- 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.

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

- 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.

- 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.

- 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.

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.