•Communicate with buyer, divisional managers, and vendors to keep a productive business flow•Responsible for buying area of business and analyzing the business through weekly analysis, assortment plans and open to buy reports•Project sales, markdowns, and develop strategies for the following year by understanding what is trending and why•Track import and domestic orders to ensure on time delivery and accuracy by consistently communicating with vendors and distribution center•Maintain purchase orders in Oracle Merchandising System and Flex Import System-constantly updating and revising orders as needed

Responsible for maintaining women’s, men’s, and kids’ shoes Delegated daily tasks to team members to ensure product circulationCommunicated with regional manager, store manager, and assistant to maintain consistent and accurate business with the best productGenerated weekly and monthly reports to guarantee increasing business

Communicated with Regional Manager to ensure effective product distributionResponsible for maintaining stock area and merchandising department Responsible for hiring the best talent for the Kids’ Shoe teamResponsible for completing monthly schedules for seven employees to ensure a productive work scheduleDeveloped the department’s monthly business plan and volume driver reportsManaged ‘pay period chats’ that covered employee productivityResponsible for assigning merchandise to appropriate distributionsCommissioned based sales; maintained sales per hour goals, rewards goals, and customer base •Worked closely with Kids Wear’s department manager and upper management team to reach organizational goals and maintain department standards •Responsible for merchandising department to coincide with visual standards