- Responsible for managing over 7000 skus in 3 different categories: Home Decor, Gifts, and Women's Clothing. - Increased womens clothing/accessories sales by 8% and increased margin by 3.5% on -3% less average inventory the first year. - Accountable for planning category strategies for my assigned areas and presenting to CEO. - Travel to Dallas/Atlanta/Las Vegas markets.- Have one direct report.

- Managing/developed 3 brands, which exceed last year sales by 23% in 2015. - Develop strategies based off financial analysis and market research to build assortments that best match consumer needs and achieve target sales and profitability goals.- Received award for being highest over LY sales for all of Private Brand for 2015.- Negotiated cost in 2016 which achieved 2% increase in IMU. - Travel internationally to vendor showrooms and factories to source product, negotiate costs and build and maintain relationships with new and existing vendor partners. - Partner with design to develop trend right silhouettes, graphics, prints and color palette that meet customer needs. - Monitored production schedules and resolved all product development issues quickly to achieve 100% on time deliveries for the past 5 years.- Promoted from Product Manager of Men’s apparel line (smaller volume area) after first year of service. - Supervised one direct report.

- Responsible for developing/designing over 350 unique styles per year which generated sales of over $250 million- Determine product assortment, styling, packaging, pricing, negotiate cost and collaborate with planning team to determine buys- Travel to Asia/NY/LA to work with vendors, tour factories, shop for trends, attend print shows, visit stores, and Intertek testing lab- Work with licensors such as Justice, Skechers, and Disney- Present line to CEO at line reviews and emceed fashion shows at company quarterly meetings- Partner with visual merchandising to determine store product layout for 10 floor sets/year- Wrote quarterly business plans which included sales analysis of past performance as well as action plan for future business- Responsible for presenting trends to product development team- Promoted from Product Manager of Friends 2B Made Stores which was a new brand/store concept that I help start up.- Created concepts and selected products to be used in national and store specific marketing through direct mail, in store signage, 2B Fab magazine, and e-commerce as well as attended photo shoots and reviewed proofs for presentation and layout- Supervised up to 3 direct reports

- Responsbile for managing a proprietary brand which generated sales of over $125 million- Determine styling, product pricing, and negotiated cost- Wrote business plans and present lines to CEO- Travel to Europe/Asia/New York twice annually to work with vendors, shop the market for trends, and keep updated on the domestic market- Worked closely with designer as well as attended all fit sessions- Promoted from smaller area of Better Collections in 2002 which included lines of Jones NY, Rena Rowan, and Jones & Co

- Developed and designed a sweater line which generated sales of over $45 million- Determined product pricing, promotional strategy, delivery, and negotiate cost- Traveled quarterly to Europe/India/Asia to tour sewing, printing, and knitting factories, to work with vendors, to shop the market for new trends and visit textile testing lab- Attended Magic twice annuallly and attended Premiere Vision- Responsible for creating color card and approving lab dips for entire division, not just assigned category- Accountable for generating size specs and fitting garments- Achieved over a 35% increase in same store sales for Spring '98 and a 24% increase in same store sales for Fall '98

- Responsible for managing sweater line which generated sales of $10 million. - Traveled twice annually to Asia to work with vendors- Negiotiated cost and delivery terms- Monitored, anayyzed, and projected sales by line, color and size- Attended fit sessions and responsible for specing of garments- Achieved a 6.4% MMU increase over LY and dollar sales increase of 28% for 1996