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Buffalo, Ny, Us

Portland, Oregon, Us

Portland, Oregon, Us

San Luis Obispo, California, Us

Creating a cohesive assortment of products to create a holistic, premium shopping experience. Manage all aspects of day to day merchandising and planning of the business. Works with Chief Merchandising Manager on strategic plans of the business. Determines appropriate merchandise per site based on departmental and Company goals.

San Luis Obispo, California, Us

Support company targets through demand planning by department classifications, aligning with overall top-down targets. Optimize inventory levels resulting in stronger assortments and strategic buying decisions, resulting in significant improvement in operational efficiency profitabilityStrategize expansion within key categories to include new product offerings, including 3 private label brands adding $5.0M in revenueIdentify major concepts on product presentation through partnering with cross-functional teams including Buyers, Product Development and Marketing. Implement marketing strategy to support business development, brand awareness and improved consumer engagementCreated new social media and email campaigns. Advanced proficiency in Excel and Tableau Desktop

Farmers Branch, Texas, Us

Added 30% sales growth to the Private Label business though combined initiative of new product, revision of size scale breakdown and increasing the timing of replenishment shipmentsCollaborated with key accounts on assortment planning, advertising initiatives, markdown strategies and end of season inventory management. Created ladder plans to identify and support strategic growth opportunities as well as manage weekly replenishment for 3 private label accountsImprove profit through streamlining materials and decreasing overall cost of production. Provide strategic vision to department leaders to execute the company mission of growth and profitability. Accountable for performance and results across operational channels. Manage and lead initiatives of demand planning, connecting processes of design, sourcing and Supply planning. Drive category initiatives and balanced product assortments of 10 brands, meeting and exceeding margin thresholds.

Completed 200 hour yoga certification in April 2011. Vinyasa with ashtanga base.

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Manage the buying and product development of Sports Memorabilia. At Auction is an online auction business that operates through a business to consumer channel. We provide incremental sales on already existing online retail operations. I am directly responsible for designing and producing new product pieces that evolve into a diverse mix of offerings. I plan sales and manage inventory flow as well as manage an allocation team.

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

It is difficult to summarize in traditional format, the day-to-day at lululemon. Our achievements were always great; our efforts always passionate. My contributions drove the growth of the Texas region. The following are examples of how we lived each moment: • Successful People replace the words ‘wish’, ‘should’ and ‘try’ with ‘I WILL’• Creativity is maximized when you’re living in the moment. • Mediocrity is as close to the bottom as it is to the top. Be great. • Sweat once a day. • Life is full of setbacks. Success is determined by how you handle setbacks.

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Harold's Stores, Inc.; Dallas, Texas (December 2007-November 2008)Buyer: Women's ApparelResponsible for strategic financial and product assortment planning. Produced original planning tools including inventory tracking and sales forecasting. Highly collaborative with design and development teams in producing high end women's apparel. Implemented a replenishment business for casual pants, and secured relationships with major denim manufacturers. Executed monthly merchandising initiatives. Introduced plan-o-gram format to standardize store set up.

Plano, Texas, Us

Consistently achieved KPI's including: sales, inventory turn, and gross profit.Collaborated with planning teams to develop and execute long range (3 year) and seasonal plans (6-18 months)Drove productivity through product life-cycle management, resulting in optimization of balance assortment plans, product delivery and profitability. Highly collaborative with Design and Product Development to ensure successful product creation and costing.Launched new private label brand, East 5th to diversify and grow our classic women's consumer. Re-launched Worthington as a key initiative in capturing market share in women's modern sportswear. Drove sales and product excitement through strategic planning of over 200 marketing initiatives per year.Implemented diversified packing and shipping methods to maximize inventory turn and seasonal appropriate flow of product.

Responsible for Merchandising, Buying and Planning of $50 million Women's Outerwear businessHighly collaborative with Advertising and Marketing, executing a 12 month calendar to optimize go-to-market productivity.Aligned open to buy plans with financial targets to maximize sales and inventory turn.Launched The North Face product line, being the 2nd department store in the country to feature this line; produced additional $4.0 million in sales. Planned and implemented a strategy to grow private label by 60% which increased sales by $6 million and increased overall margin by 3 bps.

Assisted Buyer in merchandise selection, planning and allocation.

Bs Apparel Merchandising, Fashion Design And Management, Marketing

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