• Responsible for overall brand strategy • Manages all aspects of the brand including: product development, analyzing sales, and marketing • Develops and manages budgets to maximize ROI • Prepares quarterly business analysis on competitive landscape to identify white space in markets • Prepares and presents at sales meetings to share seasonal product strategy• Ensures all jewelry policies, exposure standards, and shortage awareness are thoroughly understood by sales associates • Trains and motivates fourteen sales associates to sell to their highest potential through involved in-the-moment partnership and seminars• Partners with product teams and division to plan out assortment markdown and promotional strategies.• Responsible for seasonal line profitability reports and assortment analytics to assist product teams with direction for future line development.

• Prepares color stories and dresses all vendor mannequins for new seasonal lines • Analyzes sales figures to evaluate vendor sales performance • Facilitates merchandising to maximize sales and inventory turnover • Plans and designes themes and activities for special store events• Ensures SFA quality standards of visual presentation for all vendors • Assists with merchandise processing, stock room, RTVs and mark-downs.• Prepares and handles promotions for cosmetics and fragrance. • Utilizes color and design concepts for basic fashion trends for modern and contemporary fashion.

• Managed all aspects of men’s department sales in the store including reaching personal and department goals, sales reaching over 600k/year, trend analysis, inventory, product presentation and instructing associates on sales tactics. • Top Burberry Sales Associate 2014 (Across all Saks Stores)• Conducted monthly floor set launches and coordinated with visual manager • Analyzed and wrote weekly sales reports by comparing them against LY to strategize on areas to strengthen in order to drive more volume • Exceeded monthly and quarterly department sales goals• Participated in management meetings to further business objectives and team development initiatives • Fostered strong relationships with clients to support business growth

• Meet and exceeded shop in shop sales goals through effective application of selling services, strategies and techniques.• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge and ownership of the business by tracking daily, weekly and monthly sales towards meeting and exceeding plan. • Identified best sellers & worked with Buying Team to increase inventory resulted in a 16% increase in sales over plan• Conducted weekly/monthly/seasonal trainings with retail partners' sales managers, specialists and sales associates.

• Worked closely with store manager to develop and implement action plans to increase store revenue, business metrics, and employee performance. • Managed store operations and employee relations. Included loss prevention, store and employee safety, executing company marketing campaigns, employee coaching and recognition programs, interviewing and hiring, scheduling, and payroll management. • Worked directly with store manager to reduce overall store shrink and provide a decreased store loss over last year. • Supervised a merchandise team and overall merchandising standards of store. Utilized multiple merchandise and sales reports to support choice of merchandising throughout store, or to add/remove merchandise based on customer response and sell-through. • Assumed role of store manager if not present, including compiling business performance recaps and making executive decisions to benefit store.

• Recognized and developed team members for promotions• Traveled to various stores to develop and train team members throughout the district• Hired, supervised and trained members to achieve Target sales service and presentation