Katelyn Doherty Email & Phone Number

New London, Connecticut, United States

Greater Boston Area

200 Comstock Pkwy Cranston, Ri 02921

Partner with East Coast Regional & Market Directors regarding trainging and development gaps within home store/specified market. Asses current management performance/leadership qualities along with any/all gaps and strategize training action plans in accordance with specific situations. Daily cross functional and multi lateral communication. Responsible for bringing current leadership development tools and resources to district management and appropriate departments at our 770 headquarters. Oversee the hiring and on-boarding of associates and management team at home store. Initiate and execute leadership development & role competency trainings at home store and throughout the market/s. Responsible for the effective scheduling, pay roll and facilitation of company HR policies & procedures. Full cycle recruiting.Responsible for meeting TY/LY KPIs.

• Responsible for the overall management and financial success of a multi-million dollar a year retail & lifestyle business.• Manage a team of no less than 15 employees, with a total of 5 managers. This includes but not limited to recruitment, training, performance management, payroll, scheduling.• Manage and allocate financial budgets on a quarterly/annual basis.• Quarterly sales planning/forecasting based on trend and comp assessments.• Responsible for brand awareness and community initiatives in the Rhode Island market.• Collaborate with peers within/outside of my region on people acceleration & traininginitiatives.• Lead on product sell-through within each department; Yoga, Women's, Men's andAccessories.• My store was hand selected by corporate, based on exceeding specificperformance expectations, to lead a special Men's product initiative.

Dedham, Ma - Legacy Place

• Responsible for the overall management and financial success of a multi-million dollar a year retail & lifestyle business.• Manage a team of no less than 15 employees, with a total of 5 managers. This includes but not limited to recruitment, training, performance management, payroll, scheduling.• Manage and allocate financial buckets on a quarterly/annual basis.• Quarterly sales planning/forecasting based on trend and comp assessments.• Responsible for brand awareness• Lead merchandising initiatives within the Home and Apparel departments.• Point person for any/all regional communications

Newport, Ri/Brooklyn, Ny

Store Manager - Teddy, INC (December 2010 - October 2011) • Responsible for the overall management of the first/only RI retail location • Recruited, hired, and trained a team of sales associates. • Partnered with Company's President in NYC on a weekly basis to strategize brand awareness initiatives and product needs based on demographics. • In consistent communication with company's wholesale accounts and would partner with headquarters to purchase apparel & accessories for this specific location

Martha'S Vineyard/Boston, Ma

• Hired to manage this Boston based company's Martha's Vineyard retail store location. • Hired and trained an intimate group of sales associates. • Responsible for communicating Men's and Women's weekly product sell-through to company's president. • Put in charge of specific wholesale accounts and would in turn connect directly with accounts manager to purchase product. • Customer experience liason for VIP clients. • Offered the position of General Manager, where I would be responsible for both the Vineyard and Boston store locations.

Responsible for the overall operation of the store Hired, trained and directed employees Kept track of Payroll Handled and maintained all incoming and existing inventory Maintained inventory on the NRO store website; Helped out academically disadvantaged students Spent a few days a week at various inner-city schools Led Individual and group tutoring sessions Developed language skills with ESL students

Event Setup, take down Responsible for monitoring inventory Liaison between guests and

Responsible for successful operation of the FOH Managed reservations, private events, and staff sections Tended to all customer concerns and reported to GM

Assisted in monitoring inventory Studied buyer patterns and taste Cleaned and organized the store Kept meticulous records of purchases Responsible for helping promote the store

Responsible for monitoring high-end inventory Involved in monitoring customer satisfaction Developed a system for training new employees Cleaned, organized and redesigned the store Introduced a system for synchronizing the computer system and cash register

Responsible for opening and closing the store Implemented an organizational system for the store Assisted customers, created a system of monitoring buyer trends

Shadowed various Attorneys and monitored their cases Organized and catalogued case files Produced documents for presentation in court Constructed and deconstructed various documents for Attorneys

Ba, Political Science And History

College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program