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Won Outstanding Category Manager Award, presented during Target's Annual Category Management Meeting. And again in 2024 with successive buyer. Recognized in 2020 for Team of the Year. Nominated in two other years.Support three categories in Target's Toys Department as category captain and three Stationary Categories. Combined, these total +$1.5B. Success winning several captaincies away from our competition. Acting as sole as category captain, this provides a far greater interaction with the entire merchant team as opposed to more traditional roles. Managed two-person team supporting another department for 5 years.Varying from typical commodity captaincies, responsibilities include understanding licensed trends, non-tracked, DOMO/Numerator guest analysis, non-traditional retailer trends and strategies, import process, and large multi-channel competition.

Support two categories in Target's Toys Department as category captain, working in concert with a Category Analyst who is a direct report.

Captain for a new department-wide promotional captaincy, as well as category captain responsibility for one of the categories within the department.

Worked as captain for two separate Categories and Buyers on local Target team. Success with segmentation creation, POG wins, and strategy changes. Leveraged guest insights to drive actual results. Target systems include AAA, GRM, ITAO, and Prospace.

Analysis on price gap, mix changes, incrementality and event forecasts. Owned financial JBP and volume forecasting. Promotional analysis to both customer and team. Managed a $750,000 retail broker budget and broker relationship.

Served as session intern for local State Senator