Mandisa Morgan Email & Phone Number

Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Remain knowledgeable of contemporary sneaker and streetwear trends is essential for making informed seasonal purchases.- Sourcing and onboarding new small business vendors and global brands and presenting them to the team- Managing current small businesses and global vendors such as Nike/Jordan, New Balance, Asics, Ugg & more; including seasonal buys and proactive restocking, communications, updates, tracking and calculating monthly vendor payouts, new product offerings, and collaborative opportunities- Attend seasonal buying meetings and select fashion forward products that resonate with our consumer.- Ensuring a dynamic range of products from all vendors in numerous commodities and driving forward product development and special projects with them.- Planning, scheduling and managing vendor pop-up events/activations.- Conducting quarterly vendor audits and making recommendations, including discussions on current vendors, prospective vendors, seasonal product rotations, restocking plans and markdowns.- Ensure a seamless transition for all products through the product lifecycle.- Proactively manage and update product tracker with incoming product schedule on a daily basis.- Collaborate with vendors/suppliers to monitor incoming deliveries- Establishment and administration of Shopify profiles for all inventory, encompassing inventory counts, product specifications, and collection of product digital assets- Oversight of backend logistics for high-heat sneaker raffles, as well as 3PL system management- Work cross-functionally with the Social Media/Digital Manager and Store manager to ensure a seamless customer experience across social, ecommerce and in-store.- Develop innovative presentations that demonstrate event/activation concepts and strategies.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I am the owner and design of a streetwear brand, GDWN. (pronounced Godwin). As the sole operator of GDWN., my tasks and skillset on a day-to-day basis included, but are not limited to:- performing trend analyses- creating moodboards- product design and didgital illustration- sample making - pattern making- sewing / garment construction- directing and managing photoshoots - styling for photoshoots and social media - social media management and content creation- creating lookbooks and linesheets - sourcing fabrics worldwide - creating and managing Shopify store- communicating with current and potential retailers via email, phone and in person meetings

Remote

- Day-to-day vendor compliance management and issue resolution (including, but not limited to, dropship orders, invoicing, and inventory feeds).- Deliver thorough data analysis to support business recommendations for vendor performance improvement and achieve service levels in accordance with dropship guidelines and HBC standards.- Ensure all vendors are delivering the HBC brand experience according to company policies and procedures with autonomy for independent judgment and initiative.- Conduct profitability analysis and provide recommendations back to the business on profit improvement initiatives or solutions. - Work with cross-functional partners to understand dropship business needs and actively educate business partners on operational excellence to support program development and expansion.- Manage data reporting on vendor compliance and dropship program maintenance and make suggestions for the removal or expansion of vendors based on operational SLAs.- Drive vendor performance improvement on compliance scorecards through communication and training support with vendors across banners.- Identify business opportunities and innovative projects in collaboration with business partners and vendors to further the efficiency of the team and position the program for long-term growth.- Achieve vendor SLA targets and improve vendors compliance levels.- Support throughput targets by partnering with onboarding associates.- Maintain dropship program operational standards for vendors and customer service.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Managed all aspects of editorial sample trafficking through vendor and distribution centre requests.- Ensured on-time delivery of samples for editorial photo shoots.- Lead Editorial Sample Assistants in the receiving and returning of all inbound/outbound samples.- Created and maintain editorial tracking sheets based off direction from Category Managers and Fashion Editors.- Communicated with and attend meetings with Creative and Marketing teams to review upcoming features.- Coordinated sample shares with other Product Supervisors to ensure e-commerce product shots are taken for allfeatured items.

Toronto, Canada Area

- Process images and copy to ensure that they are to site standards.- Note and communicate to Vendors accordingly if there are any issues.- Proactively work with vendors to ensure all assets (image and copy) are provided prior to start ship date.- Partner with cross-functional partners (item setup, buying office, photo studio, creative teams) to ensure timely publication of products.- Request assets from vendors through Workhorse.- Support the Manager and Director on any and all Sample Management special projects.- Provide status reports to the Manager on the workflow summary report.- Daily use of PIM and Workhorse systems.

Toronto, Canada Area

Temp Product Assistant to the Product Supervisors under the Lord & Taylor, Saks and The Bay banners; processing images and copy to ensure that they are to site standards.

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

The Distillery District

Sporting Life Inc.2665 Yonge St.Toronto, On M4P 2J6

Fashion Techniques & Design

Fashion Arts