Julie Taylor Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

Nederland CO

Golden, Colorado, United States

• Support streamlining of inventory control measures, assuring consistent and cost-effective replenishment processes.
• Develop and maintain strong business relations with diverse outside vendors, communicating customer product requests, proposing and implementing ordering solutions to meet and exceed customer expectations.
• Employ sound management practices to ensure MotorClothes/Merchandise department maximizes return on investment, meeting and exceeding expected levels of gross and net profit
• Execute innovative merchandising strategies throughout the stores, enhancing visual appeal and customer experiences.
• Boost the development of team members through individualized support and motivation, inspiring top performance and creating exceptional customer service.
• Responsible for department oversight in cooperation with General Manager and Human Resources Director, including recruiting, hiring, training, performance reviews, disciplinary actions, and terminations.

Layfayette Colorado

• Choreographed creative new hire training and inspiration methods, enabling superior levels of performance and complete customer satisfaction.

Lafayette, Colorado, United States

• Aspired to "wow" by demonstrating a positive attitude, exceptional product knowledge, and best-in-class customer service, setting a positive example to team members.
• Instrumental in leading efficiency improvements by using creative techniques, solid inventory management, and ensuring a well-stocked and maintained department.
• Accountable for day-to-day oversight of department sales and merchandising, new products, weekly price changes, inventory reports, and store-to-store product transfers.
• Always willing to accept additional responsibilities, cross-trained in diverse departments to provide assistance and stand-in for other managers when needed.

Breckenridge, Colorado

• Singled out by superiors for promotion to the Breckenridge, CO location Retail Manager position in 2018, beginning as the Retail Replenishment Coordinator at the Summit County, CO location in 2015.
• Plan, direct and coordinate retail operations of a premier outdoor destination retail outlet, inspiring sales and training teams to create ownership opportunities.
• Overcame numerous challenges throughout the pandemic, creating and implementing innovative solutions to inventory flow and customer and employee health and safety guidelines.
• Increase sales by 4% in 2020, despite a four-month shutdown, and drive profitability through meticulous analyzation of financial reports and KPI's, making proper adjustments where necessary.
• Accountable for hiring, firing, training and effective continuous team development, conducting daily SOP training.
• Skillful management of store budget and inventory levels through timely ordering, tracking and controlling shrink, consistently communicating and negotiating with vendors to ensure product availability.

Breckenridge CO

• Enterprising creation and management of regional merchandise selections, levels and performance through collaborative communication and cooperation with mountain operations teams, buyers, regional and store managers.
• Seized every training opportunity to provide in-depth instruction and leverage a caring, hands-on leadership style to produce top-quality teams with extremely high morale.
• Established a positive environment for employees and customers by ensuring high standards of visual impact areas and providing enhanced customer experiences.
• Upheld the merchandising standard levels throughout the region by analyzing and identifying product colors, class and division selling, driving business to improve sales both in season and for future seasons.
• Ensured visual merchandising priorities, product assortments and inventory levels met corporate objectives through consistent engaging conference calls with buyers and department heads.
• Expanded brand recognition by identifying and developing territory specific objectives and action plans.

Olympia, Washington, United States

• Refined diverse range of window and in-store displays, signage and special promotional displays, optimizing visual merchandising and ensuring shrink reduction awareness.
• Instrumental in strengthening store visual appeal through innovative merchandising strategies and creative utilization of visual displays throughout the store.
• Continuously increased sales and drove profitability through consistent analyzation of traffic flow throughout the store, ensuring visual displays placed appropriately.
• Developed seasonal themes, dressing mannequins in the latest trends to maximize sales.

Breckenridge CO

• Identified supply and fulfillment impacts and addressed at appropriate levels for multiple rental and retail locations.
• Executed enhanced merchandising strategies throughout the stores, enhancing visual appeal and customer experiences.
• Cultivated store performance improvements by using creative merchandise display techniques and solid inventory management, ensuring maximum customer traffic and sales.

Breckenridge CO

• Established a customer-centric culture of communication, with a vigorous focus on customer satisfaction and loyalty.
• Ensured store performance met or exceeded corporate objectives and growth through diligent management of internal operations.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, maintaining a calm demeanor working with tight deadlines.
• Boosted the development of sales team members through individualized support and motivation, inspiring top performance and creating exceptional customer service.
• Enhanced brand loyalty by empowering team members to create natural and personable customer experiences.
• Facilitated all store operations, including recruiting, hiring, training, guest service and visual merchandising.