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• Created flexible approach that allows suppliers and buy teams to use our Seattle showroom in a way that best fits their needs.
• Provide concierge services to include receive, prep, merchandise, and return of samples.
• Ability to host virtual or in-person meetings.
• Collaborate with supplier to organize the presentation in advance of buy meeting.
• Offer business analytics support when needed.
• Fully equipped showroom allowing for an efficient brand presentation.

Seattle, Washington, US

Seattle, Washington, US

• Manage and expand $17 million retail sales private label business covering multiple classifications in full/off price channels; 30% increase planned for 2018 for all channels
• Collaborate with buyers, brand manager, design director, financial planner and other leadership to identify merchandise strategies that support customer needs and marketplace trends while aligning with brand direction.
• Establish a comprehensive understanding of the men’s apparel market and the competitors that exist
• Define seasonal, annual and multi-year product strategies that maintain and improve current replenishment programs, identify future trends for existing categories, and pitch new category development
• Communicate and partner with suppliers to design and develop product supporting brand direction
• Lead presentation of new product offerings and line plans to buyers and merchandise managers during quarterly buy meetings

Seattle, Washington, US

• Support 12 Replenishment Buyers across multiple divisions managing replenishment programs that contributed $440 million retail sales for 2015 (33% increase from FY 2014; 22.0% of total sales) at 194 locations
• Collaborate with various levels of leadership to implement merchandise strategies that meet the needs of the customer while meeting or exceeding set KPI’s
• Teach and coach buying team replenishment tools and processes, planning and forecasting methods, merchandising fundamentals, and vendor relationship best practices
• Contribute to technological improvements in ordering, planning, and forecasting systems by advising continuous improvement and developers on the necessary efficiencies required to sustain dramatic off-price business.

Seattle, Washington, US

• Managed annual volume of $140 million at 127 store locations for men’s sportswear tops and designer brand collections; ran a 6.4% comp store increase in 2013 beating the company average of 2.5%. Finished 2012 with a.
• Collaborated with buyer to develop seasonal department merchandise strategies based on customer needs and fashion trends
• Drove creation and management of buy plans to include quantifying the breadth of assortment and depth of items
• Partnered with buyer and financial planner on business reviews, open-to-buy management and plan revisions to achieve financial goals and strategic product objectives
• Developed and launched a new ‘advanced collection’ department to house premium labels allowing acquisition of a brand new customer but also aligning the off-price channel with our full-price model; this created new.
• Taught and motivated 2 assistant buy planners to successfully drive in season performance management and to become superior partners in planning assortments and quantifying the buy

Seattle, Washington, US

• Managed volume of $27.5 million for men’s and kid’s replenishment items at 86 store locations; increased total replenishment sales by 75.8% over LY
• Analyzed sales trends and inventory levels as they relate to constant and dynamic levels in the replenishment system
• Developed, executed and communicated seasonal and perpetual merchandise item plans identifying strategies and forecasts that support the merchandising and financial objectives of six department
• Directed the financial success of these departments by exceeding sales, gross margin, and inventory turn goals
• Collaborated with in-store merchandising teams to meet inventory requirements and in-stock targets

Seattle, Washington, US

• Managed volume of $12.4 million for men’s accessories at 115 store locations (including Nordstrom.com); increased total replenishment sales by 49.4% over LY
• Analyzed sales trends and inventory levels as they relate to constant and dynamic levels in the replenishment system
• Developed, executed and communicated seasonal and perpetual merchandise item plans identifying strategies and forecasts that support the merchandising and financial objectives of six department
• Directed the financial success of these departments by exceeding sales, gross margin, and inventory turn goals
• Collaborated with in-store merchandising teams to meet inventory requirements and in-stock targets

Seattle, Washington, US

• Managed annual volume of $39 million for men’s neckwear and accessories at 29 store locations
• Created and implemented proper merchandising strategies including line pricing, product flow, product segmentation, and product differentiation
• Analyzed sales results, forecasted in-season sales, and tracked open-to-buy on a weekly basis
• Maintained direct relationships with vendors to build product collections, negotiated prices, improved margins, and reacted to in-season business opportunities while driving improvements to vendor scorecard
• Evaluated stores individual product needs, and promoted understanding of future product initiatives to generate sales through constant communication with store managers, department managers, sales, and inventory teams

Seattle, Washington, US

• Managed product lifecycle ensuring design, development and manufacturing of the product met buyer requirements including market needs, margin goals, and delivery timelines
• Coordinated the product sourcing, costing, commercial execution, and final quality evaluation of product while considering social compliance standards and maintaining brand integrity
• Collaborated with factories and agents to identify new opportunities for product development
• Presented men’s accessories line and brand strategy to Nordstrom buying teams

Seattle, Washington, US

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Humanities/Humanistic Studies

European Studies - German