Before applying my talents to multi-channel retail, I worked for more than 20 years as an entrepreneur, developing and selling real estate and bringing a newly patented product to market. That experience gives me a bottom-line focus and big picture vision for the development and merchandising of new products. Requirements of my current position include trend analysis, competitive analysis, assortment planning, product lifecycle management, pricing, multi-channel merchandising, and performance analytics. I have strong skills in quantitative and qualitative analysis; number crunching is not just part of the job – it is part of the fun. My marketing skills include research, new product development, vendor relationship management, and product selection and placement for catalogs, internet, and collateral materials with the intent of increasing sales, improving margins, and satisfying customers.
Listed skills include Product Assortment Planning, Forecasting, Trend Analysis, Multivariate Analysis, and 33 others.