Liza Bennett Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Provide leadership and strategic direction for leading, multi-million dollar, branded intimate apparel and swimwear e-tailer with full responsibility for Merchandising; Merchandise Planning; Operations; Site Marketing; Product Design and Development. Responsible for bottom-line factors including long range planning, functional area budgets, product margins and inventory turnover. Delivered over 50% growth showing annual increases both pre and post Walmart acquisition (10/2018). Assumed Category Director responsibility for Walmart.com Intimate Apparel, driving key initiatives that resulted in record revenue, visibility and site performance in category for the mega retailer's eCommerce.

Directed exceptional buying team in merchandising, inventory management and vendor profitability. Developed innovative strategies to achieve unprecedented growth in eCommerce intimate apparel and shapewear sales while building an entrepreneurial, high performing organization of top industry buyers.

Responsible for product flow, merchandise margin, inventory turnover, researching trends, and analyzing weekly data for web-based business and 4 retail stores with buying responsibility for premium lingerie, shapewear and swimwear categories.

Directed 8-person sales team servicing all major U.S. department stores and international accounts in Canada and Mexico