Mandy Mcclellan Email & Phone Number

Bradenton, Fl, Us

Bradenton, Fl

Experienced retail Buyer with over 10 years of retail buying knowledge with combined apparel design degree turned entrepreneur creating handmade handbags. Taking the knowledge and experience to source fabrics and handbag components, create patterns, follow market trends, marketing, and hand making product to create BananaCandy handbags

Sarasota, Florida Area

Develop financial plans, marketing plans, and merchandise assortments to drive sales. Recipient of 2015 Buyer of the Year award Recruited new vendors to the Accessories department to strengthen the assortment and offer more variety to our guests Represented Fit2Run at the Women’s Leadership Running event in Chicago in 2015 and 2016Implemented new strategies and techniques to a small growing specialty company

Transformed the Men's Active and Swim from a 4M business to a 9M business within 30 months of ownership with double digit increase for Fiscal 15Developed financial plans, marketing plans, and merchandise assortments to drive sales. Developed and launched Men’s active private label Attivo with product development team in November 2012. Worked closely with planning team to analyze business and develop strategic business assessments to maximize assigned departments

Managed daily duties including open orders, monthly markdowns, order entry, vendor assistance, as well as proof and entry of advertising.Projected sales and replenishment needs in order to write orders and maintain in stock levels.Managed merchandise and assortment buys for Junior jewelry private label.Received Commitment to Excellence award in Fall 2011.

Managed and maintained store order as well as coordinate departments, sales, and handling of merchandise.Trained and mentored employees, communicated the necessities and tasks needed to be performed, and shared store goals and plans to be executed.Addressed customer issues and concerns to maintain, improve, and build customer relations.

Individually responsible for the allocation and distribution of product to storewide chain.Participated with Buyer to create clusters necessary for deliveries.Responsible for the review of product and sales history necessary to develop current sales goals and new store openings.Worked with planner in the review of financial forecast to create and maximize monthly sales goals.

Assisted buyers in product development, creating order for re-launching of corporations new label.Worked in Petite Casual buying office, calculating monthly vendor profitability and deficits, and selecting products for advertising for 5 months while buyer position was vacant.Created a new design for a highly demanded and successful quilted jacket.Received Division Award in Fall of 2008

Apparel Design And Technology, Apparel Design And Technology

Bachelor Of Science, Apparel Design And Technology