As Head of Merchandising, I developed and implemented a merchandising strategy to drive purchase conversion, lower average wholesale price, improve average feedback score, and create differentiation through product assortment and merchandising voice. I built and managed a team that consisted of assistant buyers, an associate planner and stylists (both in-house and remote).I conceived, developed, sourced and launched four private label brands. I created an Instagram and online wish… Show more As Head of Merchandising, I developed and implemented a merchandising strategy to drive purchase conversion, lower average wholesale price, improve average feedback score, and create differentiation through product assortment and merchandising voice. I built and managed a team that consisted of assistant buyers, an associate planner and stylists (both in-house and remote).I conceived, developed, sourced and launched four private label brands. I created an Instagram and online wish list, which increased sales conversion and retention. I helped to implement an early curation queue to improve customer service and reduce average turnaround time. I initiated the rollout of a remote stylist program to efficiently increase personnel levels. I developed the merchandising voice by managing homepage photoshoots, including styling and image approvals. Show less

As a buyer, I managed the women's ready-to-wear business through product selection and assortment, inventory allocation and price management. I maximized profitability through reorders, transfers, product knowledge seminars and partnering with visual to feature key items.I supervised a merchandising assistant, and partnered with cross-functional teams including planning, merchandising, PR, visual and regional store managers.

As an associate planner, I built 51 pre-season plans, managed the OTB, negotiated RTVs and MDA, managed replenishment, assisted in writing assortment buys, analyzed subclass selling, and worked closely with site merchandising to ensure the optimal customer experience.

As a senior assistant buyer, I worked with vendors including Rag & Bone, Helmut Lang, Theyskens' Theory and Haute Hippie. I managed the OTB for two of my own vendors, built strong relationships with vendors, worked closely with the fashion office to identify key trends, partnered with marketing to choose advertising styles, put together pre-market subclass analyses, coordinated with store sales associates to get weekly/monthly feedback, made markdown decisions and managed a merchant assistant.