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Jersey City, New Jersey, Us

Jersey City, New Jersey, Us

Jersey City, New Jersey, Us

Midvale, Utah, Us

• Organized all pre-planning needs for two entire collections• Kept a detailed log of all styles, units purchased, markups, retails, and weekly selling• Ensured everything was ready for the planning process including excel worksheets, CADs used for planning, and style information input into all computer systems • Maintained all systems with updated information based on style changes, fabric modifications, and factory shortages or overages.• Liaison between sales and production• Assisted sales account executives in market during appointments with clients• Analyzed seasonal groups in various ways in order to ensure knowledge of the business and to better understand the target customer• Became proficient in 3 in-house computer systems• Helped develop new computer system to better communication between departments

London, Gb

• Worked closely in a corporate office with two buyers and an assistant buyer• Organized orders• Completed look books for each season• Researched pricing strategies for luxury market• Periodically transferred articles between stores throughout the country• Allocated items from warehouses to various stores• Confirmed pricing on pieces from United Kingdom• Coordinated shipments• Helped open up a new retail store

• Worked with showrooms and vendors• Organized orders, especially after trade shows• Oversaw budgets and incoming shipments• Gained knowledge negotiating returns and swaps, assessing damaged goods, coordinating sales, and monitoring and revising shipments• Researched companies and clothing lines and evaluated their ability to strengthen the store’s customer base• Provided customer service while coordinating purchases, deliveries, dates, and balances with vendors, showrooms, and designers• Attended trade shows