Ownership of the Women's Lifestyle footwear category, with responsibilities that include product lifecycle management, trend research, seasonal volume forecasting, and overall performance.Oversee the product creation process, including initial brief brainstorm, product reviews, sell-in meetings, and sell-through analysis, across multiple seasons simultaneously.Presents seasonal priorities clearly and concisely to account buyers and global markets, resulting in new revenue and product… Show more Ownership of the Women's Lifestyle footwear category, with responsibilities that include product lifecycle management, trend research, seasonal volume forecasting, and overall performance.Oversee the product creation process, including initial brief brainstorm, product reviews, sell-in meetings, and sell-through analysis, across multiple seasons simultaneously.Presents seasonal priorities clearly and concisely to account buyers and global markets, resulting in new revenue and product assortment expansion.People management where responsibilities include systems maintenance, sample logistics and organization, and seasonal content deliverables. Show less

Collaborate with Design, Development, and Finance to create consumer-relevant and trend-right footwear with healthy margins.Partner with Global Merchandising and Marketing Operations to ensure late product changes are communicated correctly and efficiently to market merchandisers.Align footwear and apparel creation teams to ensure consistency of seasonal briefs and head-to-toe concepts.

Owned seasonal omni-channel range selection, strategic business plans, and forecasting of Core Sport and Core Kids footwear following market range architecture targets.Assisted with execution of US market milestones, including account meetings and seasonal launches.Managed and maintained marketing systems to ensure accuracy of US pricing, forecasting, and segmentation.

Owned product presentations to US Sales team, then relayed market feedback to appropriate Product Marketers.Assisted with room set-up, product preparation, and system readiness for quarterly US account meetings.

Supported US market through range plan management, with a specific focus on Core Sport, Core Lifestyle, and Walking footwear.Worked with Product Marketing team to ensure the US market received all necessary sell-in materials on time in full.Owned the collection and distribution of relevant information for weekly US newsletter.

Supported Kids footwear Product Marketing team in all aspects of product creation.Created and maintained extensive seasonal visual line plans for the entire Kids footwear assortment.Assisted sell-in by creating visual tools of requested products for market representatives.

Shadowed Catering and Event Managers on tours.Answered e-mail inquiries.Prepared estimates and proposals for events.Processed deposits for events.Prepared BEOs (Banquet Event orders) for weekly Food & Beverage Meeting.Was “hands on” during events (wedding ceremony, wedding reception, rehearsal dinners, etc.).

Set-up, monitored, and broke down each practice.Brought out basketballs, organized water bottles, kept track of time, and kept score.Washed practice and game day uniforms after every practice and game.Worked approximately 12 hours per week.

Set-up and broke down main concourse, picnic areas, concession stand, and cleaned restrooms.Managed “Community Spotlight” program to recognize local non-profits every game.Specialized in on-field promotions and games between innings.Organized 5K race to support Autism Society of North Carolina.Worked all 35 home games in the short season.