Mary E. Wargo Email & Phone Number

Charlestown, MA, US

Charlestown, MA, US

Street, Somerset, GB

• Responsible for driving sales volume and growth of 40+ designer footwear & accessory brands.
• Analyze product performance and continuously react to trends to maximize sales and profitability.
• Manage purchases, markdowns, inventory, returns and advertising co-op funding.
• Plan out marketing calendar to introduce new brands, categories, shops, sales.
• Negotiate with vendors for price concessions to achieve financial plans. Manage and mentor Assistant Buyer.
• Found a need for, and custom built, specialized monthly reports to graph key metrics: MoM, YoY, OH, and split of Web vs. Amazon sales to over 215 brands, making the entire buying team more efficient.

Quincy, MA, US

• Visually merchandise and manage Sale section to optimize customer shopping experience.
• Identify potential issues and risks on items used for Emails, Landing/Home Pages, Shops and Catalogs.
• Identify and resolve overstocks by concepting and managing new Direct Promotions.
• Ensure new items are accurately launched to the site according to delivery dates and business needs.
• Manage Promotional Calendar regarding deliverables and cohesion with cross-channel marketing efforts.
• Prepare key daily, weekly and monthly analysis to support the Web Channel.

Quincy, MA, US

• Manage inventory to support Catalog and e-Com channels, including bi-monthly catalogs, sale books, package inserts and markdown items on the web.
• Analyze catalog layouts to ensure metrics including density, average order value, price points and gross margin are met.
• Sort and refresh web assortments bi-weekly based on color and inventory ownership.
• Recap and analyze actual sales results against plan and forecast to ensure forecast is accurate.
• Actualize net sales, markdowns and gross margin for both Retail and Direct channels.

• Men’s & Women’s Performance Apparel Buyer for all retail stores.
• Accessory Buyer for watches, bags, intimates, hats, gloves, eyewear.
• Increased apparel sales 10% annually.
• Saved over $200,000 through price negotiations with over 50 vendors.
• Decreased seasonal inventory 12-15% annually.
• Developed and secured 5% new customers annually.

Education record

Education record

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Finance

Education record