and directories and content for website

•Efficiently managed all buying, financial and inventory responsibilities for crafts and celebration categories along with seasonal business; Halloween costumes/décor and Christmas décor $12 million in volume.•Ensured Walmart.com was category leader in new products and trends, functioned with site merchandising to optimize customer experience and partnered with logistics and fulfillment to understand cost and opportunities.•Actively provided in season direction on product and category… Show more •Efficiently managed all buying, financial and inventory responsibilities for crafts and celebration categories along with seasonal business; Halloween costumes/décor and Christmas décor $12 million in volume.•Ensured Walmart.com was category leader in new products and trends, functioned with site merchandising to optimize customer experience and partnered with logistics and fulfillment to understand cost and opportunities.•Actively provided in season direction on product and category information to the site merchandising team to maximize average order size and built partnerships with Bentonville counterparts to ensure alignment of store and on-line experience. Show less

•Generated $42 million in volume across Levi, Dockers, Lee, Gloria Vanderbilt and private label brands.•Evaluated the marketplace, scrutinized Mervyn's selling trends, and cooperated with trend designer, technical specialist and strategic vendors to develop a private label contemporary denim line.•Routinely negotiated with vendors during Mervyn's struggling business and developed contingency plans to sustain inventory flow and in stocks on key items.

•Accountable for product assortments, planning, forecasting, and pricing, advertising and vendor relationships for $57 million in sales volume for junior license, market and private label sleepwear/loungewear. •Negotiated GM guarantees for holiday table programs in flannel and fleece pajama sets, exceeding financial goals sales plan by 3% (6% over last year) and margin rate by 4%.•Assumed lead buyer responsibilities:Created and managed the department financial plans for fall and lead a… Show more •Accountable for product assortments, planning, forecasting, and pricing, advertising and vendor relationships for $57 million in sales volume for junior license, market and private label sleepwear/loungewear. •Negotiated GM guarantees for holiday table programs in flannel and fleece pajama sets, exceeding financial goals sales plan by 3% (6% over last year) and margin rate by 4%.•Assumed lead buyer responsibilities:Created and managed the department financial plans for fall and lead a team of 3 associate buyers. Show less

Managed all buying responsibilities for National, Market and Private label foundations and daywear Re-launched private label Best Value foundation programNegotiated pricing thru Competitive Line Review to hit 45%GM Lead sourcing events to increase profit formula for national brand and private label brasTraveled overseas as part of the development and sourcing of private label programs to insure quality and delivery

Managed retail budget of $35 million annuallyPerformed financial planning, inventory flow and ordering duties for domestic and import programsPurchased and planned private label bedspreads, $2 million annuallyPartnered with buyers to develop promotional and flow strategies to maximize salesRestructured 2 bedding programs; exit of previous program profitably and landing of new programMentored new business analysts on systems, analysis, pre-planning, and flow strategy