• Continuously analyze selling reports in order to react to ever-changing business needs and positively impact top line growth.• Collaborate with planning and allocation partners to create seasonal growth plans and chase successful product.• Present key strategies, plans for business growth and assortment overviews to leadership at critical meetings in the product lifecycle.• Create store floor plans to support an impactful customer experience in order to drive product acceptance and meet sales goals.• Partner with design and creative teams to create an impactful product assortment that aligns with business growth initiatives.

• Deep-dived into historical data to develop logical line plans and profitable business strategies.• Worked closely with planning and allocation to monitor and determine risks and opportunities in current sales plans and inventory levels.• Partnered with vendors to create a strong product assortment that is in line with current market trends and business needs.• Represented the accessories division by providing senior leadership with weekly selling recaps, growth strategies, and consumer insight.• Monitored key-competitors (social media platforms, ecommerce, competitive shopping) to ensure the demand of the core consumer ismet.• Collaborated with Marketing and Brand Presentation to ensure proper utilization of real estate and provide the customer with clearmessages to drive sales.• Reacted and adapted quickly to the ever-changing business demands to build and maintain a business that exceeded profit expectations(+7% annual comp).

• Analyzed and reacted to in-season business to create strategies and assortments for current and future seasons.• Developed fashion-forward product and cohesive assortments that tied to fashion trends, strong core businesses, and store floorsets.• Vigorously worked with vendors to discuss key trends in the market and develop a strong product assortment.• Conducted extensive market research in order to determine important trends that were critical to a profitable business.• Hindsight business findings at weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial meetings to highlight strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities.• Presented and rationalized new product for each delivery/season at major milestone meetings to leadership.• Monitored and managed the administrative part of the business, such as: purchase order management, sample management, productexecution, on-time deliveries, and price negotiations.• Maintained accurate buy tools for all deliveries and categories (footwear, handbags/SLGs, sunglasses, winterwear).• Worked with all cross-functional partners to ensure best product execution, promotional strategy, allocation strategy, costs, deliverydates, and order minimums.• Visited New York & Company stores on a bi-weekly basis to identify any strengths or weaknesses and to plan for future business.

• Provided immediate support to the Director of Merchandising for both Women’s and Men’s by creating tools and establishing strong relationships with business partners to reinforce merchandise monitoring, buy plans, line sheets and master files for all seasons.• Created a buy plan for each season that was continuously updated and accurate.• Prepared weekly selling recaps for all channels (wholesale, retail, eCommerce) to create a deep understanding of business performanceand historical data to plan for future seasons.• Effectively partnered with all cross-functional teams (design, production, planning, product development, R&D, and sales team) tocommunicate all critical merchandising information to ensure quality and establish efficiencies.• Partnered with production to negotiate costs, deliveries, and order minimums to make financial decisions and meet cost margins.• Offered solutions on cut-backs of excess inventory and liability to meet financial plans.• Analyzed competitors and compiled recaps to identify trends in the market and pinpoint future business opportunities.• Participated in quarterly meetings and weekly business reviews to evaluate current business trends, key opportunities, and upcomingmilestone meetings.

• Assisted the Buyer and Direct Merchandise Manager of eCommerce by analyzing weekly business reports utilizing Microstrategy, PLM, and Excel in order to better pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of the business.• Effectively communicated with vendors throughout development and production: samples, costing, and product commitments• Managed purchase orders to ensure that products align with open-to-buy budget and merchandise assortment.• Provided Senior Leaders with timely and accurate monthly market analysis to support strategic business decisions.• Supported the Technical Design team during product fit sessions providing guidance on purchasing products aligned to high standard and excellent customer experience.

- Provide exceptional customer experience with a personalized approach conveying extensive product knowledge and understanding of fashion trends while maintaining a positive image of the company. - Maintain business standards by adhering to guidelines and keeping current on policies and procedures while servicing customers and collaborating with team members.- Communicate with buyers on what product tailors to the needs of the current demographic as to have an increase in sales.- Analyze business trends and reports on a daily basis in order to be familiar with department “hot sellers” and merchandise departments to reflect the reports.

-Leader in my sales department.-Increased manager aptitude by attending key program learning seminars twice a month to include: Cross Culture Awareness, Managing Your Business, People Development, and Professional Development.-Demonstrated strong entrepreneurship by building by professional aptitude and strong brand awareness to focus on the customer and apply excellent customer service principles and innovative approaches to increase cross-selling and partnered selling practices.-Performed management duties to include: scheduling, pulling and analyzing reports, design ways of increasing profits, and merchandizing the floor.

• Assist team members and managers as appropriate.• Maintain flexibility and adapt quickly to changes in a fast paced environment.• Operated with a positive attitude especially when faced with challenging customers to match solutionswith customers’ needs to increase customer satisfaction.• Created exceptional customer experience with a personalized approach conveying a positive image andbranding of the company.