Madelyn Bernstein Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

· Managed 50+ vendors across multiple categories, with annual sales volume exceeding $35MM· Negotiated swaps, RTV’s, consignment packages and cost purchase discounts with vendors to maximize overall profitability· Attended market appointments to select merchandise for E-Commerce and Full Line stores, analyzing selling and sizing history to write targeted.

Greater New York City Area

·Assist in managing 14 vendors with annual sales volume exceeding $50MM, including Gucci, Prada and Bottega Veneta·Identify in-season management strategies including RTV’s, reorders and transfers to chase business and swap out unproductive inventory to meet gross margin targets·Manage weekly receipt flow to better manage projections for monthly OTB.

New York, New York

·Assisted buying team with sales forecasting and managing inventory levels by reviewing weekly selling reports and projecting receipts for focus brands ·Prepared weekly business recaps, pre-market preparation and competitive classification and sizing analyses·Participated accelerated classroom instruction and leadership round tables·Worked as a sales.

New York, New York

• Manage and organize all Women’s Designer Ready-to-Wear samples purchased by Saks.com and schedule shoots based on weekly volume of samples received
• Communicate and coordinate with all cross functional teams, including the Buying Office, Merchandise Coordinators, Studio Photographers, Merchandise Operations, Editorial Team, Copy Team and in-house Production teams.
• Act as the intermediary between buying teams, vendors, and all e-commerce cross-functional teams in an effort to get all samples shot for online purchase
• Serve as a liaison between vendors and the buying office to request samples for seasonal buys and schedule shoot dates based on Purchase Order start ship dates
• Effectively prepare and present all item data and styling information to studio merchandise coordinators for daily turn-in meetings preceding all shoots

Greater New York City Area

• Responsible for the physical organization of all samples received to the photo studio from both vendors and the warehouse
• Maintained and updated the master tracking sheet for all samples on-hand, incoming and outbound on a daily basis
• Served as an intermediary between buyers and vendors by proactively following up on copy information and missing samples
• Assisted with Market Week shoots to ensure that all styles purchased for the site were shot for online publication
• Liaised with cross-functional partners to ensure a timely publication of merchandise to the website

Greater New York City Area

• Developed and created pitches for several media platforms, including short lead, long lead, online, television and radio outlets
• Updated trackers for confirmed and pending press placements
• Created and maintained weekly and monthly activity reports, including press coverage and social reports, meeting agendas and recaps
• Secured top media placements in multiple outlets including Good Day New York, Westchester Magazine and Hollywoodlife.com

King Of Prussia, PA

• Met personal retail sales goal and greatly contributed to store’s overall goal
• Conducted style consultations and assisted customers with clothing selection
• Built and maintained customer relations through emailing sales promotions and arrival of new merchandise

Greater New York City Area

• Responsible for trafficking samples through Fashion GPS
• Update database of editorial press clippings daily for clients such as Missoni, Moncler, and Roberto Cavalli
• Maintain fashion closet and ensure clothing is in order for buying meetings, styling appointments and editor requests

Greater New York City Area

• Was responsible for checking in/out clothing samples through Fashion GPS
• Conducted styling appointments while building relationships with various stylists, editors and representatives
• Pitched to editors regarding upcoming stories
• Participated in editor gifting while compiling “top tier” editor lists of publications that best suited brands
• Maintained database of editorial press clippings
• Responsible for compiling monthly reports for clients

Greater New York City Area

Stylists Include: Caroline Newell, Marcelo Gaia, Seymour Glass

• Created and maintain fashion blog
• Update and post new stories 2-3 times week

Greater New York City Area

• Prepared samples for buyer meetings
• Sourced fabrics and other materials for clothing sample production
• Learned how to sketch various articles of clothing