Mandy Lemmon Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Kansas City, Mo

Leawood, Ks

• Parent and raise my three sons; now 9, 12 and 14 years old.• Maintain a functioning household, manage and pay bills, develop and stick to family budget.• Volunteer at Leawood Elementary for various fundraisers and help out teachers as needed.• Blog, design/sew dog accessories, refurbish furniture.

Kansas City, Mo

• Assist customers in putting together looks for themselves or for others as gifts.

Saint Louis, Mo

• Worked closely with vendors in developing a $40 million private label program.• Drove foot care sales to $2 million in Fall ’05, +70% over previous year.• Awarded Buyer of the Year in 2006.• Responsible for all marketing aspects for handbags and accessories including store market planners, web product offerings and launching of first store catalog.• Traveled regularly to various locations across the U.S. on buying trips, competitive shopping trips and store visits.

Saint Louis, Mo

• Drove sales to $182 million (+9%) in 2004, beating sales plan by $10 million in 370 stores.• Raised Costume Jewelry’s average retail by 16% in 2004 by infusing “Better” product.• Utilized strong eye for product by consistently seeking out and soliciting buyers to react to new trends to drive additional sales.• Wrote and distributed steering recommendations, best practices and key item reports.• Spent 10 weeks per year in New York building strong assortments and store planograms.

Saint Louis, Mo

• Responsible for 19 vendors, $175 million in yearly sales.• Developed private label product with vendors and May Department Stores International.• Conducted presentations of private label merchandise to GMM’s, DMM’s and buyers.• Spent 8 weeks per year in New York and Las Vegas building strong product assortments.

• Communicated sales information weekly with buyers and vendors, also retrieving market information.• Coordinated with overseas offices on developing private label merchandise.

• Input all purchase orders and markdowns on a timely basis.• Coordinated trunk shows for department; approximately 18 per year.