• Responsible for managing and creating financial and inventory plans and budgets for the branded apparel and accessories business with upwards of $170 million in retail sales a year• Met and exceeded budget and plan goals for responsibility areas in 2009 and 2010• Developed long, medium and short term merchandising strategies• Regularly assessed and analyzed Open to Buy performance by monitoring monthly sales and metrics to ensure right resources were being allocated to right product category• Identified financial risks and opportunities. Developed solutions to mitigate the risks and take advantage of the opportunities• Contributed to development and implementation of both top line and assortment planning/budgeting software systems• Collaborated with Buyers and Merchandisers to develop and implement tactics that drove business results

• Responsible for $21.5 million of cost inventory and over 700 SKUs• Forecast inventory sales for new and existing products using historical data, focus group feedback and market trends • Developed a financial top-down inventory management strategy for discontinued items• Created a process to reconcile distribution center inventory to sales tracking data more efficiently• Partnered with Purchasing and Logistics to ensure optimal deliveries and quantities of product• Analyzed scenarios to determine viability and profitability of multiple promotions• Increased sales of liquidated items 300% by managing retail price, product mix and availability