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Sunrise, Florida, United States

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

New York, United States

- Partner with Buyer to own the open to buy, determine product selection, and create a strategic vision for the Boys Toys department within Home. Collaborate with planning partners to generate accurate sales, margin forecasts, and assortment plans that support the overall strategy to drive toy business to outperform forecasted expectations. Exceeded sales plan by 10%, driving double digit comp growth for Fall ‘20. -Drove Outdoor Toy business to multimillion dollar sales, +20% beat to plan, +52% net growth by independently identifying white space opportunities in underdeveloped categories, opening ten new suppliers, and communicating liquidity needs to Buyer and Planning to chase additional in-season sales.- Manage day-to-day operations in large SKU count categories, with continually shifting priorities based on business needs. Independently oversee product flow to stores while balancing vendor and license penetrations to support the “treasure hunt” philosophy while effectively balancing inventory targets.- Seek new and nurture well-established vendor relationships in the market to retain first rights of refusal on all opportunistic buys.- Collaborate with Buyer to negotiate and execute high volume, branded closeout buys with short turnaround times. Develop plans of action for strategic product flow and cost efficient packaway to maximize profitability.- Perform market analysis and competitive shop to spot toy trends early in their lifecycle to maximize volume opportunity.- Proactively solicit partnerships with colleagues on crossover vendors to increase leverage while building trust among vendors/cross-functional partners to drive desired results.

New York, United States

- Analyzed sales data and proactively identified trending areas of the business, assessed vendor and product penetrations to ensure volume potential was maximized, and made callouts for markdown needs in down trending areas.- Developed total business assortment plans and financial benchmarks each season in conjunction with Buyer and Planning team. Managed $30M+ product assortment in Functional Storage department across four product classes/categories in fiscal year 2019.- Presented top business priorities (OTB/ liquidity, margin expectations, product areas of focus, market trends) to upper management prior to international sourcing trip.- Travelled internationally to build assortments for underdeveloped areas of Functional Storage business. Extensively negotiated with factories in real time to ensure cost and quality benchmarks were met. - Walked international trade show to scout new partnerships and observe developing market trends. - Partnered with cross-functional teams, executive leadership in USA, and overseas office/factories (China, India) to take product from concept to launch. Spearheaded day to day product development communications across areas of the company to ensure items’ timely and correct execution.

New York, United States

-Performed the administrative functions supporting the buying team, including purchase order management, while building foundational merchant skills.-Provided entry-level analysis of key business data and reporting, as directed by Buyer, including themonitoring of regional merchandise reports, Open-To-Buy, stock analysis and other reports.-Developed and demonstrated basic product knowledge through sharing information with Buyer as aresult of competitive shopping, shopping Ross Stores, and the market.-Ensured timely delivery of merchandise through communication with Buyer, merchant teams, and external vendors.-Supported Buyer in preparation of key business meetings (i.e. vendor appointments, style-outs, assortment planning).

New York, United States