Build Partnerships & Foster Collaboration to Serve Consumers and Unlock GrowthInsightful, quality-driven product merchant leveraging marketplace insights and retail acumen to anticipate and respond to consumer and marketplace trends. Passion for creating and delivering industry-leading consumer-informed product assortments across multi-channel and multi-brand segments.Highly motivated, entrepreneurial spirit who thrives within fast-paced, collaborative team environments. Experience in Merchandising, Planning and Sales provides a full understanding of the product creation thru go-to-market process, and support in building strong partnerships with functional and cross-functional partners. This, along with a deep passion for serving consumers, has allowed me to drive and influence product line plans and create end-in-mind consumer-right assortments. Areas of Expertise:- Merchandising & Retail Acumen - Product Development- Consumer Insights- Market Capacity & Analysis- Product Presentations & Storytelling- New Process Ideation & Implementation- Open-to-Buy & Inventory Planning- Sales & Partnerships- Microsoft Office Proficiency- Detail-Oriented- Results-DrivenKey accomplishments:► MERCHANDISING STRATEGY: Develops strategies and identifies new business opportunities informed by consumer insights and marketplace trends.► NEW PROCESS IDEATION & IMPLEMENTATION: Initiated evolution of line planning process, including driving strategy and aligning teams to maximize seasonal investments and achieve record company EBITDA. Developed and implemented a tops-down/bottoms-up cross-functional line planning process and partnered with executive management to provide strategic business recommendations driving portfolio management.► BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS & FOSTERING COLLABORATION: Believing we win as a team, I have collaborated with functional and cross-functional teams to build strategies and effectively drive product and process innovation.